Believe in Yourself (And Why Nothing Will Work If You Don't)

Written on Thanksgiving Day and built around a reader (handle "NoSalt") who responded to Clear's weight-loss article with a list of reasons every suggested tactic could not work for them. Clear unpacks the unstated undercurrent — "I don't believe these ideas will work for me" — and argues that the biggest difference between successful and unsuccessful people in health, business, and life isn't intelligence or opportunity but the determination to make the situation work rather than to play the victim.