I Ignited My Self-belief!

The area I focus on most with my coaching clients is self belief. This is the foundation of a great life and once you have self belief you really can achieve anything in life.

As Fiona says “ Strong self belief is what separates Masters from the masses, exceptional human beings from the average and charismatic leaders from followers.”

Why am I telling you this?

Well, last week I renewed my own self-belief – I practiced what I preach and the results were so amazing I just had to put pen to paper. Last weekend I took part in a 30-mile charity walk in the Lake District. This walk included a climb to a peak 800 metres above sea level, which is a good day’s walk for most people. We decided to do this plus another 26 miles!

Up until last Friday I was scared and if anybody had allowed me to pull out of the walk I would have. I had done no training and just could not imagine completing the walk. Anyway the chance to pull out never came so Saturday morning at 7.30am we began the walk. The first twelve miles were fine and I was coping ok until we hit the big climb.

Wanting to Quit
As we began the ascent my legs turned to lead and I just couldn’t move. I had no energy and I kept looking up at the peak thinking I just would not make it. I really wanted to quit.

Then I kicked in my positive attitude and said to myself that I would complete the walk and began to imagine the feeling of finishing. I began visualising telling all my friends and family of my achievement and eliminated the negative thoughts of pain and failure. I placed a bet on myself that I would finish and from that moment I became focussed.

I stopped thinking of the next 18 miles but instead just focussed on the next fifty steps. If I could complete the next fifty steps I would treat myself to a 30 second rest. And this continued for the next nine hours forty-five minutes – at exactly ten o’clock that evening after fourteen and a half hours I crossed the finish line.

Focus and Belief
It was an incredible feeling. I had never completed something so big in terms of endurance and the sense of achievement was just amazing. It made me believe that I can achieve anything I want to - I just need to put my mind to it, focus and believe I can do it. At work all this week I have been super confident and that is all from this one experience.

That’s how powerful self belief is.

Hetal