Everything in life you believe you can get, you get. This is a pattern throughout life. Think about it. You wanted a game console? You got it. You wanted a car? A house? Sure thing. Boyfriend/girlfriend? Yup! A job? You got it.

Now, this is not to say that everyone has these things. Oh no! You only have what you believe in your heart you can attain. Some may call these things manageable - well, that’s exactly why you believed you could attain them. And because of this belief, you got them. The circumstances of others' may make it difficult for them to believe they can attain much, so, they do not. Consider this concept and I think you'll find most things will fall in line with it.

When you encounter a challenge in life, you have two options in terms of how to approach it:

Option A) Recognize the difficulty and improbability of success, and give in to the idea of impossibility.

Option B) Recognize the difficulty, analyze what needs to be done in order to succeed, and act.

We need to work with the idea of possibility. Successful people rarely live statistically sensible lives. This is one of my favorite lines! Success is a conscious decision, not a mathematical outcome. People of achievement have chosen to view challenges from the perspective of what makes them achievable, not from what makes them difficult. We need to look only at what we require to succeed. Knowing this, we can simplify the two choices we have when faced with a challenge:

Option A) Impossible. Not doable.

Option B) Possible. Doable.

The action centers of the brain rely on the instructions you give to them. If you believe something is unattainable, your brain will not fight you on this, and you will not attain. Conversely, when you think of something you believe you can get, your brain immediately starts to chart a course towards its achievement. Depending on whether you choose Option A or Option B, you're sending the message to your brain, and corresponding action will follow.

Long ago, it was widely believed to be impossible that a human could run a four-minute mile. That was, until May of 1954, when Roger Bannister was the first man to do it. The second man to do it? June of 1954 - a month later. Since then, thousands of people have done it. Teenagers have done it. Woah! What changed? Our belief changed. Once the world realized that running that fast could be done, and once we believed we could do it, it was repeated endlessly. This is a beautiful illustration of this article's message.

We often base what we believe we can accomplish on what others have done before us. Countless people throughout history have risen to success despite difficult circumstances, from all walks of life. Knowing this, there should be no reason you could not emulate their track. There is no reason you could not, despite your own difficult circumstances, rise above and on to succeed as others before you have.

If you believe you can do a thing, you can do it. I'm not talking about whimsical wishes. I'm talking about unwavering, conscious belief that you can do something, go somewhere, or be someone. If you do have this belief, there is but little that could obstruct your path to achievement. It starts with a decision that you make, a vision that you have.

Use belief as your starting point.