I was once confident in myself, had success, was no longer successful, fell off, lost confidence in self altogether, fronted to hide my true embarrassment, then realized.
Self confidence is the difference. I was successful when I believed that I would be successful. It was only when I started second guessing myself or doubting myself that I saw less success. Believing in yourself is so simple, but so hard. There's a reason why there's THOUSANDS of guys in this world who could fill the 10-12 spots on any NBA roster right now by only 90 guys do. Because somewhere along the line, one guy thought of himself as a professional basketball in the making and the other guy saw himself as a guy who "hoped" he could be.
I've, self consciously, always believed I'd be where it seems I'm heading. You know how some people's "dreams" come true. The guys who make it to the NBA. Your 5 star hollywood actors. Lead singer of an iconic band. I always felt like I was destined to be one of those guys. Most people would say that's cocky or arrogant, but I kept that to myself, because at the same time I was self conscious. Mainly because it seems naive as well.
I didn't take the path I thought I would, but I'm starting to think maybe I should have just accepted what I'm doing now as it was always obvious. Some of the people I've met with in the last year, potential employment opportunities. Man, I believed it when I was 10. I thought I was a complete joke at 19. Today, I believe again.
I enjoy reading different people's thoughts on a topic on NT. I really enjoy it. A fair amount of people in my area only think a certain way, it's refreshing to be reminded there is common sense in this world. Common sense, compassion, integrity,
I tend to stay out of any threads outside of music, sports, or this for stimulating dialogue. I go to the sneaker threads to either post helpful insider info or gather info myself. That and when I'm high to laugh at the stuff said. NT used to be nothing but like "in the know" guys. almost like a neighborhood before everyone got famous type of feel. Now there's more herbs posting photoshoot qualities photos of themselves not wearing shoes but holding them on their head, hanging them from their neck, or heaven forbid trying to recreate some kanye moment.
I know that last comment came off as really condescending, but come on, is anyone gonna actually tell me I'm wrong? That's the only thing that disturbs me about this board. Some guys are so sucked in. Like, the post frequency in some threads is so frequent it's hard to believe you can be doing anything but sitting at the computer. And that's the only thing that worries me about the kids of today. I NEVER see kids in neighborhoods or in driveways shooting basketball or throwing the football anymore. But there's 232,435 kids on xbox live at any given moment.
Before I die, I think we'll see some really crazy type of **** happen with the government and the people in this country. Don't ask me why, gut feeling.