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Self Image Is King of The Castle (Part 1)
Written by: Clive LittinArticle Overview: So you don't like some of the circumstances of your life? You'd like to change a few things? Where do you start? In theory we all know you start in your head. You rearrange what's going on inside. But if you have a poor self image, you may not have the energy (motivation) to start making changes in your head. It all takes so long and it's too hard? So take just one baby step and read this article. My words are designed to remind you that how you see yourself, what you think of yourself is really the king pin. It's called your self image and it is the most important filter in your entire mind. Change your mind and just what those outer circumstances align!
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Self Image Is King of The Castle (Part 1)
A great business plan? - you've got one.
A fabulous marketing plan? - you bet!
Customer service skills? - second to none!
Computer savvy? - enough to impress Bill Gates!
So why aren't you making tons of money? Why isn’t your business going ahead in leaps and bounds? What’s holding you back?
If you start telling me about your customers or your staff I will pull out a big mirror and thrust it in front of you. And what will you see?
Let’s start there. William Shakespeare said: "The answer dear Brutus, lies not within our stars but within ourselves." Was he right?
The one thing that can hold you back from huge success more than anything else is your own self image. The image you see in the mirror. When you look what do you see?
Do you see a person with sloping shoulders, leaning a little forward with the weight of the years, not much of a smile, and somewhat tired looking, how do you feel when you look at that image? Is that the person you dreamed of being a few years ago?
What you see is your true self image. The image of you that you have created in your own mind. It controls as much of your life as your heart beat does. Your self image is up there with oxygen!
I want to suggest that many of us simply get worn out because we go through life missing the point... When we’re starting out, say to set up a new business, or we run into difficulties along the way, our first response is to look at the event or circumstance and blame that for how things are deteriorating. e.g.. Not making the sales.
That’s missing the point. If Shakespeare was right and the answer does lie within ourselves then the circumstances that we blame are merely a reflection, a manifestation of how we have been thinking these past few, weeks, months, years.
If you believe that idea, then you are taking responsibility, you are empowering yourself to change things. If you want to blame circumstances then little will change. You will continue to do what you’ve always done and you will continue to get the same results.
The first step in real change exists between our ears. Any attempt to change the circumstances of our lives without changing the way we think will bring only exhaustion and disappointment and ultimately failure.
So if our self image is so important where does it come from? Here are the four key sources of self-image:
1. Our history: My need to be loved unconditionally as a child. My childhood perceptions. (These are often never updated, even in adulthood.)
2. My self-belief: Everything I do to manage my history and take charge of my life.
3. My Support Network: My ability to attract and maintain healthy, affirming relationships.
4. My Achievements: The things I do to build my ego and a sense of being worthwhile.
Right now I’d like us to focus on Source#2: My self belief. That is, all the things I do to become self-aware and sensibly manage my history ( regardless of how lacking it might have been) and take charge of my life. I become a self-directing person. I’m in the driver’s seat!
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About the Author: Clive Littin RSS for Clive's articles - Visit Clive's website  Clive Littin is a teacher, trainer, spiritual guide, personal and business Coach. He's been in the field thirty years. He makes a point of keeping his teaching practical, real and simple. Clive's passion is in giving support to human relationships. Both in the home and the work environment.
His theme is 'ENGAGEMENT'. It is engagement that is the glue of every relationship he says. Clive has just completed a three year project on Employee Engagement and has put together a powerful presentation called: 'Elevate Employee Engagement'. If you'd like to know more, drop him a line: http://www.clivelittin.com/elevate
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