Welcome to another edition of Unshakable, Unbreakable, Unstoppable Stories with Bonnie Jean.
Ever realize how much easier it is to be negative than it is to be positive?
Or how much easier it is to talk about things you’re bad at than recognize things you’re good at?
Here’s the really strange thing. When I was in middle school and high school, I taught myself to believe that being negative and talking about how bad I was was a good thing.
Weird, right? Well, that’s because I didn’t like cocky kids. It bothered me when they bragged about how smart they were in school. Because if they bragged about their grades and I didn’t score as high on the test or paper or homework, I would feel stupid.
Since I played a lot of sports, I also didn’t like it when my teammates or someone I was playing against bragged about how good they were. Because if they bragged about things like how hard they could throw or how far they could hit a ball, I would feel invisible and useless. I would feel like I wasn’t any good and didn’t belong on the team.
I didn’t want to make other kids feel stupid or invisible or useless, so instead of bragging about myself, I would do just the opposite. I would think about and talk about all the mistakes I made on my school work or in the sports I played.
And the more I focused on all the bad results I was getting in school or sports, the more confidence I lost in myself. I began to believe I couldn’t get great grades or be a great athlete.
Since I didn’t believe in myself, I didn’t believe in my dreams, either. I believed I couldn’t have what I wanted to have or be who I wanted to be.
I taught myself to believe I couldn’t do a lot of things, and I was right.
I wasn’t right because my dreams were impossible; I was right because I never tried to live my dreams…until I learned I could always find a way to do what I dream when I stick to my strengths.
I learned I could be positive and confident about the things I was good at without being cocky.
I learned that the more confident I am in myself and my dreams, I’m happier, I’m more fun to be around and I’m better able to help you find your confidence and live your dreams.
The great news is that you don’t have to spend your middle school and high school days focusing on negative things and losing confidence in yourself. Because no matter how old you are, you can be an unshakable, unbreakable, unstoppable Dream Doer today!
To Your Dreams,
Bonnie Jean
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