Have you Ever been Told you're not good enough?

Has somebody ever said something that put you down so much it broke your self confidence?

Your belief in yourself?

I did...

When I was 5!

The most influential person I knew at 5 apart from my parents

My first teacher.

I remember it clearly it was such a shifty thing to say.

"Fergal you are stupid and you will never be able to do maths!"

Guess what.

I struggled all through school with maths.

So much so I was unable to tell the time on a watch until I was nearly 10 or 11

I struggled all through second level education

To this day I get nervous sometimes when I have to give a client change for a training session.

I should keep the change....:)

Then another person who was a teacher laughed at me when I told them I wanted to be a martial arts teacher and own my own fitness business.

Guess who that was..

My first Martial Arts teacher!

Another knock... From a very influencial role model.

Look at me now F@#&er!

What turned me around?

Somebody told me I was good enough

That I could do it

I could make it.

That I was a success.

Now I battled with my own self doubt and fear of failure.

This man is Professor George Canning

10th Dan Which is the highest honour a martial artist can have bestowed on him or her.

A founder of a martial arts system

An amazing teacher, mentor and friend

So next time somebody tells you you are not good enough.

Smile and feel sorry for them in the knowledge that you are In charge of what you do and when you do it.

They are afraid of change therefore they will never achieve anything worth mentioning.

They want to drag you down to their level of exsistance.

They won't succeed in infecting you with their jumpsuit fear tactics as long as you maintain in your mind with unshakeable faith the FACT that you will succeed.

Be strong, Push on despite the ne Sayers

They are cowards, pity them laughed at them.

There is no impossible.

Fergal "no limits" Lawlor





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