Accountability Challenge Week 17: The Power of the Self-Image Part Two

by admin | Apr 27, 2015 | 52 Week Accountability Challenge

Accountability Challenge Week 17: The Power of the Self-Image Part Two.

“Change your Self Image and you change your life”.

In last week’s Accountability challenge we discussed the importance that a healthy self-image has in impacting the quality of our life, and specifically in the achievement of our goals.

We had several terrific comments in response to the lesson. As I was contemplating the lesson I knew that we had touched upon a critical topic, one that demanded an even deeper review. I personally believe that the Self-Image we hold of ourselves is the dominant factor in the level of fulfillment and success that we experience in every area of our lives.

A lot of what is written and taught in the area of goal achievement focuses on the “no pain no gain” mentality. We see it when we go to the gym, we hear it in clichéd interviews with the celebrated sports and entertainment stars of the day. We are fed a steady diet of “if you have the will you will find the way” slogans, mantras and diatribes.

Now, I definitely believe that will power, discipline, persistence and focus are important to achieving our goals. However, what I know in my heart to be true is that how we feel about ourselves in any particular area of our life plays a much more important role in the success we achieve. I would like you to revisit the phrase that started last week’s lesson. Take a few moments to let the depth and significance of Dr. Maltz’s words resonate with you.

“Self-image is the premise, a base or foundation upon which your entire personality, your behavior, and even your circumstances are built. We act, behave and feel according to what we consider this self-image to be and we do not deviate from this pattern,” Dr. Maxwell Maltz.

Here’s what these words mean to me: let’s say I have a goal to earn $250,000 per year in my business. Further let’s say that the most I have ever earned in one year is $100,000. I can write the goal out in vivid detail, repeat to myself every day, attend sales and product training sessions. I can even attend motivational workshops designed to inspire me and motivate me toward my goal.

However all of my previous conditioning: my experiences, thoughts, actions & beliefs tell me that I have only ever earned $100,000. In other words my current Self-Image is at odds with my desired results. What ultimately happens is that my old conditioning-my old self-image wins out and I fall short of the goal, again and again and again. This reinforces the limits that have been programmed into my Self-Image in this area of my life, and the vicious circle continues.

Until we re-condition our old self-image no amount of self-discipline, will power or positive thinking will work in leading us towards our desired results.

Now that’s the bad news. The good news is that we are fully capable of re-conditioning or re-programming the faulty old self-image right here and right now.

Last week we gave you a wonderfully powerful exercise to help you to begin to re-condition your current Self-Image. Perhaps you completed the exercise, perhaps you didn’t. Either way your homework exercise for this week is to repeat the challenge from last week with one small change.

I want you to take 5-10 minutes every day this week to rewrite your Ideal Self Image. If you are truly serious about making significant changes in the results you desire in your life, I challenge you to complete this exercise every day for the next 90 days. I guarantee you that if you do (and I know by experience that very few people will do this-except for you) then the results you experience will appear to be miraculous. You will be re-conditioning your new self-image and the old faulty Self-Image will be a thing of the past…

Yes it will take some level of persistence, commitment, and focus, (don’t worry we will talk more about your specific actions next week) however you will be pleasantly surprised at “how little pain and how much gain” you will enjoy.

Accountability Challenge Week 17: The Power of the Self-Image.

1. Take out a 8 1/2 by 11 inch piece of paper and write out in full detail a description of the image of the person you are about to become:
• Pay particular attention to the areas of Health, Wealth and Happiness.
• Clearly describe how you desire to see yourself in each area- The idea behind this exercise is to focus on what you want, not on what you don’t want.

MY NEW SELF-IMAGE:

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Expect Success,
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Thought for the week: “Change your Self Image and you change your life”.

Mark Hudon, CFP™, CCS™
Financial Fitness Coach, Certified Cash Flow Specialist™
Creator of The Core Conditioning Program™

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Accountability Challenge Week 16: The Power of the Self-Image

by admin | Apr 19, 2015 | 52 Week Accountability Challenge

Accountability Challenge Week 16: The Power of the Self-Image. 

“We act, behave and feel according to what we consider our self-image to be and we do not deviate from this pattern,” Dr. Maxwell Maltz.

If you haven’t heard of or read the book Psycho-Cybernetics, by Dr Maxwell Maltz, I highly recommend you go out and get it. This book first came out on print in 1960, yes wellover 50 years ago.

Yet it remains to this day one of the most influential and ground breaking resources in the field of personal development, particularly as it relates to the concept of the self-image and its role in closing the gap between our potential and our performance in all areas of our lives.

Maltz boldly states the “self-image” is the key to human personality and human behaviour. Change the self-image and you change the personality and the behaviour.

When you change your behaviour that is when your results change. Truth be told, the whole purpose of this Accountability Challenge that we have committed to complete is to change our thoughts, beliefs, and behaviour so that we will enjoy the results that we desire. I agree with Dr Maltz that the “Self-Image” that we hold in each area of our own lives is the key.

