Welcome to reThink Your Perspective’s blog. Helping you to unlock your potential, empower your mindset, create productive habits, and boost your motivation. Today’s topic looks at Self-Image and why you should love yourself as discussed in the 6 minutes to success program from the Proctor Gallagher Institute.
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Snippets From 6 Minutes to Success – Love Yourself
I have discussed self-image previously, but it is so important that I want to cover it again and add in why you need to love yourself. Self-image is how you see yourself and you cannot outperform your self-image. To make substantial changes in your life, you must first change your self-image. To change your self-image you must first know, understand and love who you really are.
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The following sections are transcribed from the actual 6-minute lessons given by Bob Proctor.
6 Minutes to Success #77 – Self-Image
Check out this concept in this 1 minute reel on YouTube.
“Welcome. I’m going to ask you to travel back in time and space with me to 1960, some time ago.
That’s when Doctor Maxwell Maltz released the book called Psycho Cybernetics. Phenomenal Book.
It was considered one of the greatest psychological breakthroughs of his generation, possibly of the century. At that time this was a new book, and in fact a new science. It had to do entirely with self-image.
You know, Maltz talked about us having a picture of ourselves. In our mind. We take a look in the mirror and we see a reflection coming back at us, but there’s a mental representation inside of how we imagine ourselves to be.
But you know, this inner image we hold of ourselves is really what’s controlling our lives.
I once read in a copy of Readers Digest;
I am not who I think I am.
I am not who you think I am.
But I am who I think you think I am.
Love Yourself By Working Out How You See Yourself
Now that’s a bit of a twister, but think about it. And then write out how you think I think you look.
What image are you holding of yourself? Take a few minutes to write that out and then make up your mind that you’ll carry this around with you all day. And you’re going to read it, repeatedly, throughout your day. Once every hour.
Start working on improving your own self-image because I want you to keep up for the next 30 days this exercise. Just keep doing it. And at the end of each day, you’ll write in your journal.
Just think of the publicity potential, how you feel and describe how you see yourself each night. The exploration could change your entire life!
The more you learn about you, the bigger the picture is going to get. The more effective you are going to see yourself. And the greater the servant you are going to be for the people you serve. The rewards are astronomical.
There is something great within you, there is genius within you.
See it.”
Check out my thoughts on Self-Image in this spontaneous live video I did a little while ago:
6 Minutes to Success #69 – Kiss Yourself!
See this concept as a 1 minute reel here.
“Hello there and welcome.
Do you know, if you watched the movie The Secret (and by the way if you haven’t, you should!), you heard me say that you have to get to the point where you can kiss yourself.
So tell me, what do you love the most about yourself?
What makes you just wanna give yourself a great big hug and a kiss?
What do other people say they like most about you?
Isn’t This A Bit Egotistical?
Now, I’m not talking about going on an ego trip. I’m talking about having a healthy, conscious appreciation for who you are. And showing yourself how much you really appreciate you.
Listen, you are God’s highest form of creation.
What do you do really well?
Think about that thing, and think about yourself as someone who does that thing really well.
And, do you know, even when you are doing something entirely different, by focusing on what you do well and appreciating yourself for it, you will automatically begin to do whatever you are doing better.
Better is a beautiful word. It does not matter how well you have been doing it, you can still do it better! And you needn’t be anxious about trying to get things perfect, whatever that is, just always strive to be better.
Try This Activity To Learn To Love Yourself
Now, I’d like you to spend 5 minutes thinking.
- What do I do really well?
- What is really good about me?
- What should I really appreciate about me?
- What do others say they really appreciate about me?
This is strange isn’t it? We’ve never been taught to do this, but you’ll increase your self-esteem by doing it!
Write down just 5 points on a little piece of paper and carry that piece of paper around with you. Read those 5 points many times throughout the day, and every once in a while just kiss yourself! You know, make kissing sounds, kiss yourself. Give yourself a hug just for being who you are.
Learn To Appreciate You
You are going to enjoy your day and even better, you’re going to appreciate you.
I know this behaviour may sound strange relative to the masses, but do you know, there is a very small, select group of people who thoroughly enjoy life. They do whatever they are doing very well, and they are appreciated for it and compensated for it. They belong to that group who really understand the greatness that lies within them.
This will help you do the same.
This is Bob Proctor and thank you.”
Hope You Found This Helpful So You Can Start To Love Yourself Fully!
These lessons are designed to be short sharp snippets to encourage you to think more critically about you and your life. The book Psycho-Cybernetics is well worth a read and my thoughts on it have been covered in some previous blog posts which you can find here. Scroll to the bottom and click next to see each chapter review in order.
And on the subject of why you should love yourself? If you cannot love yourself, how can you possibly truly love anything else? It is worth spending the time learning who you are and how you work. It’s not like you have to spend 24/7 with yourself!
If any of this resonates with you then please share your thoughts below. If you want to discuss it further then get in touch today. Either here or through any of my social medias or schedule a call to discuss it with me directly.
I look forward to speaking with you.
To your success,
Jaiye
