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Are you taking the time to think about your self concept? A great majority of us are moving so quickly through life we don’t stop to ask these life changing questions. Your self concept breaks down to the beliefs you have in yourself. I think it’s safe to say “YES” self concept really does matter. Now that we realize its importance, let’s get a little background on what shapes this concept and belief we have in ourselves.

All throughout life we have experiences, some good and some bad. More specifically there are experiences that we have a direct influence on. These are the things we need to pay attention to. When we do a “good job” that creates positive self concept and when we do a “bad job” we develop a negative self concept. Unfortunately, that is the way society looks at things.  In addition to our own thoughts, there are always people in our lives that like to chime in with their thoughts and beliefs…the people who label, manipulate and pin you in a corner. These are the people that give you false information they spin off as fact…but its not. I like to call these negative thoughts, whether it be self inflicted or someone else spewing negativity “mental junk”. It’s time to clean out the junk.

Realize that you have “self concept” in every part of your life. Two of the most common areas of struggle with self concept have to do with image and money. Take money for example, you will only earn what you believe you are worth. Take a moment to repeat that to yourself. Are you willing to accept $10 an hour or do you believe you are worth $200 an hour? Improving your self concept does not mean waking up in the morning and saying, “I’m worth $200 an hour”. It’s about deciding that you are going to create that life for yourself and having the belief that you can and will create that for yourself. The best possible thoughts and beliefs, aka self concept is knowing that you can create anything in life that YOU decide. Amazingly enough, we all have the ability to do exactly that…create in life ANYTHING we desire.

There is something called “Self Limiting Self Concept” or as you may know it “The Comfort Zone”. Ah, ha you say. Well, know this…the comfort zone is your enemy. It is the enemy of all human potential. The reason so many of us like to stay within our comfort zone is because we have made a habit out of feeling comfortable and these habits are the hardest to break. These habits represent the poison that justifies our situation and keeps us from reaching our true potential.