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How the achievements of great people can change your thinking.

When I was 10 and started dreaming of competing in the Olympics, I did not think it was a possible dream. After all, I was not a great athlete. I was always the last kid picked to play sports in P.E.
    
I needed to start believing in myself in order to start taking action. Lack of self-belief results in fear of failure, and that's what keeps people from pursuing their dreams. After all, if you don't believe you can achieve your dream, why even try?  Once you believe, you are ready to commit to taking action. And believe me; success requires taking MASSIVE ACTION - for a long time. Unless you commit, you'll never make your dream come true.

To help my self-belief, dad got me to read biographies. Dad said, "Ruben, why don't you read some biographies - the stories of great people. If you read about the lives of people you look up to, people you admire, you'll learn what works and what doesn't work in life, because success leaves clues." Then he backed off and let the books work their magic.

The great thing for my self-belief was that I started to think differently. After reading the stories of people who had overcome great odds to realize their dreams, I realized that ordinary people could accomplish the extraordinary if they followed success principles. I realized that I could do it, too!
 

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