| Imagination rules the world, imagination is more | | | | and the media, which simply are not true. |
| important then knowledge, it is the preview of | | | | Many of your everyday decisions are based upon |
| life's coming attractions. All winners in life think | | | | information about yourself, which has been stored |
| about and develop a positive self image, winners | | | | as truth, but is just a figment of your own |
| see the act of winning before it ever happens. | | | | imagination shaded by your own environmental |
| Winners act like winners, imaging with pictures, | | | | conditioning. This shows the importance of training |
| feelings and words the roles they want to play. | | | | and re-training your sub-conscious mind, in your |
| Successful people give themselves a preview of | | | | journey for improved personal development. |
| the coming attractions, what you see is what you | | | | You see your a slave to your sub-conscious mind |
| get, and who you feel like is who you really are. | | | | and your developed self image. If you try to |
| You know its not what you are that holds you | | | | make a change to yourself, using only your |
| back, its what you think your not. You see we | | | | conscious mind and will power, the change will |
| don't act in accordance with reality, we act in | | | | most likely only be temporary. Whenever your |
| accordance with our perception of reality. How | | | | conscious mind and your sub-conscious mind |
| we feel about ourselves is everything, for all that | | | | come in conflict, your sub-conscious mind has the |
| we ever do, or all we aspire to do in life will be | | | | best chance of winning. To improve your personal |
| based on that all important self concept or self | | | | development you must work on your |
| image. | | | | sub-conscious mind, this is where your self image |
| Your self image is a major player in the | | | | has been developed and where it has to be |
| improvement of your personal development. The | | | | worked on. |
| self image is the fundamental key to | | | | Any personal change in your behavior begins with |
| understanding all of human behavior. If you | | | | change in your self image, and this can be |
| change your self image, you change your | | | | accomplished by defeating your fears and through |
| personality and your behavior. You can work on | | | | strong desire. Your behavior and achievement |
| your outside but it will have no effect on your | | | | level is usually consistent with your self image. If |
| inner self image. | | | | you perform below your self image level, you will |
| In personal development, the building of your | | | | naturally feel uncomfortable, and make any |
| personal self image is crucial to having any true | | | | necessary adjustments to try and do better next |
| self improvement. You have to feel strong and | | | | time. If you happen to perform to well or too |
| secure on the inside. What you see in the minds | | | | high above your self image level, tension will |
| eye is what you get. If you see yourself as being | | | | automatically bring your performance back down |
| a loser, unable to reach any significant | | | | to where you think you belong. |
| achievements, failure will be a sure thing, you | | | | This explains temporary fleeting success, and |
| have destined yourself to losing. | | | | choking under pressure. This is all behavioral |
| Everyone develops a self image of every talent, | | | | actions based on your personal self image. |
| every characteristic, and every performance. | | | | Working to impress new beliefs upon your |
| Images such as...."I am a lousy cook," or "I am no | | | | sub-conscious mind, is personal development in |
| good at sports," or "I can't do anything right," or | | | | action, that is if you are striving to improve upon |
| maybe some positive self images like, "I am great | | | | your self image. Winners in life take it on |
| at working with computers," or "I can do anything | | | | themselves to enlarge their self image, winners |
| I put my mind to," or "I am skilled and | | | | dwell on and hold the self image of that person |
| knowledgeable at my job." | | | | they would most like to become. They get a |
| The way you define yourself is through your self | | | | vivid, clear, emotional, sensory picture of |
| image. Each of us is controlled by these mental | | | | themselves as if they have already achieved their |
| pictures that we form. We can't outgrow these | | | | new role in life. |
| images we formed, we can only set new limits | | | | In building your own personal development you |
| within which we must live. Our self image | | | | chose to see yourself as the person you want to |
| determines the kind and scope of a person that | | | | be, you envision success, and achievement, your |
| we are in every walk of life, it is our life controlling | | | | belief in yourself has grown to the level you want |
| mechanism. Our self image determines the level | | | | it to be. You should always strive to be better, |
