the Power of Beliefs

"Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve" - Napoleon Hill

The quote says it all..


you choose what you want to believe and you live with it..
what you think of yourself will determine your way of thinking, your actions and eventually your future..


but how? 
When you believe in yourself, your belief will serve as a drive to push you to take actions to achieve what you believe in..
Focus on what you believe in, write it down if you must and let it inspire you to strive for excellence..


If you say to yourself everyday that you only want a pass in your exams because you can't possibly achieve better grades than your friends, you will only put in that much effort just to pass..
On the other hand, when you believe that you can surpass your friends in school and you'll be on the top, you will also, unconsciously put in that much effort to do so..
I proved it myself..


When I was younger, I went to a private primary school where there are 3 classes of 24-26 in a cohort. I consider my cohort as a quite brilliant one as there was really a lot of my school mates who won loads of competitions, achieved very high grades in their academics and at the same time, develop their talents like singing and playing the piano. Being a young girl and not knowing myself well, I always assumed I was only an average student and I just stopped competing with the rest for excellence. I didn't study much, did only what I think I can, barely made effort and until the end of my 6 years there, I graduated as only an average student.


Knowing that I'm an average student, I decided to not go to a middle school with a lot of students and that's why I ended up in another school with only 24 people in the cohort (it was the first cohort in the school). I knew I believed that I couldn't do well so going to a school with no competition (small amount of students), wouldn't make any difference and it would at least make me less depressed by not knowing the fact that others are better than me in all ways.
Sounds lame yeah.. but never mind, I'm grateful that I moved to that school as it shaped me into who I am now..
Anyway, as I enter middle school I did what I did in primary school, maybe with a little more effort since it's a start of the new chapter in my life. After a while,tests and results are just the part and parcel of life there. BUT, as the days past in that school, I started to realise what I can do. It became known to me that i can get good grades, I can be the best if I want to believe and to do something about it. 


What happened was, my econs test paper was handed back to me and I got full marks, then in other subjects, too, I started to move up.. Maybe you could say that the test papers were easy so I could easily get full marks but to me, what matters is the realisation after I got back my marks that I can do it if I put in more effort, I can make it if I believe and if I started focusing. That was the turning point. I started to focus more and I made it. At the end of my 3 years in that school, I surpassed my expectations by getting a 38.2 out if 40 mark for my national exam and getting above 85 for most of my subjects. I gained more confidence and got into another huge school with 9 classes in a cohort and did perfectly fine and because of that belief I have in myself now, I can sit down here today in Singapore fully paid by the government. 


I don't mean to show off what I have achieved or to look down at those in my previous school (In contrary, I really am grateful to them and to the school. Can't be here without them) 
but my point is, know that you can, give in a little bit more of your effort, and you will reap what you deserve to get :) 


Having a high self esteem is good, having a low self esteem is not good neither is having one that is too high 


God Bless


-Jennifer-
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