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Welcome to the very first “Mindset Monday” blog post! Today we’re talking about Self Belief which honestly has the ability to set you up for success or failure…

I am a firm believer in the proverb “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he” - whatever you think about yourself, you become.

Self Belief plays such a crucial role in any kind of achievement, particular entreprenurial endeavours and as this is a make money blog I think it is a key topic to be discussing.

For me personally, what I think about myself has played a massive part in who and where I am today, let me tell you a breif story about my own life:

When I was born my parents discovered that there was something different about the way my arms were functioning so they took me along to the doctor to have it checked out, and after x-rays and visiting a specialist discovered that the ulna and radius bones in both arms were fused together.

This meant that I had and still have today, no rotation below the elbow (I cant hold my palm out flat - I can see you trying it yourself to see what I mean).  I have just looked it up in google and discovered that its called “congenital radial-ulnar (radioulnar) synostosis” read more about it here.

At this stage I was about 18 month old, and understanding that it was a condition which believe to be untreatable, and from what I’ve researched, treatment today is still viewed with mixed opinions, my parents knew that it could potentially effect what I was able to do with my arms later on in life.

Something which I did not discover until just a few years ago, from that time on, my dad would consistently sit me on his knee and say these words over and over again:

“You can do anything you want to do…”  “You can do anything you want to do…” over and over again…

Mere words??  I dont think so, the words which are spoken over our lives have the power of life and death.  They have the potential to shape us, and mould our belief systems, whether its what we think about our self, our self esteem, our self image, and even somethings which we often put down to personality traits.

Your self belief is formed by a number of things:

1. External Influences

As in my case, my parents were well aware of the impact they could have on my future by speaking words of encouragement and sowing seeds of potential - they were a postive external influence.

Other external influences may be the things we choose to look at and listen to, the music we listen to and the people around us we allow to speak into our lives.

I love to read motivational, leadership, success oriented books - I will easily devour an inspirational biography and love to read about how successful people have climbed to where they are today.

I love to listen to motivational cd’s, messages, speeches, talks which inspire and speak hope, life and encouragement and as often as I can I will turn my car into a mobile success university with cd’s and podcasts on my iPhone.

What do you allow to shape what you think about yourself?

What do you listen to? Who do you allow to speak into your life?

What do you watch?

Maybe you need to make some changes in this area - put a filter on the things you will allow to become thoughts in your mind, as beliefs are simply thoughts which have had the opportunity to take root in our mind, and they end up producing a harvest in our life, whether we like it or not.

2. Internal Influences

Internal influence are purely controlled by your own choices - what we choose to meditate on, what we choose to think, what we choose to say.

These include the things you say about yourself, whether its just in your head to yourself, or out loud and even the things you speak which come from a subconcious.

Have you ever said something like “Ah! I’m such an idiot!”

As I said before, words are powerful and they have the ability to create our future, be careful what you speak over yourself.

Sure we all make mistakes and have our moments, but dont ever speak negative words over yourself, words have the power of life and death!

It says in the bible that the tongue is like the rudder on a ship, it is small and seemingly insignificant, but it has the power to steer a massive vessel.  The words you speak over your own life and others, have the power to steer your life in any direction.

If you struggle to speak positively find some positive confessions and simply begin by reading them out loud, our mind must think about the words we say to send the instructions to our mouth, as well as to read the words, so by reading out loud, your mind is forced to think twice about what you read, and believe it or not, if you do this every day for at least 30 days I promise you you will see positive changes in the way you see yourself.

Here are 100 great positive confessions about self belief - and yes they are from the bible, but even if you are not religious or of any particular faith, they’re great positive things to speak over your life, so give them a go anyway.

Speak life!

Think positive thoughts!

Focus on positive outcomes, not on negativity and problems!

And just incase you’re worried that I live in some fairy land where everything is just roses, dont get me wrong, I dont ignore the facts, or pretend everything is fantastic if circumstances are less than positive, but its about what we focus on, its about what we give our attention to.

As entrepreneurs or business people we understand the concept of ROI or return on investment.  Mindset and self belief are exactly the same, where do you want to invest your energy, your thoughts and your words?

We all have the ability to choose… We can choose to invest our thoughts and our words in negativity or curses, and we will receive a harvest of disaster.  Or if we make a decision to invest our thoughts and our words in positive words, positive ideas, outcomes and solutions rather than problems, we will receive a harvest of life and success.  Choose life, start investing in yourself today!

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Nathan Hulls
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