If I think I can, I will

On Sunday afternoon, my 8-year-old daughter was practicing Keyboard and she was struggling to play the song taught by her teacher that day. I could see sense of frustration and desire to give up on her face due to this minuscule failure of not able to play song almost immediately after learning it. I asked her to take a break and we decided to go to kitchen to prepare milk for her and tea for me; during that time, she said, “Papa, how can I play entire song, it’s too long and very complicated.” I acknowledged that yes, it’s a difficult song and then I reminded her that how difficult it was to learn to ride a bi-cycle or swimming but now she is a champion in it. She asked, “Does it mean Papa that if I practice this song, I will be able to play entire song?” and I simply nodded my head. Next hour was most focused hour she spent rehearsing again and again, in between continuing to ask me for feedback and all I had to do was to provide positive update. She played song and she did excellent.  

Looking at her with fatherly pride, I remembered a quote by Henry Ford “Whether you think you CAN, or you think you CAN’T – You’re RIGHT.” It’s a profound statement explaining depth of human thought process. All she had to do was to convince herself that she can and that was all, she did it.

We, Human are so empowered and at the same time limited by our Brain. We make choices in every step of life and we work towards it to make it happen. Before anything or anyone, we need to convince ourselves for that dream, rest everything falls in place eventually. In hindsight, moving from 50Kg. guy to 80 Kg. or becoming a good programmer and then becoming a Leader, all those goals were first achieved in my mind, I had to convince myself that I can and here I am, achieved them successfully.

Learn to leverage your mind, convince your mind and nothing is going to be out of your reach.

Happy Thinking !!!