| An effective self- concept generates the desire to | | | | It never occurs to them that they might change |
| strive for things that were thought to be impossible | | | | themselves. But they can, simply by concentrating on |
| before. It generates fight, but it doesn't kick dogs | | | | winning. That sets up success habits.You always find |
| and slap babies.Andrew Carnegie is reputed to be the | | | | what you concentrate on.To find and develop your |
| toughest man to sit behind a desk. But the railroads | | | | greatest potential, you discipline your mind |
| he built are still with us today, and the foundation he | | | | with four mental conditioners.You concentrate on |
| created still advances human welfare.Before we go | | | | growing, achieving, winning, confidence, persistence, |
| into how you can Power Up Your Self Concept. Let's | | | | determination, and success.You develop your |
| talk about The Four Mental Conditioners first.The | | | | potential by thinking SUCCESS.It's important to |
| Four Mental Conditioners.1. You are what you | | | | understand that they ALWAYS work whether you |
| concentrate on.If you concentrate on failure. You get | | | | consciously use them or not. The greatest danger in |
| feelings of failure. If you concentrate on success, you | | | | your life lies in dwelling on failure.The greatest reward |
| get feelings of success.Which feeling is likely to | | | | lies in thinking SUCCESS.How to use the four mental |
| produce your best effort? Feelings of success, isn't | | | | conditioners to Power Up Your Self Concept.* Power |
| that true?So you pretend you're successful, and you | | | | up your self concept.Now you're skating on thin ice, |
| do this by concentrating. Eventually you make | | | | because the greatest sin in self- development is |
| success feelings a habit. By a mental act that | | | | looking into yourself. Stay away from introspection |
| originates in pretense, you achieve your best | | | | as if it were poison. Introspection is self- criticism and |
| effort.You are what you practice. You practice what | | | | plays failure experience on the imagination's |
| you concentrate on. When you concentrate on | | | | turntable.Stay strictly with what works and what |
| success, you practice success. That trains your | | | | doesn't work. Throw out the things that don't work, |
| nervous system to produce success for you.2. What | | | | and try the things that look like they might work.* |
| you concentrate on growsConcentration on trouble | | | | What you see tells you what you are.To change |
| makes trouble grow, because that's what you're | | | | what you see, change your self- concept. That's all |
| looking for.A guy in playing poker loses a few hands | | | | the self- analysis any one needs. That's all he can |
| and gets scared of losing more. More disciplined | | | | handle, if he wants to grow up and achieve.Set your |
| players watch him with a smile. They know that | | | | self concept to switch on success by programming it |
| scared money never wins.When you try not to think | | | | to strive for the things you want. You set your |
| of an elephant wearing pink underwear.....you think of | | | | sights on higher performance, because when you |
| an elephant wearing pink underwear. If you try not | | | | move towards higher performance, your ability |
| to think of failure, you think of failure.That's why | | | | grows.Train yourself into a "Go For It!!" self concept |
| scared money never wins.To produce success, you | | | | by disciplining your mind with the four mental laws |
| have to think SUCCESS.3. What you concentrate on | | | | discussed earlier.Let's restate them now in the light of |
| becomes real.By misusing this one you can wind up in | | | | self- concept.1. Your self concept is formed by what |
| the institution believing you're Alexander The Great. | | | | you concentrate on.2. Concentration makes your self- |
| We come to believe anything we concentrate on, no | | | | concept seem real.3. Your self- concept grows |
| matter how bizarre or fantastic.A guy can start out | | | | towards the image of your concentration.4. What |
| as a conman promising heaven, but if he continues to | | | | you find in the world reflects your self- |
| promise it, he winds up a believer. That's the history | | | | concept.Successful mental re-programming produces |
| of conmen, they became fanatics.Don't kid yourself | | | | mental discipline, the ability to think something useful |
| that they become sincere through some moral | | | | instead of something useless or ....dangerous.You can |
| revelations. It's a law of the mind that what we | | | | think a new self concept into existence by a process |
| concentrate on becomes real. Scientifically they call | | | | of visualizing yourself playing this new role.You speed |
| this "self fulfillment". You can start playing around with | | | | up the process by auto- suggestion. Reinforce this |
| astrology with your tongue in cheek, but if you | | | | synthetic experience by taking the actions that |
| persist in concentrating on it, you'll wind up believing it. | | | | ingrain it into your nervous system.Soon things that |
| Use this law to induce beliefs that produce fruitful | | | | seemed impossible are done automatically. You build |
| actions.Concentrate on achievement, success, | | | | your first great success habit when you build a |
| energy, confidence, skill, joy, | | | | healthy self- concept, and it becomes a faithful |
| persistence.If you concentrate on being Alexander | | | | General when you've trained it into your nervous |
| the Great, you have a very severe handicap , your | | | | system.In a nutshell; |
| troops were killed centuries ago....4. You always find | | | | The self- concept governs energy, power, and |
| what you concentrate on.The outcome of our | | | | force. It's the motive power for action. When you |
| efforts always tells us what we are concentrating | | | | set your self- concept to "Go For It!!" you switch on |
| on.I know a very good teacher who divides students | | | | success. It's equally important to build a guidance |
| into winners and losers. That's all he wants to know | | | | mechanism for this power mechanism to work |
| about them, and he makes a practice of doting on | | | | through.Right now, just to get an idea of the power |
| winners. He even carries his theory onto the golf | | | | unleashed by a striving self- concept, try carrying a |
| course, pairing himself with people who win. He could | | | | card that says "Go For It!!", we promise you more |
| make a nice living just playing golf.People who win are | | | | action than you've had in years.To your incredible |
| people who think victory. People who lose are people | | | | success,Jahn A. |
| who think defeat. It's hard to convince a loser that | | | | Owner/Webmaster |
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| up men.Losers all think the world should be changed. | | | | |