I realize this is a strong statement but fortunately we can easily prove it to be true or false by looking at our own experiences. Look at your own life; are there areas where you feel extremely confident, capable, and skilled? Take a moment to write them out. I’ll wait for you….

For me I’ve always felt confident in my abilities as an athlete-As far back as I can remember I’ve enjoyed playing sports. I enjoy participating in baseball, football, hockey, basketball, golf, and later in life endurance sports like triathlon-swimming, biking and running. I’m by no means a world class athlete in any of these fields, but I’ve always held a strong “self-image” of myself when it comes to sports and being fit and active.  Because my self-image is healthy to this day Icontinue to participate in, enjoy and occasionally excel in these fields.

Now, ask me to fix anything mechanical, or do any kind of home-renovations that require anything more complicated than the use of a screw driver, or a hammer ( and even that is a big stretch) and my abilities, and my self-image shrinks to the size of a pea.

We all have areas in our lives where our Self-Image is positive and other areas where are self-image is negative. If you are struggling to achieve better results in any area of your life, then you need to take a close look at your self-image, because just like a thermometer controls the temperature in your living room, your current self-image is governing the results that you are allowing yourself to receive.

“Whether we realize it or not each one of us carries about with us a mental blueprint or picture of ourselves. The self-image is our own concept of the “sort of person I am”. It has been built up from our own beliefs about ourselves. But most of these beliefs have unconsciously been formed from our past experiences, our successes and failures, our humiliations, our triumphs, and the way other people have reacted to us, especially in early childhood”. (Page 2 Psycho-Cybernetics)

So the core message that I want to convey this week is first one of self-awareness of where you currently see your own self-image. Yet it is also one of tremendous hope and possibility. If the results you are striving for in any area of your life are currently less than what you desire, than the main reason is that you are holding a faulty self-image. To change the results you desire, change your self-image.

Accountability Challenge Week 16: The Power of the Self-Image.

• Take out a 8 1/2 by 11 inch piece of paper and write out in full detail a description of the image of the person you are about to become.

• Pay particular attention to the areas of Health, Wealth and Happiness.

• Clearly describe how you desire to see yourself in each area- The idea behind this exercise is to focus on what you want, not on what you don’t want. 

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, DO OR BE: 

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Expect Success,

Mark,

Thought for the week :“We act, behave and feel according to what we consider our self-image to be and we do not deviate from this pattern,”           Dr. Maxwell Maltz.

Mark Hudon, CFP™,  CCS™

Financial Fitness Coach, Certified Cash Flow Specialist™

Creator of The Core Conditioning Program™

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Accountability Challenge Week 15: The Power of Gratitude

by admin | Apr 12, 2015 | 52 Week Accountability Challenge

In the pursuit of our goals we often focus on our actions, or the things that we need to do to move us closer the attainment of our ideals.

While action is an absolutely essential ingredient in our success formula, it is important to remember to appreciate all of the challenges as well as victories that we experience along the way.

One of the most useful, rewarding and uplifting activities that we can engage in is the daily habit of BEING GRATEFUL. The best part of this process is that is simple-and we can participate in the act of being grateful wherever and whenever we are.

There are days, and even weeks where we feel a sense of struggle. Unchecked, these feelings can stop us in our tracks, and will hold us back from making progress on our goals. In fact if we allow these feelings to continue they may even permanently derail and cause us to give up on our goals. I know this is true because I have experienced it first-hand myself.

This week I am offering you one simple but highly effective antidote which is guaranteed to completely shift your energy and emotion from a negative place to a much more positive and productive one, right here, right now.

Accountability Challenge Week 15: The Power of Gratitude:

Take 5 minutes right now to write out a list of at least 5 things that you are grateful for today. It could be as simple as noticing and being thankful for a ray of sunshine that breaks through an otherwise cloudy day. It could be being grateful for the opportunity to practice patience and restraint when you held your tongue and your temper at the breakfast table despite the chaos of bickering young children. It could be a smile that you passed along to a stranger as you stopped for your morning coffee.   When we consciously choose to be appreciative and grateful in this moment, we can’t help but change our sense of direction from that of struggle, frustration and even resentment to one of harmony, peace, and power.

If you don’t believe me give it a try. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself wanting to complete your list again tomorrow, and then the next day….

I am Grateful For:

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Expect Success,

Coach Mark

Thought for the week:  “I am deeply thankful for all that I’ve received, and I enjoy giving to others in the spirit of love and service.”  Wayne Dwyer

Mark Hudon, CFP™,  CCS™

Financial Fitness Coach, Certified Cash Flow Specialist™

Creator of The Core Conditioning Program™

Check out our exciting new Website, Radio Show, & Cash Flow Planning tools:

 https://financiallyfitforlife.ca/

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