If I really want to change something in my life (career, income, relationships, physical appearance, etc.), I have to take a good look at what I believe about it. The bigger the gap between where I am today and where I want to be tomorrow, the more diligently I need to close it with what I believe I am capable of doing.

I’ve heard it said that success is an inside job, meaning that a HUGE chunk of what it takes to be successful is this mastering of what’s going on inside my head.

I tell you, THIS has been one of my strongest points of resistance.

I know beyond a shadow of a doubt, though, that my beliefs control the show. I won’t do anything without having the smallest kernel of belief that I can do it in the first place.

“It is impossible to perform consistently in a manner inconsistent with the way we see ourselves…we usually act in direct response to our self-image. Nothing is more difficult to accomplish than changing outward actions without changing inward feelings.”

(John Maxwell, The Winning Attitude, p. 70)

Now here’s a prescription for future frustration: Being consistently inconsistent! 

So how do I develop that confidence to step out and become that new person?

By developing certainty about who I am.

If any old schmo can sway my belief by just how confidently and authoritatively they convey their message to me, then certainly I can do the same when I speak to myself in a similar manner.

“I am” statements can be a pretty powerful means to accomplishing this (see Starter Thoughts to Creating an Empowering Ritual for Success).

More to come…

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