Power Your Business Through Positive Thinking - Part 3
Power Your Business Through Positive Thinking - Part 3
Copyright © Cheree Miller
http://www.WealthBuildersSite.com
"The creative mechanism within you is impersonal. It will work automatically and impersonally to achieve goals of success and happiness, or unhappiness and failure, depending upon the goals which you yourself set for it. Present it with 'success goals' and it functions as a 'success mechanism'. Present it with negative goals, and it operates just as impersonally and just as faithfully as a failure mechanism. Like any other servomechanism, it must have a clear-cut goal, objective, or problem to work upon. The goals that our own creative mechanism seeks to achieve are MENTAL IMAGES, or mental pictures, which we create by the use of the Imagination." -- Maxwell Maltz, Psyco-Cybernetics
This series deals with developing a positive self-image. Most of this article is based on the research and techniques developed by Dr. Maxwell Maltz. Dr. Maltz was amazed by his patients who, after undergoing flawless plastic surgery and receiving exactly what they had said they wanted, still saw themselves as "ugly." He realized that surgery alone, without a corresponding change in the patient's self-image, meant nothing.
Our self-image is made up of memories, experiences and beliefs. While some of those beliefs may no longer be true, until we change our self-image, we will continue to be limited by our beliefs no matter how ridiculous they may be.
Scientific research has documented that repetition creates neural pathways in our brains. This is one of the most amazing characteristics of the human brain. We can actually mold it through repetition. The neurons modify their connections to improve the efficiency of circuits. It is similar to taking the same path through the woods over and over again until it is well-worn and easier to travel. The same goes for our memories: the more we review them in our mind, the more deeply they are etched in our neural pathways. Can you see how going over and over and over those same negative beliefs, or replaying those past failures can be so debilitating!
Now, here's the truly amazing part. Your mind doesn't even know the difference between a real and an imagined event! So, what if you start replacing those tired old black and white failures from your personal ancient history with brilliant color graphics of your future -- the way you want it to be? This same technique is being used successfully by athletes the world over; they view themselves sinking the shot, making the goal, slamming that ball out of the park, breaking the world record, winning the championship game, etc. You can actually improve your performance by mentally seeing yourself perform perfectly, even if you don't physically practice.
Now don't go off the deep end and tell people you are going to just "imagine" yourself to success without doing the work. You won't. But, imagining yourself succeeding at a task before you undertake it will help you to achieve success. Maxwell Maltz believed that self-image was the key to success. Positive thinking by itself won't get the job done. The thoughts have to be consistent with your self-image.
Richard Wilhelm puts it this way in the The I Ching, or Book of Changes
"Every event in the visible world is the effect of an 'image,' that is, of an idea in the unseen world. Accordingly, everything that happens on earth is only a reproduction of an event in a world beyond our sense perception..."
So, your assignment for today is to think about where you feel the least successful in your business. If you could change one thing, gain one skill, improve one ability, what would it be? Now, set to work imagining yourself the way you want to be in that area. Don't just affirm it, visualize it. Take the time to flesh it out. See it in full color. What would it feel like, smell like, taste like? How would you behave differently? Would you dress differently? Would people treat you differently? Imagine standing in front of the person who least expects you to succeed when you are successful beyond your wildest dreams. What would that feel like?
Spend just a few minutes visualizing this way every day before you set out to complete your tasks, and you'll be amazed at the difference you'll see in your business.
I'll leave you with one more quote:
"Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture..." -- Norman Vincent Peale
About the Author:
Cheree Miller is a leader in internet based Network Marketing. She uses her wealth of experience in the business world to develop training and marketing programs that can be used in virtually any business.
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To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.WealthBuildersSite.com
Copyright © Cheree Miller
http://www.WealthBuildersSite.com
"The creative mechanism within you is impersonal. It will work automatically and impersonally to achieve goals of success and happiness, or unhappiness and failure, depending upon the goals which you yourself set for it. Present it with 'success goals' and it functions as a 'success mechanism'. Present it with negative goals, and it operates just as impersonally and just as faithfully as a failure mechanism. Like any other servomechanism, it must have a clear-cut goal, objective, or problem to work upon. The goals that our own creative mechanism seeks to achieve are MENTAL IMAGES, or mental pictures, which we create by the use of the Imagination." -- Maxwell Maltz, Psyco-Cybernetics
This series deals with developing a positive self-image. Most of this article is based on the research and techniques developed by Dr. Maxwell Maltz. Dr. Maltz was amazed by his patients who, after undergoing flawless plastic surgery and receiving exactly what they had said they wanted, still saw themselves as "ugly." He realized that surgery alone, without a corresponding change in the patient's self-image, meant nothing.
Our self-image is made up of memories, experiences and beliefs. While some of those beliefs may no longer be true, until we change our self-image, we will continue to be limited by our beliefs no matter how ridiculous they may be.
Scientific research has documented that repetition creates neural pathways in our brains. This is one of the most amazing characteristics of the human brain. We can actually mold it through repetition. The neurons modify their connections to improve the efficiency of circuits. It is similar to taking the same path through the woods over and over again until it is well-worn and easier to travel. The same goes for our memories: the more we review them in our mind, the more deeply they are etched in our neural pathways. Can you see how going over and over and over those same negative beliefs, or replaying those past failures can be so debilitating!
Now, here's the truly amazing part. Your mind doesn't even know the difference between a real and an imagined event! So, what if you start replacing those tired old black and white failures from your personal ancient history with brilliant color graphics of your future -- the way you want it to be? This same technique is being used successfully by athletes the world over; they view themselves sinking the shot, making the goal, slamming that ball out of the park, breaking the world record, winning the championship game, etc. You can actually improve your performance by mentally seeing yourself perform perfectly, even if you don't physically practice.
Now don't go off the deep end and tell people you are going to just "imagine" yourself to success without doing the work. You won't. But, imagining yourself succeeding at a task before you undertake it will help you to achieve success. Maxwell Maltz believed that self-image was the key to success. Positive thinking by itself won't get the job done. The thoughts have to be consistent with your self-image.
Richard Wilhelm puts it this way in the The I Ching, or Book of Changes
"Every event in the visible world is the effect of an 'image,' that is, of an idea in the unseen world. Accordingly, everything that happens on earth is only a reproduction of an event in a world beyond our sense perception..."
So, your assignment for today is to think about where you feel the least successful in your business. If you could change one thing, gain one skill, improve one ability, what would it be? Now, set to work imagining yourself the way you want to be in that area. Don't just affirm it, visualize it. Take the time to flesh it out. See it in full color. What would it feel like, smell like, taste like? How would you behave differently? Would you dress differently? Would people treat you differently? Imagine standing in front of the person who least expects you to succeed when you are successful beyond your wildest dreams. What would that feel like?
Spend just a few minutes visualizing this way every day before you set out to complete your tasks, and you'll be amazed at the difference you'll see in your business.
I'll leave you with one more quote:
"Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture..." -- Norman Vincent Peale
About the Author:
Cheree Miller is a leader in internet based Network Marketing. She uses her wealth of experience in the business world to develop training and marketing programs that can be used in virtually any business.
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To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.WealthBuildersSite.com
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