"Beliefs are essential ingredients in the recipe for change. They are true for the believer, empowering or disempowering."
"The unique and subjective way we experience ourselves and our world plays a huge role in creating high self-esteem and a contented state of mind. High self-esteem also provides a key to create and maintain good physical health, and research has consistently shown a healthy sense of self to be an essential factor in healing and recovery following emotional trauma or depression. "
"It’s important to remember that what we believe about ourselves is neither wrong nor right. Beliefs either help us or they don’t; they keep us small and fearful or they empower us to live our lives at the outer edges of our potential, and it’s up to you to decide which beliefs belong in which category."
"What we believe also determines how we think about our
goals. The moment we choose to believe we can achieve something, it becomes
easier to see ourselves in the outcome. If we then hold that picture in
our imagination, we activate a part of our brain that helps us move towards
our goal. This is why visualization exercises are highly regarded in pursuit
of sporting excellence."
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"It may be foolish to believe anything is possible, yet it is equally foolish to remain in a belief system that impairs our ability to create the quality of life we really want." |
"The key to sustainable change lies in doing something different. This may seem like common sense, but when it comes to creating change, common sense isn’t very common!"
"When we change the way we look at things, the things we look at really do change, including our perception of self."
"You spend more time with yourself than with any other person, therefore it makes sense to develop the kind of relationship in which you feel love, value and respect for yourself. "
"No one is born with low self-esteem. It’s an opinion learned over time, and in order to develop and keep it in place we must first of all cultivate an unconscious ability to tune out all communication which contradicts our negative self-image while simultaneously noticing everything that may support it. "
"When we change the way we think about things, the things we think about change, which means we have the power to change our lives by changing the way we think."
"When we forgive someone, we don’t have to do it for them; we can do it for our own good. Retraining your unconscious mind to create a healthier sense of self-esteem begins with acts of kindness to oneself, and in the process of forgiving we offer ourselves the ultimate gift of love by removing the toxic negative energy from our system."
"The seeds of future happiness lie in our current expectations so we must ensure that we guide our thinking towards solutions rather than problems."
"Life lives up to our expectations, whatever they are, and it’s hard to be happy consistently thinking about what makes us unhappy."
"Our unconscious filters react much like a private secretary at the front desk of our awareness, diligently screening the incoming data to determine what should get in and what should stay out."
"Knowing what to do isn’t much use to us unless we also do what we know."
"Nobody is randomly disposed to think negatively or positively; we’ve trained our mind to go where it goes, and if we don’t like where we find ourselves we must retrain it to take us somewhere else."
"Low self-esteem encourages a subliminal sense of vulnerability, therefore it’s important to avoid anything which supports it."
Contributed by Gary Dooley
Change
Your Life and Keep the Change
