Thoughts For Success

By Herbert Harris
(Author of The Golden 12: Universal Rules For Achieving Success)
Twelve Ways To Improve Your Self Image
(Part 2 of 2)

There are many ways to improve and develop your self image. It can be developed into a powerful magnet, capable of attracting the right people, the right circumstances, good health, wealth, happiness, and anything else that you can see in your mind's eye, and feel in your heart.

7. Unmask.
A mask is a personality trait that you create and project to the world. Its purpose is to hide the real you. Masks are symbols of insecurity and self doubt. They are often the result of someone else's expectations for you. When you wear a mask to create a facade to please someone else, it is generally at the expense of suppressing the real you.

Remove the mask of someone else's expectations and stop deceiving yourself. As long as the mask remains, you cannot get to the underlying circumstances that caused you to create it. Neither can you get to that part of yourself, that you need to change and improve your self image. The moment you remove
the mask, you feel as though a great weight has been lifted. For the first time in a long time, you can see the person behind the mask and begin The Work of discovering the real you.

8. Have compassion.
You must be sensitive to the needs of others and be willing to give assistance. As you progress along your success journey, you should acquire a greater sensitivity and a greater responsibility to the plight and condition of others. This human sensitivity puts you in harmony with your Creator, and elevates the quality of your own being.

According to Genesis 1:28, we have dominion over every living thing on the earth. This godlike dominion implies that it is our duty to be sensitive to, and respond to the needs of others. This does not just apply to human beings, but to all things which live upon the earth. So, you must have compassion for, and be sensitive to the plight and needs of all living things - people, animals, plants, and the environment.

9. Grow from your mistakes.
No one has ever succeeded without making mistakes. If you're making mistakes, at least you know that you are trying. Mistakes are life-lessons in wisdom. Often, you learn more from your mistakes and failures than from your successes. You determine what works in a particular situation by learning what does not work and then trying again. One who has never made a mistake has probably never made a discovery. Let your mistakes, through intelligent analysis and corrective actions, become markers showing the way on your journey to improve your life. Nothing beats failure like success.

10. Acknowledge your weaknesses.
Any weakness or personal shortcoming that is not acknowledged cannot be overcome. Refusing to acknowledge your weaknesses causes rationalization and deception, and therefore perpetuates that very condition.

11. Be Yourself.
People who pretend to be someone or something other than themselves, never discover who they really are. When you try to be someone else, you become separated from your true self. As long as you are separated from your true self, your energies are diluted and your personal magnetism is greatly diminished. When you are true to yourself, you are in harmony with yourself, with other people, and with the world around you.

12. Never stop growing.
Life is a constant orchestration of growth through adversity and challenge. The moment you reject the growth principle of life, you accept the static principle of death. The only way to attain the good health, wealth, happiness and prosperity you seek and deserve is to grow into these qualities and attributes. To maintain them, you must continue to grow in knowledge, understanding and consciousness. Improving and developing your self image into a positive, most effective tool, is the best first step you can take on building the new you. It is upon your newly developed self image that the foundation for the mansion of your dreams is built. If this foundation is based on doubt, fear and negativity, your mansion cannot stand. But, if it is built on truth, courage, compassion, self-confidence and faith, your mansion stands on solid ground, and it will stand forever.

Based on The Golden 12: Universal Rules for Achieving Success, a new book by Herbert Harris, pub. by Marlowe & Co., available at Barnes & Noble and most local and online bookstores, or by calling (800) 788-3123. Call (800) 775-0712, ext 8140 for FREE 12 Affirmation Poster. E-mail: livingskill@earthlink.net

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