While it’s important to surround yourself with supportive people, there will be times when others may not believe in you simply because they don’t see your vision, don’t understand your potential or have their own limitations.

That doesn’t mean they’re always wrong or that you should dismiss them entirely.

True self-belief comes from within, not from external validation. Some of the most successful people have been doubted by others but proved them wrong by staying focused and persistent.

J.K. Rowling comes to mind as her Harry Potter work was rejected numerous times by publishers, a single mother, living on welfare and running out of hope. But she kept pushing forward becoming the first author to earn billions of dollars from writing.

Who knew?  She did.

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