It takes belief

In yesterdays Minneapolis newspaper was a great article about Mallery Weggemann who is paralyzed from the waist down. Mallery is a swimmer but she had an injury and she started to have a question in her head, "Will I be able to do this?" What she wanted to do was to swim in the upcoming Paralympics. Her coach says that she will do anything it takes to achieve  her goal.  "ONCE SHE BELIEVED, THE REST WAS EASY."

 

These examples of people who are determined to do things that don't seem possible to do are what  inspires me.   When I read a story like this I always seem to relate it to the Shaklee opportunity because building this business is simple but that doesn't mean it's easy.  

 

"Once she believed, the rest was easy."  Those are the words that inspire me.  I started to think about those words and I asked myself, "When does belief really matter, before or after the work is accomplished?" The answer of course is you have the belief first and that is what will help you get through any problem or obstacle you may face. Without belief it is easy to get discouraged and to start to doubt yourself. Your belief is what will help pull you through the difficult times.

 

In the Shaklee business we need belief in the company, the products and the opportunity. I think it's rather easy to believe in those three things. The tough part is to have belief in yourself. When I went to meetings I heard many presentations and I met people who were making it work and they were wonderful examples. I figured that if they could do it, so could I. My belief was there but I think it was more of  a hopeful belief  that I could do it. My belief grew to the point where there was nothing that was going to stop me from succeeding in Shaklee.  

 

So the question is, what creates belief?  I have learned that the following is what helps me to build my belief:

1) What am I reading?    

2) Who am I listening to?   

3) Who do I hang around with?

 

Think about it.

 

Enthusiastically,

Gary Burke