Moral of Story: Confidence is everything!
You have to act like you belong. Even if you don’t think you do. You need to at least show that you do, even if only in your mind. Because what you firmly believe in your mind — eventually can and will become your reality.
My father used to always say, “Perception is reality.” When you begin to really believe your new (successful) reality others eventually will as well. They can’t but help too. That’s why I always recommend that you hang around achievers. Go to their seminars or conferences. Mingle and network. Many times they will see themselves in you when they first got started. Be confident in your new destiny.
Understand there’s a difference between confidence and arrogance. Confidence is quiet. Arrogance is brash and annoying.
Confidence is having the belief that you belong.
I think why the lions were alarmed is because no animal on earth ever approaches them in such situations. It’s a new experience for them. A new reality. Most animals run from lions, not come towards them. Particularly when they’re eating. The tribesmen showed no fear. Animals keenly sense fear. They didn’t have any.
What’s interesting was how the tribesmen knew they needed to act fast, because it could quickly change if they showed any vulnerability. The tribesmen were smart enough to know to only take a portion of the Wildebeest and leave most of it for the lions.
There’s a very powerful message in their actions. The main one was that confidence is entirely a mental state. Sane or not sane. It’s about not being afraid.
The tribesmen were really “Bluffing” the lions. Those lions could have easily killed those tribesmen if they attacked them. If so, we would have laughed calling
them fools!
That’s why one of the biggest mistakes you can make is to believe you’re too old to do something.
Too old for what? Too old for living your life more fully. Daring yourself what might have been.
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