Confidence really is key.

I know I am about 10 years too old for them, but I really enjoy the Harry Potter books. (And the movies) They are a classic power fantasy in the vein of Star Wars and King Arthur, but there is something in that world that is just, pardon the pun, magical. In book 3, Harry has trouble completing a specific spell. And it’s an important one as it keeps some flying demons away. In a crucial moment, Harry fails again to cast his spell, but from across the lake, a figure resembling Harry’s Father does cast it and the monsters are sent fleeing. Now, through some magic time travel, Harry finds himself standing across the lake, seeing his earlier self being attacked by the flying demons. He takes a breath, and casts the spell. When asked how he did it, he says that he’d seen himself cast it, so he knew that he could. It was all a matter of confidence. Believing that you can do something is almost as important and putting in the hours of training to make yourself great. The greatest athletes in the world want the ball when the game is on the line because they have the confidence in their own abilities to perform when it matters. You need to develop that same confidence in your own abilities, no matter what they may be.  Believe in yourself and your talents. Be realistic in your goals and your aspirations, but know that you can reach higher than the world expects of you. Your path can take you to amazing places, if you only believe that it will.