There’s an old proverb about what those who say they can and those who say they can’t have in common: they’re BOTH RIGHT!

I don’t want this to come off sounding New Age teaching or a worldly motivational talk that is 100% focused on “you,” but there is a direct relationship between how successfully and effectively you run your race to the destiny God has put before you and how you perceive your ability to run that race.

To take that even a step further, how YOU see yourself is exactly the same way OTHERS will see you. What is in your mind and in your heart will find a way to show itself outwardly-and people will perceive you by what you display. So, it’s true that:

—If you want others to believe you can, then YOU HAVE to believe you can!

—If you want others to respect you, then YOU HAVE to respect yourself!

—If you want others to treat you with dignity, then YOU HAVE to see yourself as worthy of dignity!

—If you don’t like being “walked on” by others, then YOU HAVE to have the attitude that you won’t be a doormat!

—If you believe that all things are possible for you, then others will say, ” I think this guy/gal can do anything he/she decides to do!”

What we believe about ourselves will go a long way toward deciding what we’ll do with our lives. “For as he THINKS IN HIS HEART, so is he….”(Pro.23:7)