Today you will see this everywhere.
When people say, I am only human.
They're talking about the limitations of being human.
They're not talking about
the possibilities of being human, isn't it?
When if we are the most intelligent species on the planet,
if we are the most capable species on the planet.
Should we be talking about our possibilities
or should we be talking about our limitations?
You are the sum total of all of the choices
that you've made up until now.
And anything about yourself or your life
that you don't like or isn't working
or isn't mobilizing you
is to be looked at in terms of
can I grow?
Rather than why did I do it
or isn't this wrong?
I don't like what I've done.
I don't like the fact that
I can't do this well, or I can't do that well.
So I will list these things in my own repertoire,
and then I will be constantly trying to repair
those deficiencies.
Always assuming that I'm deficient,
that there's something wrong with me
and I'm trying to fix it.
And when you do that,
you spend your whole life doing that.
But in order to be the winner
you were born to be,
you must plan to win.
You've gotta prepare to win,
and you must expect to win.
And if you don't plan to win,
and if you don't prepare to win,
then you have no legitimate reason for expecting to win.
The way that we think about ourselves
determines the policies that we embrace
the laws that we agree to live and abide under.
Those are all based upon our story.
So all of a sudden, you see the battle for our story,
is front and center.
I mean, what could be more important than that
right now?
So when we talk about that battle.
There's a battle for who we are
and the way that we think about ourselves.
You are
creators
who have come into this environment
for the details that it evokes from you.
But you are God force who insists upon
alignment with the energy of your source.
And it is our knowing that as you move forward
from this day, never again will you feel negative emotion
without blessing the importance of it.
Because in the negative emotion
is the indication that you are setting force
for this universe expansion.
And instead of feeling
a continuing of negative emotion.
You're going to flip.
You're gonna take the bounce.
You're gonna feel the solution
that your problem has pointed.
So then as you begin to think about a new possibility
and your brain begins to fire in new sequences
and new patterns and new combinations,
and you begin to plan your behaviors
and you begin to review in your mind mentally rehearse
who you're going to be in your life.
The mere action of mental rehearsal
begins to install the neurological circuits in your brain.
Now, your brain is no longer a record of the past.
Now it's in fact a map to the future.
And if you were then to begin to emotionally embrace
your future before it's made manifest.
In other words, you're not waiting
for your healing to feel wholeness.
You're not waiting for your
new relationship to feel love.
You're not waiting for
the mystical moment to feel awe.
You're not waiting for your success to feel empowered.
That's the old model of reality of cause and effect.
Many of you as I have been, as I am,
are where you are in your life based upon what you believe.
And it's not just what you think you believe on the surface,
it's also your shadow beliefs that are holding you back
from moving into the life that you believe you deserve.
What I know is if you're not looking at the shadows,
if you're not looking at what is subconsciously r
unning through the tape in your mind
telling yourself you're not good enough, you're not worthy enough,
you're not smart enough, you are not enough,
which is a tape that's playing for a lot of people.
If you're not conscious of that, then you end up acting out of that belief system
and not out of what you know to be the truest or want to be the truest for yourself.
How do you alter your mindset?
The only path that's renew awareness.
You can receive advice all day long.
Many people do.
They love being told what to do.
They're hooked on new books, new ideas, new lists.
They learn and learn and learn in all
directions except the one that matters most.
Learning about themselves, there is no getting around this.
It's hard to sustain new happiness without new awareness.
You can go for the run.
You can have the hard conversation.
You can eat better food.
You can wake up early, read at night.
You can do it all,
but does it make you happier?
Deep down, long-term that's the metric.
If it does, if you're happier, it's because
you realize something new about yourself.
The change was you.
You recognized why your new habits shifted, your outlook.
It was about challenging your old mindset.
We started with this idea that now was the time.
It was the time to do more, to do better,
to create the change and go forth.
Do it.
If now is the time for change, make the change.
But recognize what you are truly seeking.
That your body may transform, your habits may improve.
You may learn new ideas, but where did the change start?
What was behind it all?
It's always your mindset.
To control where awareness goes. we're controlling where energy is flowing.
And if we are controlling where energy is flowing,
we're controlling what's manifesting in our life.
And this is a great secret to learn.
This is something that I've learned in the monastery
my very shared with me that's barely changed my life.
Because I've realized that all I need to do
is control where my awareness goes.
And if I can control where my awareness goes,
I can control where my energy is flowing, and if I can control where my energy is flowing,
I can control what is manifesting in my life,
and therefore I can even choose
to create positive things in my life or negative things in my life.
If you want to enjoy self confidence on the outside,
you must practice complete integrity on the inside.
The foundation of self confidence
is for you to live your life consistent with your innermost values and principles
while thinking and acting in harmony with your highest aspirations.
Men and women with the most rock solid self confidence
are those who are absolutely clear
about what it is they believe to be right and good and worthwhile
and who live their lives consistent with these values.
Everything they do or say is an expression of their innermost convictions.
Your whole world can fall down around you, but as long as you know
that you are doing the right thing,
you will have a deep inner sense of calm that will manifest itself
in an attitude of confidence and self,
in an attitude of confidence and self assurance in any situation.
You will have many ups and downs in life,
but what is most important is that you remain true to yourself.
Your true values are only expressed
in your actions, in what you do.
You can tell what you truly believe
by observing what you do in any situation
in which you have to make a choice, especially when you are under stress
and pulled in two directions at once
with opposing demands or responsibilities.
This is when your true values are revealed.
The action that you take in any given situation
will tell you which of your values is uppermost
or whether you have any values at all.
It is not what you say, hope, wish, or intend,
but only what you do that counts.
Your choices of the actions you take
tell you unerringly who you really are.
You can develop within yourself a superb set of values
by acting as though you already had those values.
You can develop integrity and courage and
compassion and confidence by behaving
as though you already had these qualities.
The more you act the part,
especially when you demonstrate these qualities under stress
or when you feel like doing or saying something else,
the more rapidly these qualities
become a permanent part of your mental makeup.
The more you practice good values, the more
rapidly you become a truly superior person.
The keys to developing the unshakable self confidence
That will make everything else possible for you are
self control, self mastery, and self discipline.
Self confidence can come directly
by behaving in a self confident manner.
But more often it comes indirectly by doing and saying
the things and practicing the behaviors that lead to self confidence.
The most important self development behavior
is living consistently with your highest values at every opportunity.
Appreciate how special you are.
There will never be anyone exactly like you.
You were given special gifts and talents to share with the world.
And even though everybody has special gifts and talents,
nobody will use theirs quite the same way you do.
You have a way of being in the world
and a perspective that's unique to you.
You are the only one who thinks your thoughts
the way you think them.
You have created your own unique reality
and are living your life according to your own unique path.
You are the only you that will ever be.
You're kind of a big deal.