The Hardest Nut to Crack

We wrestle some dangerous demons in a lifetime. 

We fight with the demon of …

 ~Competition from others

~Technology that constantly changes and is costly

~A fickled economy

~Our own integrity in any given situation

~Loyalty to an idea or to the right choice regardless

I could go on, but I’m pretty sure you catch the idea here.

All of these phrases are real and the struggle is real in each of our lives.

But the hardest … the most difficult nut to crack in all of life is this …

What are you telling yourself … what are you selling yourself … what do you believe about your life and your dreams?

Dreams are good and noble; they are important and necessary … and they beg to be believed in.

How many jobs have you not applied for just because you eliminated yourself before you even made the first mark on the application?

How many good, yeah great ideas lie in the dust at your feet simply for want of that one ingredient that every great idea needs … belief from you.

This ‘belief’ factor is the hardest nut to crack in any endeavor.

Some gain it more easily than others. 

And we all must gain it if we are to make our ultimate mark in this world. 

A personal note:  I write today because I had to cross that painful threshold and move from ‘talk’ about writing to ‘writing’.  Oh, my, the fears, the angst, the battle within me of “can I”, “will they read or laugh”, and a dozen more anxieties sprang up.  Somehow, from somewhere deep within, I convinced myself that ‘yes’ I can do this and I will do this no matter what.”

I doubt many of us want to be president, or congressman/woman.  But surely there is something down inside of you that you’ve always desired, wanted to be, longed to try to make, or some company you wanted to build.

What is it and what is stopping that next step? 

Have you sold yourself on your worthiness to go and be and do that ‘thing’?

That is the pink elephant on the table. 

In the beginning, the world will not beat a path to your door begging for whatever it is you do.  We don’t know what it is you can do until you believe in your idea enough and then dare to show us. 

Tough thing to do.

Here’s the secret sauce.   Once you convince yourself you can do it – you will discover you can do it.

How amazing is that?

Here’s the summation …

The hardest sale you’ll ever make

Is to yourself.  But once you’re

Convinced you can do it, you can.

~Harvey McKay

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