At times during my career I have felt the need for the affirmation of others to get me to my goals.

But even the most supportive people cannot achieve the success that comes when we rely on ourselves – not others – to affirm our path of action.

When I started a business, I so wanted everyone to tell me it would be a success – and some did. But things didn’t work out until I actually believed that what I was doing would succeed – eventually.

Affirmation works best when it starts with us.

I’m actually at a point where when I share an idea with someone else if they like it, I question whether the idea is actually the best I have to offer. Is it innovative enough? A game changer? Disruptive?

I often tell audiences that when a speaker stands before a crowd, she or he must positively affirm that they’ve earned the right to be there before they have a right to expect a rousing round of appreciative applause at the conclusion.

Get back into the business of affirming yourself.

Start this morning at work or in situations where you are called upon to come up big. Don’t look elsewhere but to yourself.

When you affirm yourself, then the recognition that later rolls in from others will be the realization of others of what you actually believed FIRST.

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