Picture this: You’re walking through open countryside knowing the destination you want to reach and sure that you’re taking the best route to get there. Suddenly, you come across a creek that’s about three and a half, maybe four feet wide. Normally you wouldn’t have any trouble jumping across it, but due to heavy rain the creek has now become a raging torrent. You hesitate, wondering if you should chance the jump and risk falling in.
You look along the bank and see a man sitting at a desk on which sits a brass plaque bearing his name. He waves you over and says, “I’m a creek jumping expert. I can show you a foolproof method that will guarantee you can leap across that creek without falling in. Millions of people have used this method successfully and jumped fast-flowing creeks all over the world. My credentials are impeccable. I have letters after my name. I’m a DCJ, which stand for Doctor of Creek Jumping. For a modest sum of money, I’ll show you my method, which carries a money back guarantee.”
You want to get across the creek so you pay the man and he describes his method. You believe his credentials and the impressive testimonials he has from creek-jumpers all over the world, but you still can’t make the jump. Why not? Because you don’t have enough self-confidence to believe that you can make it across without falling in. So, despite having a proven, foolproof method at your disposal, you can’t continue your journey using that route.
There are men and women all over the world sitting behind desks telling you they have foolproof methods that will enable you to realize your dreams. But all the proven methods in the world will be useless to you unless you believe in yourself and have the self-confidence to act on that belief. If you’re in that situation, the only method that makes sense is one that helps you build unshakeable self-confidence and rock-solid self-belief.
And that’s why I’m working on a book about… guess what… how to build confidence and self-belief. The urge to create such a book started when I discovered that the Law of Attraction didn’t always work for me, no matter how diligently I applied methods such as those Lynn Grabhorn advocates in her wonderful book, Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting. I needed to find out why LOA was only working spasmodically and I discovered that it never worked when I lacked the self-confidence to take the next big step needed to move me toward a particular goal.
So now I believe that confidence and self-belief have to come before methods and techniques. And here’s where I get hoisted on my own analogy – the book I’m working on advocates a series of methods and techniques for acquiring confidence and self-belief. Ah, well… I never did claim to be perfect.
Watch this space.
Hey, Glen, thanks for dropping by. You hit the conundrum right on the head, and that’s precisely why I’m writing this book. Talking of which, a free book is winging its way to you even as I write – it’s something we give everyone who contributes to the blog.
John! This was a delightful surprise – no jive. I simply did not know about any of your specific books and found this website from your latest FB posting. Man, nobody tells me nuthin!
P.S. I see the conundrum in your latest post regarding this book: Ya gots ta have self confidence before anyone’s teachings can move you forward, but what if that which you seek is greater self-confidence? Eeeesh!