Eliminate self-killer phrases. People with shaky self-esteem riddle their proposals with lines that cast doubt on their competence. You may be fishing for encouragement or protecting yourself from criticism, but you're also creating a negative attitude. Eliminate apologetic phrases and wishy-washy statements. Rid yourself of self-limiting attitudes.
Many people limit themselves unnecessarily, creating most of their problems.
Struggling to free itself, the rope finally cut a sore around the elephant's leg. Realizing the futility of its attempts to escape, the elephant stopped trying. As the years went by, the elephant grew into an enormous creature and was used daily to dislodge and carry large poles to a pile. Every night he was tethered with the same size of rope to the pole. With his increased strength it would have been an easy matter to free himself, but he'd been conditioned to think it impossible.