How Do We Acquire Our Self Image?
Self image: The opinion which one thinks of him/herself. Whether you see yourselve as fat, stupid, smart, beautiful sexy, talented or incompetent is how you paint your portrait of yourself.
Once you have painted that portrait your subconscious tends to believe it, and you take on the characteristics of those qualities as if they are true whether they are good beliefs or limiting beliefs.
In America (the success capital of the world) most people live their lives with a very low self belief of themselves, especially when it comes to business and financial success.
So how is it that we tend to develop the image of ourselves? When we are born we come out knowing absolutely nothing; everything we learn we learn from other people.
For instance; take any two year old and they will be extremely self confident. They do not care about what society thinks, their appearance, or anything until an adult begins to influence their thoughts. They believe they can take on the world and conquer anything without any fear of failing.
How do we develop a limiting self image? At birth our brand new subconscious mind is like a powerful new computer. Programming begins on the subconscious soon after birth and our belief system is installed during the formative years of our lives.
The programming of your our self portrait is done for the most part by humans that have already developed belief systems of their own:
You get other people’s set of beliefs
The people who are most responsible for helping us develop our beliefs about ourselves at an early age are:
- Our parents and other family
- Our teachers in school
- Our friends
- People we have been taught to respect (relatives, pastors, etc.)
- Even what we tell ourselves
If you possess a healthy image of yourself then you can have success in any undertaking in any endeavor you desire. Your level of self confidence will allow you to overcome any obstacle that may be standing in your path.
A person with a strong self image believes that they can have success in any undertaking; it is simply a matter of time and learning how to utilize the system that they are using.
If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish. -Sam Walton
It is extremely important that you begin on developing a healthy self image if you are to accomplish anything in your life. One of the quickest ways on working on this is to use affirmations. Affirmations are….
