I see people all the time on Social Media getting bent out of shape because someone doesn’t believe in them or tries to proverbially cut them down at the knees for trying something new. I get it. Most people don’t like to see someone that they know or even love move forward. Success is very humbling for the person who is not achieving it.
Being underestimated and not believed in, however, can be your greatest gift. In sports, it’s easily seen because sports are so black and white. Someone wins, someone loses. When teams underestimate another squad, it’s easy for that team that gets underestimated to come into someone’s arena and blow the other team away. Why? Because the overconfident players that underestimate the other team does NOT prepare as diligently and as hard for people that they do not believe in.
This is good for the person and/or people that are underestimated because it allows you to prepare to win and come in and take the glory while someone else is thinking that you are no good. When people think you are awesome and great, they prepare extra hard for you making it that much tougher to achieve success.
I was recently and have been underestimated in the world of technology for years. This underestimation from others allows me to smoothly move and navigate throughout the corporate world, create proposals, and win business from others who rest on their laurels and underestimate me. If they didn’t underestimate me, trust me, it would be that much tougher to come in and present my business to corporate clients.
You must learn to use underestimation to your advantage and not get angry when people do not believe in you. Therein, lies your true power and your true destiny.
