Self-Confidence Is the Best Foundation
The second major key to mastering worry is to respond. Build
up inside of you that heavy desire to be free, to get on with building
your life and lifestyle. Too much is waiting to delay. Take a new
look at your opportunities. Figure out new ways to seize them
immediately and make them work for you. And here is a key, bring
a new dedication that you will master yourself with enough
discipline to be more than qualified to do the present job and
prepare yourself for the next move up. Expose yourself to every
stimulation possible that will put all this in perspective.
Now let’s move on to a very important point. And that is - the
best answer to worry is confidence. First, self-confidence. I can
better handle next winter. I have a strong shelter. It is stocked
with supplies. I now know how to take advantage of the spring. I’m
going to plant better crops, and bigger crops. I can last through the
summer. I won’t quit this time. I’ll study weeds and how to get rid
of them. I’ll be less frightened of the changing weather and the
quick storms. In the fall I will exercise more care and reap what I
have without complaint and blame nothing for the amount of my
harvest. I’ll learn to save a fair portion so that I can survive the bad
seasons when the out of control hailstorm comes and it all goes
wrong.
Now, we must consider this, the most fatal deterrent to self-
confidence is guilt. Not doing all you know how to do to the full
extent of your present ability weakens the foundation for
confidence. The biggest part of worry comes from the lack of this
personal confidence. And lack of confidence comes from two major
things. First, no goals or plan, and second, no daily discipline to
achieve. The inaction to cure or handle small tasks is what starts
the guilt process. And that always tends to make you look at what
is wrong and expect the worst. So, listen to the voices of creative
experience. Let nature, experience, wisdom, books, everything,
speak to you and teach you. Remember, both opportunity and
challenges await action. Everything yields to diligence. It’s not
what you can do. It’s what you will do that counts.
An undeveloped ability comes from three problems. First, lack
of inspiration to find out. Second, lack of reasons to learn. And