Belief is for losers.

#22 When all hope dies, GOATs don't believe. They know.

One thing people rarely talk about is trusting your own abilities. Most people have bought into the idea of belief. Belief that all this is possible. That it will all work out in the end.

But what most of us don’t realise is that trust is binary. Either you trust or you don’t.

And that makes it bigger than belief. Trusting your own abilities is what reassures your mind that no matter what happens, your ability is something you can rely on.

I remember that in the Asia Cup in 2022, when Virat Kohli ended his 3-year rough patch with a century against Afghanistan, he said he knew what he could do when he’s playing well and can pull off such things.

Here comes a guy for whom scoring centuries was a cakewalk, and suddenly 1,000 days went without one. And still, he doesn’t question his ability. He trusts it completely.

Belief is a forced external push, trust is an internal conviction. What this does is it removes the mystical clouds that come with belief. You’re not buying into a future outcome, you’re not trying to convince yourself. With trust, you’re just going into the field with all your conviction.

One bad day or even a series of failures doesn’t mean you don’t have it in you anymore. When you trust yourself even in the worst of times, then you’re not trying to prove anything to yourself, you’re just going there to execute — which means there’s less load on your shoulders in high-pressure situations.

Trust makes sure that your house remains united — it doesn’t go into conflicting thoughts that divide your mind from within.

Belief can dwindle because of bad performance; trust keeps you undeterred.

So to culminate the baity title, belief is actually for losers, GOATs trust.

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