'It was silly. It was cheesy. And it was daily.'
My father had gone to see a motivational speaker give a talk about. He returned home with a fistful of smiling cartoon tiger stickers that had"Hello, tiger. I love you!" written on them and proceeded to apply these stickers to every bathroom mirror in our house.
That was our daily ritual, one designed by Dad to make us think about self-confidence as a habit. It was a little embarrassing, sure. But he always used to remind us,"You're your own worst enemy."11 Life Lessons We Learned From Our Dads Self-love-as-mantra came in very handy during my equestrian career. Competitive horseback riding is a humbling sport. No one wins every time, and even after a winning performance, you have to sit back and analyze not only what went right but everything you did wrong. Then you figure out how to fix those mistakes for next time; how to be better. It's a relentless iteration process that will beat you down if you don't believe in yourself, fully commit, and work as hard as you can.
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