The Audacity of Belief

Right now, I'm sipping a spicy Bloody Mary and sitting at a bar in the Austin airport awaiting my next adventure. :)

I just wrapped up a 4-Day Shooting Intensive with an athlete named Emerson, who made HUGE gains in range, accuracy, and confidence.

All kids are spongy, but Em was consistently able to apply feedback like a computer. I’m excited to watch her grow into her frame, herself, and—most importantly—her self-belief.

Shooting Is More Than Mechanics

The shooting model I’ve developed is about far more than making athletes better shooters. I created it intentionally—on purpose—to be different.

It puts an (admittedly over-the-top) emphasis on the mental side of development. And not in the cliché sports-psychology way. I mean the real mental work:

Growing up.
Being emotionally prepared.
Being practiced for the inevitable slumps—the ones we all experience.

That’s the bond between all humans:
We struggle. We overcome.
And that collective understanding is what shapes our youth more than anything.

Emerson, her family, and I took huge steps in that direction this week. And at the end of it all, we agreed that everything comes down to one thing:

The audacity it takes to believe in yourself.

You Already Have the Evidence

Believing in yourself requires evidence. And every single person on this planet has it.

None of us were born with a fixed mindset.

When we were babies learning to walk, we fell constantly—but staying on the floor was never the instinct.
Our instinct was to overcome.

Somewhere along the way, society trained us to believe otherwise… and honestly?

I’M HERE TO GENTLY (and lovingly) PUNCH YOU IN THE MOUTH.
Because the evidence is already all around you.

When’s the last time something let you down?
When something didn’t go how you planned?
When your heart broke?
When your spirit cracked?

Find that moment. Sit with it.
And then look at you now.

You kept going.
You got back up.
You took the next step.

If you were meant to stay down, you would still be down.

Maybe you’re not where you want to be yet—newsflash, neither are the rest of us—but that doesn’t mean you’re defeated.

You’re adding chapters.

Chapters of grit.
Chapters of resilience.
Chapters of choosing the harder thing just to keep moving forward.

And what a damn good book you’re writing.

This Is the Mission

Shooters Shoot isn’t just about leaving a mark on the game.

It’s about leaving a mark on the world.

Everything hard you’ve endured is proof—your own personal archive of evidence—that you can move forward again.

So here’s your challenge:

Be audacious.
Believe in yourself because you were literally built to do that.
And share your story of overcoming—with me, with yourself, with someone who needs it.

Keep it.
Read it.
Read it again.

It’s the most powerful evidence you already possess.

Cheers to the shared battle on the road to infinity.

Until then. :)

Shooters Shoot,
BriAnna