What You Believe Is True If You Want It To Be – Or How To Conquer The World By Just Thinking About It
You can skip all of the psycho babble because all of your problems are created or cured based on what you believe. It turns out that “WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS TRUE” is really the most potent concept in anybody’s life. It’s too bad that most people don’t get it. If you believe that you are not qualified to get a job then you probably won’t get the job. If you believe that you are about to have one of the greatest days of your life, then I want to be around you because you will more than likely have a great day. Perhaps the subtitle to life should be: Your Truth Your Way
Most people exist not totally realizing that external forces only have control over us to the extent that we let them. What does have total and complete control over our lives is our belief system and what our belief system believes about ourselves. It is your belief about yourself is what influences your world. There are many ways of saying this, but what you believe really is true.
It is easy to fall prey to all of the negativity around you. What normally happens is that after you keep hearing and reading negative things you start repeating these things to yourself. Once that occurs then you begin to believe that the negative talk is what your life is about. If the TV news keeps blaring that the economy is bad, it is impossible to get a job, that the world is falling apart, and you start internalizing all of the negative information and believing it, then you will start acting as though there is no hope. Once you believe there is no hope then you start seeing yourself and your life as being hopeless, without any real value, and with no chance of ever doing better.
The truth is that what so many people believe about themselves is “paper thin”. By “paper thin” I mean that it just as easy to start thinking that with your skills and talents obtaining a job, even in a down economy, won’t be too difficult. Once you believe that you become a more positive person and then, almost magically, you get a new job. You would be so much better off not listening to negative people. No matter how positive you are, negative people seem to be able to seep into your head like water through a crack in a rock. It is easy to change your self image.
You created the negative self image….So you can just as easily create a positive self image of yourself. And it is really that easy. Wake up in the morning and believe you are going to conquer the world and you will…At least you will make headway. If you wake up and think that you’ll be lucky to get through the day then you are going to see your day dreadful and you can bet your bottom dollar that nothing positive is going to happen.
Although it sounds like a running joke when people say you should think and say positive things about yourself, the truth is that doing these things would be good for you. A weak self image, a negative outlook on life, or an acceptance that life is not going to get any better all came about by you saying and thinking these types of things thousands of times. Imagine if you were to think, say, and act as if your self image is very attractive to people. That you felt like anything was possible! And pretend for just a moment you did this thousands and thousands of times. Do you think that your self image would start getting better? Do you think you would have a better outlook on life? What you believe is true. Believe good and positive things about yourself and that will become your truth!
Much too often the people that we keep close to us might be doing us the greatest amount of harm when it comes to our self image. If your mom, dad, wife, brother, friend, or boss keeps telling you that you are average, then guess what? You will start believing that and remain average. You won’t even attempt to stretch beyond the “average” comfort zone.
Now imagine that you surrounded yourself with people who were encouraging and upbeat about you! Everyday you would wake up and hear your wife say something like this, “Have a good day honey. I just know that your going to accomplish great things today”. Or your friends would always tell you that they wish they could be more like you because it is obvious that you know what your doing and you are so confident doing it. I am telling you it will make a big difference on how you see yourself and what you believe about yourself.
We all seem to have plenty of time and energy to build up a negative self image. But in a way that is good news! Because if we somehow found the time and energy to build up a negative self image that means we already have the time and energy available to build up a positive self image. All we have to change is what we believe.
If what you believe is true, then you might as well believe positive things. It makes no sense to believe negative things about yourself. It makes no sense to force yourself into believing your bad, or lazy, or hopeless. Choose positive! Believe in yourself….you should because you really can accomplish anything with a positive attitude and hard work.