Daily Inspiration #73 - Lance Armstrong - Believe
Daily Inspiration #73
Lance Armstrong
Believe
Lance Armstrong
Believe
Lance Edward Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. Armstrong is the 1993 professional world champion, and won the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005. However, in 2012, he was banned from sanctioned Olympic sports for life as a result of long-term doping offenses. As part of those sanctions, all results going back to August 1998, including his seven Tour wins, were voided.
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This guy got a bad rep when they found out he was doping, but he really killed it on a bike in his prime.
His quote today is a great one.
"Anything is possible.
You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance
or a 50-percent chance
or a 1-percent chance,
but you have to believe, and you have to fight."
You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance
or a 50-percent chance
or a 1-percent chance,
but you have to believe, and you have to fight."
You can accomplish literally anything in this world!
Anything!
There is nothing that is not within your grasp if you apply the proper principles and discipline.
There are many things that take far more effort and time than others but anything is possible.
My dad used to say, "You can do anything you set your mind to.".
I'm not sure if he realized how far that statement could really take a person as he thought most of my adventures were crazy lol.
That statement is probably the most important thing I ever learned from him.
I've done so many things in my life because I believed I could.
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I've also failed miserably at many things because I didn't believe I could.
Once we start believing in ourselves, and applying ourselves, we will literally be astounded at what we can actually accomplish.
We are creative beings.
That's what we do, every day, all day.
We create each and every part of our days as we go along.
Once you understand that, and that belief really sinks in, you can start shaping this life to be exactly what you want it to be.
Never, ever, ever let yourself be sucked into what other people think you are or are not capable of!
Never let other people try to convince you what is possible and what is not.
Ever!
You are the one that says what is possible and impossible in your life.
You and only you.
Elon Musk believes it is possible to make regular trips to the freakin moon, and look what he's doin!
He's got a rocket that is 100 times more powerful for about half the cost of anything NASA has ever built!
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WTF?!?!
This is real, this is the real power of belief.
Ok so the guy is rich, born into money, blah blah blah.
Because of that background he was basically just taught to believe without doubt.
That unencumbered belief and unwavering focus is what is really making it possible, not his money.
Do you know how many people there are in this world that are far richer than him?
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Several.
None of them are breaking the barriers of reality the way he is.
I'm sure most of them have thought him crazy in fact.
Will your belief and focus ever be that strong?
Only you can decide that, but if you aren't trying to send tourists to the moon, then I'm quite confident it will not have to be.
However the stronger your belief, the narrower your focus, and the more determined your will is to accomplish, the faster and more intensely your goals will be reached.
So believe!
Believe in yourself!
Believe in what you are doing, and fight as hard as you can to make it happen!
Remember,
"Anything is possible.
You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance
or a 50-percent chance
or a 1-percent chance,
but you have to believe, and you have to fight."
You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance
or a 50-percent chance
or a 1-percent chance,
but you have to believe, and you have to fight."
Thanks for reading,
Michael David
@michaeldavid
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There is great encouragement in this post but at the same time any acomplishment is not worth lying to yourself ....being honest gives as peace
Yes, I agree...knowing one's limitations is called reality. I don't care how much I believe I can run a 25-mile marathon, without the desire, it's not going to happen.
Btw, believe is one of my favorite words; though totally in link with a Divine Faith in Christ Jesus.
Peace.
Lance Armstrong indeed is a phenomenal character of strength and positivity. And I agree it's a mind game. Anything is possible.
Anything at all!
We are the ones who put Limits to our own Capabilities. The minute we think that Its Hard or Impossible it actually Becomes Impossible.
Its all the Power of Mind.
I don't know where I read this but there has been situations where People have become Healthy believing they are taking Medicines while they were taking Food Pills.
So Believe in Yourself is the Mantra
This is the placebo affect. Studied a lot in medicine. They've shown many times that a placebo (sugar pill with nothing healing in it) can heal.
The mind really is a fascinating thing.
Yes it is!
awesome post..
yes we do need to believe the things that we do and dream of doing.
every one us has the potential to achieve anything as long as we believe it..
Cheers!
Thank you!
It is so true!
Belief is one word but it does wonders for those who really understand its importance. Thanks @michaeldavid for the daily dose. Appreciate it.
Steem on!
You are absolutely right @ugetfunded. Full steem ahead!
Elon Musk is an absolute LEGEND (another South African legend, I might add... hehehe) but that aside...
If only people REALISED that by FEEDING themselves stuff like this habitually, their ENTIRE lives would change!
Get out of your own way - because YOU are your only limit!
Love it @michaeldavid :) (as always!!)
Perfectly articulated @jaynie!
Elon is totally my hero lol
You are absolutely right!
In the words of my son and the Ninja Turtles.. #booyakasha!!!!!!!!! :)
Awesome! kowabunga dude!
"You have to believe and you have to fight" - so true!
It really is!
You should read Malcom Gladwell's 'Outliers' - he provides a rich, detailed statistical analysis of why self-belief alone is not sufficient to achieve success - and as far I can see Lance Armstrong's self-belief wasn't enough either - not only did he need millions of dollars of investment in cycling infrastructure, that still wasn't sufficient for him to win, he needed stimulants as well, and he also needed to cajole his younger team members into doping too. All of this was necessary in an era when doping was pretty much the norm!
Well, that's the interesting thing isn't it?
Belief is what leads you to the other things you need. That's the point of it.
In Armstrong's case, his belief that he could win led him to equipment and the stimulants that he believed he needed.
No one thing alone assures success, that's why I have so many posts about it :)
this one is great, you can have anything if you want it enough you will figure a way to get it :)
You definitely will!
This guy ruled Tour de france, amazing
Yea he really did.