Welcome to another edition of Unshakable, Unbreakable, Unstoppable Stories with Bonnie Jean.
Have you ever tried NOT to make a mistake but ended up making that mistake anyway?
I have. Lots of times. Way before I learned how to be an unshakable, unbreakable, unstoppable Dream Doer.
When I was growing up, I was very good at telling myself NOT to make mistakes. For instance, I remember an all-star softball tournament I was playing in one year when I was about 12 or 13.
It was the championship game, and we were up by one in the last inning. I was playing first base, and the other team had the bases loaded. But we had two outs on them. All we had to do was get one more out, and we would win the state tournament.
As the pitcher got ready to pitch, I bent down and got ready to catch the ball if she hit it to me. But all I could think was, “don’t miss it, don’t miss it, don’t miss it.”
The pitcher pitched the ball.
The batter hit it.
Right to me.
An easy ground ball.
As I watched the ball roll toward me, I kept thinking, “don’t miss it, don’t miss it, don’t miss it.”
Can you guess what happened?
That’s right.
I missed the ball.
It went right through my legs.
Two runs scored.
We lost the game and the championship.
The other team celebrated.
I cried.
You see, the more I told myself not to miss the ball, the more I hurt my confidence. Instead of being confident in the fact that I could catch the ball, I trained myself to be confident that I couldn’t.
Please learn from my mistake. If you want to boost your confidence, be positive. Train yourself to think of what you CAN do instead of what you CAN’T do.
To this day, I wonder what would have happened if I had said to myself “catch the ball, catch the ball, catch the ball.”
So how can you boost your confidence today? Think of something negative you’ve been telling yourself, then turn it into a positive. Focus on the positive point of view, and your confidence will begin to soar.
To Your Dreams,
Bonnie Jean
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