You get a chance to be anyone you want in life if you make the choice, take action, develop a plan, and not quit. If you don’t realize that you have genuine value and that you are worth investing in, then you will never put in the time and effort needed to grow to your potential.
If your desire is a 10 but your self-esteem is a 5, you’ll never perform at the level of a 10. You perform as a 5 or lower. People are never able to outperform their self-image.
The value we place on ourselves is usually the value others place on us. Most people live their lives according to what others believe about them. If the important people in their lives expect them to go nowhere, then that’s what they expect for themselves.
You shouldn’t become too concerned about what others might think of you. You should be more concerned about what you think of yourself.
If you put a small value on yourself, rest assured the world will not raise the price. If you want to become the person you have the potential to be, you must believe you can!
10 Steps to Build Your Self-Image
- Guard your self-talk
- Stop comparing yourself to others
- Move beyond your limiting beliefs
- Add value to others
- Do the right thing, even if it’s the hard thing
- Practice a small discipline daily in a specific area of your life
- Celebrate small victories
- Embrace a positive vision for your life based on what you value
- Practice the one-word strategy
- Take responsibility for your life
* Source: The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth by John C. Maxwell
Dear ladies and sirs
Some questions for your wisdom, please
The Law of the Mirror in my case reflects 3 basic interior voids in my current life, manifested in a lacking, serious and prolonged reality
1. I have LACK OF PURPOSE IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE for 20 years in a row
In 2009 I started writing children’s short stories and I was fascinated by doing it, but to this day I have not sold a single story. My mirror reflects my interior as perceiving a SHORTAGE OF TALENTS to emerge in life, so how do I revalue my talents, if reality shows that I don’t sell my stories?
2. I have LACK OF MONEY TO LIVE DECENTLY for 20 years in a row
I am a homeless person who cannot take charge of his life or his two children. My mirror reflects my interior as perceiving LACK OF SELF-DESERVICE, so how do I recognize myself deserving, if reality shows that my self-convincing, my prayers and my meditations are not heard by anyone “up there” or “down here”.
3. I live alone, with a LACK OF SEX AND a LACK OF LOVE FROM A PARTNER for 20 years in a row
I can’t attract any woman for casual sex, much less to love and be loved by the woman of my dreams. My mirror reflects my interior as perceiving LACK OF LOVE hidden by resentments, so how do I give love to myself, to my look, to the room I rent, to my children, to my family, to my friends, to my work, to the money I earn, to God, to the Holy Spirit, to the universe, to my past, to the world in general, if reality shows that I am still without a love partner?
Thank you very much for your kindness to answer my 3 questions
Juan Pablo