Become a ‘possibilitarian’. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities – always see them, for they’re always there.
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
If you look at the dictionary, there is no such word as “‘possibilitarian’. But I like this quotation for the powerful meaning it conveys. We have come across words such as parliamentarian and disciplinarian. These words indicate the life style or avocation of a person. A parliamentarian believes in the parliamentary system of governance, and a disciplinarian believes in a disciplined way of life. If you apply this logic to this word, a ‘possibilitarian’ believes in possibilities!
A few days ago, a teacher approached me for a conduct certificate. He said that he is applying for a government job, but added that there is no possibility of getting the job and he is applying for the job to satisfy his wife! Can we call him ‘impossibilitarian’!
You have to believe in possibilities, however, low it could be. The law of success says that you attract everything that you believe strongly. Do you know the law of self-fulfilling prophesies? Wikipedia defines self-fulfilling prophecy as a prediction that directly or indirectly causes it to become true, by the very terms of the prophecy itself, due to a positive feedback between belief and behaviour.
Before you start any project, start with a positive feeling that there is some possibility of succeeding and gather all the resources to enhance the probability of success. This will give you the self-confidence that you will succeed one day or other if you persevere.
Over this weekend, list all the projects you gave up thinking that they are impossible, and find out if someone else has achieved the same!
(From my book 'Arise, Awake and Take Charge')
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