When You get to the other side you become a different person! |
Taking the leap felt appropriate. Only it wasn’t just a short hop. It was a full plunge off a cliff. – Maya banks, Rush
Success depends a lot on how you see yourself. Your self-image,
or personal mind picture or personal definition – whatever you call it – determines
how far you go in life and the quality and quantity of goals you achieve in
your lifetime.
We all have
a mind picture of ourselves in every area of life. The way you see yourself
determines the extent of your success in an area. For example I consider myself
a very good inspirational writer – not the best – just very good. Because of
this self-image I write good articles – if the responses I get from my posts
are anything to go by with. On the other hand I consider myself a horrible
dancer. When I am anywhere around dances I immediately look for something else
to do to take the attention away from me.
Your self-image
is developed over several years and through various experiences and
environments. It grows so strong that it more-often-than-not keeps a strangle
hold on you. It ensures you don’t become anything contrary to the image – you see
why I may never be a renowned dancer? The same can keep you sick, sad, poor, or
an all-round failure for the rest of your life.
There is some hope for folks like me. If you want to
do greater things in the area your self-image cannot permit, you need to shake things radically. You need to set
and accomplish a goal you could never have imagined in your most wildest of
dreams. The type of step I mean is the glutton going on a forty days fast, or
the lazy woman joining the marathon race, or me registering for a highly
publicized dancing competition.
When we set such goals and are able to achieve them,
something happens within. The image changes! We suddenly see ourselves
differently and will be more able to accommodate more possibilities.
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If you take
this seriously you will have set yourself up for huge accomplishments. It will
happen as such because your boundaries of limitation will be expanded with
every goal achieved.
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