Why I Love to Be Underestimated
Sometimes casual disrespect can be highly motivating.
I used to let people talk down to me a lot. I believed people when they told me they were better than me. I found it disheartening, but I thought they were right.
It can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you don’t believe you can do something, you may not even try. Your efforts are affected by your attitude. You perceive any failure as justification that you can’t do this thing. With this mindset, you don’t understand failing is part of the plan.
You apologize for even trying.
I picked up a few habits in the last few years that I value immensely. One is simply how I now view this kind of disrespect. I still fail as often as before; the difference now is that I believe in myself. If I work hard, I will achieve what I try to do…. Eventually.
I realized nobody can use their words or assumptions to stop that.
You probably know what kind of moments I’m talking about. They occur almost every day for some people. On the court of a sporting event, in your workplace, even amongst friends. Something that has helped me immensely is the practice of transferring the energy of these moments into motivation to do better. To prove these types…
