Your self image holds the key to your fast track to success. Get this right and the likelihood of you achieving your goals increases exponentially. Here is how to do it ...

1. Your self image holds the key to your fast track to
success. Get this right and the likelihood of you
achieving your goals increases exponentially.
Hopefully you have read the first part of this three
part look at the extraordinary world of the
conscious and subconscious mind and the role they
have to play in you turning even your wildest
dreams into reality.
My first article in the series is entitled 'Your
Subconscious Mind - An Unstoppable Power' where
I explored the subconscious minds ability to instruct your conscious mind, based on the vast amount
of data it stores, to achieve amazing things, provided it gets precise and clear information in the first
place. If you haven't read that article I suggest you do so now it will make this whole fascinating
process clearer.
You are now at the point of having set your goals, written them down in excruciating detail and read
them every day. You are ready to set off towards your goals. If you are determined to make this
work only one thing can prevent you making progress, your self image.
What is your self image?
From the day you were born you were bombarded with information picked up from your
environment and those closest to you. In the majority of cases parents, relatives and others that
come into your life would have been supportive and encouraging.
Instead of saying 'he' or 'she' every time, I am going to be sexist and just say 'he', please forgive me.
'Isn't he cute?', 'He is walking very early' and so on. As you got older everyone, including school
teachers, would continue the process, however, ever so often someone would say something less
than positive. 'He can't draw', 'He has two left feet', 'He will never be any good at sports' .
These remarks are often throw away lines that the speaker
probably forgot all about soon afterwards but they may have
really struck home with you. Every time similar comments on
the same subject were made this would reinforce that aspect of
your self image.
Your self image is your image of who you are.
It reaches a point where some aspects of your self image are
so deeply embedded in your subconscious that you accept
them as fact. For example, if you have been told many times that you are no good at sport the
chances are that if you attempt to play a sport it will not turn out well. Again your poor performance
on the sports field has acted as yet more proof that you are indeed no good at sport. It becomes a
self fulfilling prophecy.
Positive aspects of your self image are also, of course, formed and reinforced but here we are
concerned with the damaging effects of negative beliefs and their role in holding you back from
reaching your goals.

2. Why can't you be wealthy and have a wonderful home, a luxurious car and provide for your
family?
The road block lying across your pathway to http://bigideamastermind.com/bimsys/home/limey007
is mainly put there by you. You, even if you don't publicly admit it you don't, deep down, believe
that you can do it. Being born to wealthy parents in a smart area of town is, of course, hugely
advantageous. We are not all born equal but by adjusting your self image and allowing your in built
capacity to be successful, guided by your subconscious mind, you can achieve great things.
In the third, and final, article in this little series, entitled 'Setting Your Mind Free For Success' I will
be discussing the surprisingly simple process of improving your view of yourself, your self image,
and moving towards those much cherished goals.
Lawrence Stainbank