A great quote by Henry Ford. There are plenty of other quotes about the role of belief in people's ability to accomplish things.
In my experience, they are 100% true.
Now, if you can somehow trick yourself into thinking you can fly, that's not what I'm talking about.
However, there are many situations I have found myself in where I found myself delaying something or not doing it because I thought "I don't know how".
Even after 53 years of living, I still play that game with myself. I'm convinced my idea for a podcast is sound, but I put all sorts of things in front of it, because of fear and a goofy internal dialog.
It was no different when I started Omega nearly 18 years ago. Did I have a clue? No, I did not. But I just kept pushing myself forward. One more call, one more item on the list, until I was just doing it. If there was an inflection point, I have no idea what it was.
The moral of my story. The best way to gain the "think you can", is to do it. Fail, but try. Try again. With every increment of effort you'll get better, and your confidence will increase.
If you want to have your own business, then break it into "bite-sized" pieces. One at a time, try and master them. The process of doing that gives you not only the skill to start a business - it also gives you the confidence, the belief.
Perhaps you truly can't today, but with effort inability will go away.
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