Change your idea of yourself

by Robin Wheeler

What we are able to perceive, achieve, give people and earn are all determined by how we see ourselves. If we change that, we change everything.

We are governed by our concept of who we are, what we are capable of, and what we are worth. This is founded in our life experiences, and entrenched by the things we tell ourselves over and over. It surrounds us like a bubble that reflects back to us the beliefs we put out, and keeps us bound by routine and blind to our potential.

If we change these two things, our experiences and our self-talk, we can begin to emerge from our cocoons and realise our true selves.

This is not easy! It is an ongoing challenge to find ways past our assumptions into the mystery of our awareness and latent ability, and to stop talking the magic away. The trick is to combine intense spiritual purpose with enterprising and determined effort, and ongoing opening.

Here are three suggestions for doing this:

1. Set out to be yourself for a living.

Induce increasingly more wondrous, challenging and meaningful experiences for the rest of your life, and keep growing into the person who handles and relishes them for a living.

2. Take brave and trusting steps, and sometimes leaps, every day.

Follow your intuition, try out your ideas, revisit your childhood dreams, work out the next steps in your business or career and take them, travel, open to inspiration, face your fears, have fun, rest a lot and, as much as you can, just be.

3. Work steadily on surrendering your world view.

Let a new, liberated and empowered one arise by repeatedly surpassing yourself and gradually silencing your mind. Then keep receiving and appreciating what comes to you.

Systematically change your idea of yourself. Take the lifelong challenge of progressively strengthening your spirit. It’s the only endeavour truly worthy of your time.