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Improve Your Self Image – Improve
Your Business
By Cheryl Haining
How you see feel about yourself
is vital to your success and happiness. You can achieve your
desired goals with the right tools. A regular mental workout
will keep your self-image in shape.
Self Image
Most of us do not work on our
self-image. We battle against it, disbelieving and ignoring its
existence. However it is closely connected to the success or
failure of any undertaking. Self-image is your true opinion of
yourself. History repeats itself when we do not attend to the
needs of our self-image. Improve your self-image by putting the
following steps into practice, you will see amazing results.
Self-diagnosis
Make a list of all the negative
thoughts you have about yourself. Things like “I get up to late,
I procrastinate, what if it doesn’t work?” etc. Then write
another list including everything positive about yourself. Make
this list longer than the first. Only use positive language. “I
am a good listener, I am always on time” etc. Now convert your
negative to positives. “I get up late” becomes “I can get up
early”. This new list becomes your active List for Improvement.
Decide on your new Self Image
Using your improvement list,
create a new image for yourself. Regularly visualize yourself
doing and being everything on your list. Vividly depict the
areas of your life you are changing or improving.
When you go to bed at night
spend 5-10 minutes watching the new you. You may be thinner,
happier, wiser etc. These mental images retrain your self-image
and reinforce your desires. The brain doesn’t differentiate
between reality and what is vividly imagined. You can turn your
desired images into reality. Decide your new image and get busy
mentally creating it.
Focus on
success.
Keep a daily diary listing all
your successes. As you progress the number of entries will grow.
Your self-image will strengthen and mirror your list of
improvements, positively reinforcing the new you.
Work in the
Present.
Many people dwell on past mistakes or worry about the future.
NOW is the only moment you can control. Chris Widener says that
time is more important than money. We can always make more
money, but never make more time. Move forward at a much faster
pace by concentrating on what you can achieve now.
Have a Life
Plan. Make your plan in three sections
How I want
to be. Write your list
here and add a date when you will achieve each item.
What I want
to have. Write a list of
things you want to acquire, include photos, and the date you
intend to have them.
What I need
to do. Here write the
plan of how you will achieve the above.
This is goal setting. Ensure
your goals are genuine, realistic and well defined.
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