National team striker Nguyen Tien Linh falling into a difficult period is an example. It is also understandable that many people criticize him, others focus on the statement of coach Le Huynh Duc - wanting to put Tien Linh on the bench - to express as a way of implicitly criticizing the captain striker of the Ho Chi Minh City Police team.
However, not many people tell Tien Linh how to regain confidence. One of the most worrying things is when you lose confidence to the point of doubting yourself, and that happens a lot to many people in life, not just the 28-year-old striker.
From diligent employees, a good student, to business people, for some reason, may fall into a difficult period. It leads to a pessimistic mentality to feel that doing anything is wrong and ineffective. They suddenly hesitate before decisions. And if there is no proper guidance to return, self-doubt can easily become more serious.
The problem is, confidence cannot return immediately, but needs to be little by little. For a striker, temporarily forgetting the burden of scoring goals to do simpler things can be a way. A touch of the ball as desired can also be a starting point. It will reshape the operation of the brain and regenerate positive feelings. Then move, support teammates, a pass, an assist, a shot on target...
And in life, people who are losing confidence need small steps to remember the feelings they once made. A completely completed job. A focused study session. A right decision, even if very small. Simple things will be like the first bricks to rebuild trust.
So that when the positive feeling accumulates enough, the moment of relief will come. For a striker, that is a goal. It may not be beautiful, not perfect, but just the ball goes into the net. So that everything becomes much lighter.
And out there, that "goal" could be a new opportunity, a small success, or simply daring to start over. Because confidence, after all, does not go away forever but is only temporarily covered by pressure and doubt.
