Can you do anything you set your mind to?
64When I was a young boy my father got me a poster that said "If you think you can you will". I used to study that poster everyday and actually started to form a believe system at a very young age that I could do anything that I wanted to. After high school, I announced to all my friends, family members, and even the entire town where I lived at the time, that I was going to Hollywood to pursue a dream of becoming a professional actor. And believe it or not, I did it. I didn't make it as far as I would have liked, but I did get a few small roles in movies and TV, and ended up as a featured celebrity in a magazine called Teen Throbs. After a few years at it, I got bored and took up music.
My next goal was to become a singer and make a record. Let me tell you that my voice was not that good, but I really believed I could become a singer. So I teamed up with one of my music idols and made a record. And shortly thereafter got on the radio and was playing gigs all over the WestCoast. Not bad for a guy who had only been singing for just barely a year. A year ago I had a crazy idea to move to Australia, which was always a dream of mine and my wife's and guess what, we did it. I remember the exact moment when we talked about it, and now we are here, although my wife misses the USA immensely - we did it. I remember reading a book recently called "The 4 Hour Work Week" and the author Tim Ferris explained how he had become a national kickboxing champion in only 6 weeks. One of my idols Wayne Dyer, claims you can become an expert in almost anything overnight. He declared himself an expert in a professional field after only spending a weekend at the library. If you haven't already seen the movie Invincible with Mark Wahlberg, I highly recommend it, as you will see a true story about a bartender named Vince Papale who at the age of 31 makes it to The Philadelphia Eagles as a walk on. We are currently seeing history in the making as Barack Obama makes his quest for the White House, talk about a success story. I guess the moral of this current blog is, "If you think you can, you will", and be careful what you wish for as you just might get it.
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i think this hub was useful to me.going to watch the movie Invincible right away.
i think this hub was useful to me.going to watch the movie Invincible right away.
I've always had that kind of thinking... as eminem says it in a song "you can do anything you set in your mind to".. I really enjoyed reading this, it supports my believes =) and as you I have some examples.
For some time I wanted to learn french (after having learning english wich was and older porpose also accomplished as you can see, I'm Colombian) and I started learning, now a year after me, my classmates and my teachers can say that I have a pretty good level of french. Also, when I started the university my father got into really bad problems, I was so decided to get the scolarship, and I did it!, and did again the next semester... now my porpuse is to do it the rest of my career, and as I've set it in my mind, I know I can do it =)
I can perfectly say it works with girls too, when you REALLY want somebody (or something) and you fight for it, you can always achieve it.
It's true u can do anything if u set your mind to it 6 months ago I knew nothing about fighting muay Thai or kickboxing now I have a bronze and fold metal in it. Bronze at 2 months and gold at 5 months I set my mind to it and I did it. I guess the point is nothings impossible if you set your mind to it
jim.sheng 3 years ago
I like this hub though I don't believe the theory of 'becoming an expert in almost anything overnight'. Can you become a mathematician or a physician overnight?