The Power of Self-Confidence: Become Unstoppable, Irresistible, and Unafraid in Every Area of Your Life

CHAPTER 5

Capitalizing on Your Strengths

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position one has reached in life as by the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.

—Booker T. Washington

Self-confidence goes hand-in-hand with winning, with self-esteem, with success and happiness in everything you do. The more self-confidence you have, the more things you will try, and, by the law of averages, the more things you are likely to achieve.

The more self-confidence you have, the less you will be affected by temporary setbacks and disappointments. The more self-confidence you have, the more likely it is that you will have a long, exciting life, full of riches, rewards, and self-satisfaction. Achieving these goals is the whole aim of this book.

One of the starting points of self-confidence is for you to recognize that you have tremendous strengths of ability and character that you can bring to bear to accomplish almost anything you want.

You are extraordinary! The odds are more than 50 billion to 1 against there ever being anyone with the unique combination of talents, skills, and abilities that you bring to your life and to your world. The incredible things that you can do and be, no one knows, not even you. However, the one thing we do know is that virtually everything noteworthy that you will ever achieve will come from your ability to identify your areas of greatest strength and then to capitalize on them in every situation.

Your Area of Excellence ...