Self-Belief Is Everything
The moment you have true, unrelenting self-belief you win. When you truly believe in yourself, from your skills to mindset, everything opens up. That inner belief is enough to drive success your way. The first person who should believe in yourself is you. Once you do that, other people follow. It's really obvious when somebody has extreme confidence yet immense humility.
This combination is extraordinary. It's when you know you'll achieve whatever you set out to do yet not be arrogant, but humble. Developing this is a superpower. The moment this happens is the moment that serendipity, luck, and the odds of success greatly increase. The world rewards those who are genuinely kind and believe in themselves when most don't.
The key is understanding that not everybody will believe in you and that's ok. It's ok, because you believe in yourself, and that is most important. You know you'll leave it all out there, give everything you have, and achieve your goals. They'll just have to wait and see. At times, it even takes a kind of delusion to keep this self-belief. It's ok to be delusional.
If I knew the formula to develop self-belief I'd share it, yet I obviously don't. My intuition is it's a combination of many things. Deep introspection with yourself. Training your mind. Focusing on yourself and nobody else. Constantly challenging yourself. Everybody gets there differently, but these are foundational.
I've begun to seriously see that life has series of valleys and mountains. It's hard to keep your self-belief when your slogging through the dark, scary valleys. The only way to get to the mountaintops is if you're willing to walk through the valleys and hold onto that inner belief. Look inwards and find your own self-belief. It will be invaluable to your life.