"For most of us, such confidence does not come easy. It’s understandable. **So many people in our lives have preached the need to be realistic or conservative or worse—to not rock the boat**. "This is an enormous disadvantage when it comes to trying big things. Because though our doubts (and self-doubts) feel real, they have very little bearing on what is and isn’t possible. **Our perceptions determine, to an incredibly large degree, what we are and are not capable of. In many ways, they determine reality itself**. When we believe in the obstacle more than in the goal, which will inevitably triumph?" ([Location 720](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00IX49OS4&location=720)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[adversity]], [[leadership]], [[resilience]], [[bias-to-action]], [[story-bias]], [[confidence]], [[environmental-design]] **Source** -- [[202409180132 - B - The Obstacle is the Way]] **See Also **-- [[202308180913 — AtN — You have the ability to reframe scenarios to protect your mental health]]