to assume and favor oneself

English translation: to believe and expect that they will be successful

19:35 Oct 15, 2018

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English term or phrase: to assume and favor oneself

Successful people believe in themselves. If you're going to be successful in creating the life of your dreams, you have to believe that you're capable of making it happen. And believing in yourself is a choice. Of the hundreds of successful people I interviewed thought my career, almost every one of them told me "I was not the most gifted. I was not the most talented person in my field, but I chose to believe anything was possible. I studied. I practiced and I worked harder than the others, and that's how I got to where I am. Successful people assume and favor themselves and act as if achieving their goals is completely possible.

Speech by Jack Canfield

Mohamed Fouda KudoZ activity Questions: 180 (none open) (3 without valid answers) (11 closed without grading) Answers: 4 Egypt
Local time: 08:18

Selected answer:to believe and expect that they will be successful

Explanation:
I've found this elsewhere on the web as: 'Successful people assume in favor of themselves and act as if achieving their goals is completely possible.'

They believe and expect that they (and not someone else) will be successful (they favor/favour themselves)

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Hilary McGrath
France
Local time: 08:18

Grading comment

Thank you all so much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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to believe and expect that they will be successful

Hilary McGrath

4 +1

have confidence in oneself

philgoddard

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

19 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

have confidence in oneself

Explanation:
I don't think there's any definitive answer. "Assume and favour" makes no sense in my opinion. However, we can make an educated guess based on the context.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 119

21 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

to believe and expect that they will be successful

Hilary McGrath
France
Local time: 08:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Grading comment

Thank you all so much!

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you so much! I have to admit that it's a video and I couldn't quite hear what he's saying. That makes sense now.

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