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