You Have To Believe To Succeed

By Cheval John

For many sport teams, it would be difficult for them to succeed if they are facing an opponent that seems better than them.

The opponent would have the bigger budget to have the quality players for their team like the New York Yankees.

Or in the case of college football, teams from the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) having more scholarships than teams from the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).

When the teams from the FBS compete against teams from the FCS, it should be an easy conclusion that the teams from the FBS should always win.

It should be a warm up matchup for the FBS teams to get that easy win.

However, that is not always the case.

Like the time when Appalachian State, who were in the FCS at the time, defeated Michigan 34-32 televised in the inauguration of the Big Ten Network, that brought shock waves to the college football world.

Everyone including the ESPN analyst were “upset” mentioned that Michigan should have won that matchup because they had all of the talent and the bigger budget.

What they should have understand is that Appalachian State were a team that should not have been taken lightly because they were at that time a two-time FCS champion.

Plus, they had the mindset that they could beat Michigan when they faced them.

And Sam Houston State had the same mindset that they could have beaten Texas Tech when they faced them last Saturday in Lubbock.

Even though they lost by the score of 59-45, the Bearkats kept Texas Tech on their toes.

The Bearkats had 671 yards, which is the most yards they have ever produced against a team from the FBS.

Sam Houston did not go into that matchup thinking that they would not win because they were from the FCS.

Instead, the Bearkats believed that they could beat Texas Tech and almost won.

The important lesson that everyone can learn is that even if you are not the most talented person in your industry like public relations, etc, if you have the mindset to believe that you can succeed, then success will come to you.

And even if you don’t win at your industry like public relations, etc. at least you gave it your all to be successful and did not allow doubt to stop you from achieving success.

Who knows, competing against a company that is larger than your company can allow you to eventually win in your specific market like writing, etc.

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