"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
- Steve Jobs
Confident about achieving any goal.
Working hard to earn that spot to justify your self-confidence and curb that insecurity of becoming irrelevant/non-existent or simple no-good.
Then, one thing goes wrong. Your first milestone ( set by yourself).
It doesn't meet your expectations.
The whole confidence crumbles down.
Doubt settles in.
Am I special or am I just ordinary ? [then, this takes you down a spiral of overthinking - 'what's ordinary? What's so wrong about it? Everyone is spec….' you might know the rest]
Then, after a few hours of shut eye or just Eminem tracks (like 'lose yourself' or 'Not Afraid') your fire within ignites again.
Somehow, you just automatically have a change in attitude and rise with the attitude of Nike - You can do it! (just do it)
Now, once again the cycle of achieving another milestone starts.
With thriving confidence in your veins, you feel there's nothing that can't be done. (Cancer? Hell yeah! Just wait for me to catch up on the necessary materials and Boom! ... Can you wait? while I finish my RedBull. )
Putting all in to achieve it, leaving no stone unturned (that you know of).
Then, another disappointment.
Stress and Doubt settle in.
It doesn't make sense. You feel like you let down your closed ones.
Then, again after some hours of rant, questioning your every fibre of being and what's fair, and maybe going through some feel-good/inspiring movies like - The Intern, Good Will Hunting, Grown Ups, Wake-up Sid, Step-Up 3, etc., you suddenly have a reason to get out of bed in the morning again.
You start to reason that what if what I did was not enough? Maybe I didn't give it everything I could. Let's dig deeper.
Once again the whole cycle starts and the same grind continues.
With the potion of your self-belief, associating yourself as special, slowly draining (even after efforts of regaining confidence) unless you get a win.
But, throughout all these loops of struggles lies the secret weapon.
The journey that makes them stand apart? That makes them feel special,
It's the bridge ride from constant doubts & struggles
to their attitude of
'So what?' You win some, you lose some.
But that doesn't mean you stop trying!
Special? Am I?
Are you?
It's upto you.
So, what's it gonna be?
P.S.
You win some, you lose some.
Real win is no matter how many times you stumble, always get back up. (pretty sure I heard this in Rocky too)
There isn't any player who can make every shot, except for CP3. There are great nights and off nights. But what matters is how you come back from it the next play, next possession, next game. [There can be way too many analogies on this. Can't stop thinking…shut up? Yeah! You're right. I'll stop. Otherwise I'll keep rambl..]
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