How to Focus on One Thing and then Believe in Yourself

Posted by Ilka Flood | Posted in Personal Development | Posted on 14-02-2012

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I found this great video below a couple of days ago where Tyler Perry talks about how to focus on just one thing and then believe in yourself to be successful. The words he said touched my heart at the very core so I knew I just had to share this with you all.

Now focus and belief are areas I struggle with myself occasionally and I know I’m not alone. But both focus and belief are two of the very key ingredients to success. Success in anything for that matter.

What do you visualize when you think
“Focus on one thing?”

I visualize this…

When our boys were just kids they went out into our cul-de-sac one day and did a little experiment with a magnifying glass and the newspaper they found lying in our drive way. I’m sure you can guess what’s coming.

They angled the magnifying glass so that the sunlight would totally concentrate in the middle of the lens and the beam would create a very small area on the newspaper. All of the sun’s energy was focused on that one small area of the paper and before long it was on fire.

(Unfortunately our boys were curious if that experiment would have the same results on grass. So a short time later they tried it out in the gulch near our neighborhood. Luckily they didn’t set the whole neighborhood on fire but just a little area of the grass. But boy did they get in trouble for that!)

So you see, when you really just focus on ONE thing and put all of your energy in it then you will set it on fire.

Believe in yourself with every fiber of your being.

The same goes for your belief. You absolutely have to believe with every fiber of your being that you will succeed. Think about it, if you don’t believe in yourself, who will?

I know it’s hard sometimes, when you don’t see results although you have been working so hard.

You’ve been planting the seeds, you’ve been watering them, however you don’t see anything grow. It’s very easy then for doubt to creep in, isn’t it?

When that happens to me, I think of the bamboo story.

You may know the story. It goes something like this…

See when you plant a bamboo seed in the ground you don’t see anything grow for the first year, yet you need to water it constantly or it will die. You don’t even see anything grow in the second year, or the third, or the fourth for that matter. But if you don’t keep watering it, it will surely die. So you do.

Then finally in the fifth year you will see a tiny little sprout appear from the earth. That is of course, if you hadn’t given up on it in the meantime.

So if you kept up your belief and didn’t quit, and kept watering that little seed you will be nicely rewarded as this little bamboo sprout will grow to 100 feet high within the next six month.

Now the story of the bamboo is really a great example for believing in yourself because, just because you don’t see anything grow doesn’t mean there is nothing going on.

You see, during those 5 years of seemingly nothing happening, that little bamboo seed grew strong roots that gave it what it needed to survive.

The moral of the story is, that just because you don’t see any results means that there are none. So keep planting those seeds and keep watering them and eventually you will reap the rewards of your labor and create the success you desire.

And now on to the great video who was the inspiration for my blog post for today.

Let Tyler Perry show you how to …

Focus on just one thing and then don’t stop believing in yourself!

If you found this post inspirational, please pass it on to your friends. And as always do leave your feedback in the comments below. Thank You!

To your massive success!

Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

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Comments (36)

Sylviane Nuccio
Twitter: LifeCoachingPro
said on 14-02-2012

Hi Ilka,

I couldn’t agree more. One of my beloved niches is personal development and I totally agree with everything that Tyler Perry is saying here.

Belief, is everything. Everything. If you don’t believe in yourself there is no talent that will be able to cover for it.

I have in my close family two extremely talented people, but they never believed in themselves and their talent alone was certainly not enough to make it.

Thanks for this great post
Sylviane Nuccio invites you to read..What Is The Purpose Of Intuition?

Colleen Kelly Twitter: ColleenFKelly said on 15-02-2012
	This is one of the best posts I have ever read. I am so moved I’m printing it out to keep to re read!. Thank you so much for the video and your words…Awesome! Colleen Kelly invites you to read..Saying yes …To saying “NO” [Reply] Ilka Flood Reply: February 16th, 2012 at 6:25 pm You’re very welcome Colleen. Glad you liked it. Take care, Ilka [Reply]

Tanisha Twitter: tanphill said on 15-02-2012
	become obsessed with your focus and you will become passionate and the passion is powerful and your belief goes sky high..great content [Reply] Ilka Flood Reply: February 16th, 2012 at 7:21 pm Hi Tanisha, Powerful feedback, thanks so much! All the best! Ilka [Reply]