Enhance your image and success will follow!

Hi folks,

I have collected tonnes of inspirational quotes over the years, which I frequently read over to keep me inspired and 'on-track'.  I thought I'd share one at a time with all of you, and would welcome your sharing and feedback. :)
 
So, here's one for today....
“Self-image and our habits tend to go together.  Change one and you will automatically change the other.”   Maxwell Maltz
 
This is a great one I think.  The image we have of ourselves, regardless of what others think, in fact often at odds with what others think, determines the thoughts we choose, the decisions we make, hence the actions we take, and ultimately the results we manifest in our lives.  And so, the repeated decisions and actions ie habits that mould our daily lives and eventually the course of our lives all begin with the image we engineer of ourselves.
 
So then, if the course of our lives is ultimately determined by the 'self-image' we hold of ourselves as this quote suggests, shouldn't we be spending some time examining how we perceive ourselves and how we can change and enhance this image we hold? 
 
Why not remind ourselves that this image is not immovable, not set in stone, but something that we get to choose!  There is great power in reminding ourselves of this!  Suddenly we get to choose the rules.  We get to decide how extraordinary we are and what qualities and traits we would like to possess.
 
Initially, some of these new traits might seem at odds with how we've perceived ourselves until this point, but soon through a process of daily visualizing and living as though we already are the image which we aspire to, so we become that person consistent with that image.  And in accordance with this enhanced image, we find our decisions and actions changing in line with it.  And of course ultimately a dramatic shift in the course of our lives follows.
 
And so, on that note, I'll sign out for today.
 
Dr Janey