Winning has often been described as a habit by many experts and psychologists and this is a statement that is not often doubted by people. Not many people have actually asked why this statement is so true and effective, irrespective of the kind of target in question. The answer lies in the simple correlation between the concepts of faith and autosuggestion.
When a person or a team wins consistently in life or sports, they start believing that they can win all the time, regardless of the opponent or how difficult the task. It is this belief or faith which drives the individual or the team on to greater things. The reason for this is that visualizing consistent wins and successes results in what is known as autosuggestion. Autosuggestion is a concept which basically says that the more you believe in and visualize a goal, the more possible it becomes for you. While the cause for this has been described as being everything from self motivational to mystical, the fact remains that the idea of autosuggestion is one of the most effective and potent ideas known to mankind.
Another proof of faith being effective can be seen in the way that extremely passionate people end up achieving everything they wanted. In fact, if you go through the list of the most famous personalities and achievers of the last century, you will see that the majority of them were extremely stubborn and adamant people who would rarely ever take no for an answer. Examples of such people include Columbus, Napoleon, Lincoln, Ford, Alexander and virtually all other conquerors, nation builders, inventors and explorers.
Furthermore, religiously strong people have also been known to be very stout and successful in their fields.
From this stems the idea that if you can make yourself believe that you are destined for something great and special in life with regard to your specific goals, then you can make the task easier for yourself. However, as is the case with faith, this belief needs to be strong enough to tide you over all the difficult periods. Once you believe in yourself i.e. your abilities and your future, then you will see an immediate improvement in your performance in life, irrespective of which field or position you are in. There have been tramps who have started with no money but still ended up achieving great things. An example of this is Edwin Barnes, who ended up becoming a business partner of Edison, the great inventor.
It is worth noting that you can develop such faith in yourself by simply repeating certain well formulated sentences to yourself. Moreover, after a certain amount of time, such devout belief tends to fuel itself because the more you succeed the more faith you have and the more faith you have the more success you garner.