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Carl Lewis - "If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win." · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Dot com. Welcome to the Daily Quote, the
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  podcast designed to kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm your host, Andrew Mcgibbon, and this episode is brought to
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  you by the Great News Podcast because great news should be
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  heard. Today's quote comes from Carl
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  Lewis, one of the greatest athletes in Olympic history,
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  winner of nine gold medals and a man who once said he never
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  competed against other athletes. He competed against perfection.
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  He once said if you don't have confidence, you'll always find a
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  way not to win. That phrase find a way not to
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  win is the one that bothers me. Lewis isn't saying that without
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  confidence, you'll try hard and fall short.
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  He's saying something far more unsettling.
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  Without confidence, you will unconsciously engineer your own
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  defeat. You won't even need an opponent.
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  You'll do it yourself. Think about what that looks like
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  in real life. You almost go for the promotion,
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  but talk yourself out of applying.
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  You nearly launched the project, but decide it needs a little
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  more work first. You start strong, then pull back
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  just before the moment of commitment.
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  On the surface, it looks like caution or practicality or
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  timing. But underneath, without self
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  assurance, people subconsciously undermine their own potential
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  and subvert opportunities for victory.
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  The lack of confidence finds a way every single time.
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  Here's what Lewis understood from decades of elite
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  competition. Talent gets you to the starting
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  line. Preparation gets you through
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  training. But in the decisive moment when
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  it counts, confidence is the variable that determines
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  everything. Lewis's approach was to channel
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  his energy and focus, run his race and stay relaxed.
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  Because when you believe in yourself fully, you stop
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  interfering with your own performance.
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  Confidence isn't arrogance. It isn't certainty that you'll
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  succeed. It's the decision to stop
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  sabotaging yourself before you've ever begun.
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  So here's the question. Where are you currently finding
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  a way not to win? Not because the obstacle is in
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  front of you, but because the doubt is inside you?
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  Because that's the game Carl Lewis is describing, and the
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  only way to stop losing it is to decide right now that you're
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  going to back yourself. Confidence first, the winning
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  follows. That's it for today.
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  I'm Andrew McGivern, signing off for now, but I'll be back
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  tomorrow. Same pod time, same pod station
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  with another daily quote.