Believing In This Made Steve Jobs A Success

 

By Leon From Lifehack

The late Steve Jobs is one of the most successful individuals in Silicon Valley.. even till today. 🥓🕊🦆🦅 And it's no wonder. He had very high expectations, not just for others but for himself. He always challenged himself, and the people around him to work smarter, work longer, and work harder so he, and they, could accomplish everything they dreamed possible. Jobs also believed in the power of asking for help, and that everyone had the opportunity to make a mark in their future. But one of the most important beliefs he had, was in the fundamental power of belief itself—and of using that belief to motivate and inspire. "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something—your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life." - Steve Jobs. I'm not a massive Apple fan, but I do admire this belief that Steve Jobs had. One of the biggest reasons most of us don't set out to achieve a huge goal is that we think we first need to develop a comprehensively detailed grand plan, one where every step is charted, every milestone identified—where success is pre-ordained. But the reality is, such plans don't exist because creating that kind of plan is basically impossible. It's like we need to see an end before we see a beginning. And so we never start. Yet, the reality also is, that people who eventually find success start by trying things! Lots of things. They succeed at some. They fail at others. They learn from those successes and those failures. And along the way they seize and at times even create their own opportunities to advance themselves. Want to start a business? Want to improve your health and fitness? Want to switch careers? Just determine the first steps. Get started. Keep going. Most important, trust yourself. Trust that you'll figure out how to react and how to respond to roadblocks and challenges. Trust that you will become a little wiser for the experience. Try enough things, learn from every success and every setback, and in time you'll have all the skills, knowledge, and experience you need. You can never guarantee that you will always succeed, but when you never bet on yourself and try something new, you can definitely guarantee that you will never succeed. Believing in yourself is so powerful because true motivation to succeed comes from within - intrinsic factors, belief in yourself, in your purpose...and this inward perspective on generating motivation is one of the fundamental principles that has always helped me sustain my motivation whenever I hit a roadblock. So, how much will you believe in yourself? If you want to be able to generate and sustain motivation from within, then learn how to build you own motivation engine the way I did here. Cheers, Leon