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June 11th, 2007 by messahHaving scored a goal always makes your confidence flying high. Your feeling will say that you are not the loser in the corner.
You can then laugh and sing. Releasing the pressure you had earlier. Relief.
Let’s rewind a bit to see what happened before that goal. You are a striker with a task to score goals. You were being watched by your teammates, and your coach, and your fans, and your opponents, and your beautiful girlfriend, and your close friends, and your parents, and the referee of the game, and the commentators, and those people who always bullying you everyday, and God. Nonetheless, you were being extremely under pressure. At this stage, you would simply get nervous. But you had to be patient and believe that the chance would come.
And when the chance finally came, you must regard it as the only chance you would have throughout the entire game. A beautiful pass from your teammate let you face one on one with the goalkeeper. Please, remain calm! I repeat: CALM DOWN!!! All you have to do now is capitalizing this rare chance.
Remain focus to the result. You can play some foot-works a bit whenever you feel confident. But in the end, only the goal will be counted.
Now, let’s zoom out from that scene and zoom in into another scene in life. With running out of money, and uncertain career path, and debt collectors chasing after you, being unemployed doesn’t seem to be a wise option.
You are being watched by people around you, and your parents, and your beautiful girlfriend, and your close friends, and your haunting bad memories, and God. You are once again being extremely under pressure.
Similar to the football match, you have to had a strong belief that the good chance will come sooner or later. You have to be prepared and capitalize the chance. Always think about the result. In the end, only the result will be mattered. Maybe you are now nervous and feel insecure. But when the time comes, you can start to fly. Fly with confidence.