| of our personal development. | | | | take control of your mind through mental |
| Our self image dwells at the sub-conscious level | | | | pictures, tell yourself you are a winner and a |
| of thinking, and although the term sub-conscious | | | | winner you will be. |
| mind has been used, often inaccurately by non | | | | To follow are some personal exercises to help |
| professional people, it is much more correct to | | | | build a more positive self image. |
| think of it not as a mind, but rather a level of | | | | First, set aside 20 to 30 minutes a day, in the |
| awareness with very special characteristics and | | | | morning, in the evening, or at lunch and imagine |
| abilities. The conscious level of thinking is | | | | yourself achieving and enjoying your most |
| responsible for collecting information from the | | | | important personal creative desires as if you |
| environment, storing it in the memory cells, and | | | | were previewing three television short subjects. |
| making rational decisions. The sub-conscious level | | | | Picture one sequence accomplishing a professional |
| of thinking, is responsible for autonomic body | | | | triumph, maybe a promotion, or a bonus, or an |
| control, such as breathing and heartbeat, and the | | | | awards ceremony. Picture another scene |
| storage of information and creative goal seeking. | | | | promoting a family success, maybe a special |
| The conscious mind cannot make a decision | | | | outing, a family reunion, or a highly anticipated |
| without clearing it with the sub-conscious mind. | | | | vacation. Then vision a personal success, possibly |
| The sub-conscious mind checks your memory | | | | a fitness goal or completion of a continuing |
| bank including the self image and replays the | | | | educational class, something that you personally |
| available data back to the conscious mind for | | | | accomplished that you might have had |
| taking action. Your sub-conscious mind controls | | | | reservations about in the past. |
| the conscious level of thinking. The information in | | | | Get the actual sensation and clear image of each |
| the sub-conscious mind is permanent, it is a | | | | event, fill your vision with emotion, feel the pride |
| lifetime of stored events and information. You can | | | | in your achievements, there is no stopping your |
| never erase your sub-conscious mind but you can | | | | personal development when you fill your mind |
| overwrite it with new and challenging information | | | | with commitment. |
| and events. | | | | Another technique for improving your self image |
| To improve your personal development it's your | | | | is to read or listen to a biography every month of |
| self image that needs some adjusting and this | | | | someone who has reached the top in your |
| needs to be ingrained in your sub-conscious mind. | | | | profession, or in your major hobby, or someone |
| It's important to know that every imagined | | | | you have admired for his or her own courage. As |
| experience, repeated vividly is also recorded in | | | | you read or listen, imagine yourself as that |
| the brain before the event has ever really taken | | | | person, having everyone of those qualities you so |
| place. So we have a replay and a pre-play ability, | | | | admire. |
| a feedback and a feed forward capability in the | | | | Finally, while you are relaxing and visioning your |
| mind, and every moment of everyday we | | | | own imagined triumphs try listening to some slow |
| program our sub-conscious mind and self image to | | | | inspirational mood music in the background, the |
| work for us or work against us. | | | | process of relaxing to the music will open a |
| Since our sub-conscious mind is only for storage, | | | | subjective window to your sub-conscious level of |
| it strives to meet the objective and goals we set, | | | | thinking and make you more receptive to your |
| whether negative or positive, false or true, wrong | | | | own creative images. Remember your |
| or right, dangerous or not dangerous, losing or | | | | sub-conscious mind excepts that as a fact that |
| winning. It's sole function is to follow instructions | | | | which you vividly, and repeatedly imagine, your |
| based upon previous inputs and to respond | | | | creative imagination rules your world. The |
| automatically. Your sub-conscious self image can't | | | | development a positive self image is one of the |
| distinguish between an actual experience or one | | | | most important keys to improving your personal |
| that you have only vividly imagined, it stores | | | | development, and truly becoming a winner in life. |
| emotional fantasy's as your own reality. This is | | | | Thank you for reading my article, I hope there is |
| why we are full of prejudices, full of fears and | | | | some wisdom that you will be able to use within |
| Easter bunny's, learned from our parents, peers, | | | | your own life. |