Mental Exercise - Self Confidence

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...


If people understood just how power self esteem is in the grand context of all we try to accomplish, then they would easily see "what" is the biggest asset to work on daily. It's not necessarily being the best presenter or the hardest worker. Although, those areas are of utmost importance, without belief that you are everything you want to be, that all the power and potential you require is already in you, the goals you set for yourself will never be able to become reality.

This following exercise can be powerful if done with full intent.

Follow the steps as you read them. It is best not to read ahead on this one.

1. Stand in front of a mirror and admire yourself out loud (I am beautiful, I have nice eyes, I have a great smile, I have a kind personality, I am a generous giver, I am a great friend, etc.) This part is harder than you think. Try to do as much as you can.

2. Separate a sheet of paper into two columns. I AM and I WANT TO BE

3. Fill in those columns as best you can

The point at the end of this is to see how easily and quickly you are able to come up with great things to say about yourself. Most people who do this exercise have quite the easy time coming up with things in the "I WANT TO BE" column, but find it harder to look in the mirror and then write about all the things that are magnificent about themselves.

This can be a powerful mind exercise, because we truly learn how we talk to ourselves. Although you may view it as a positive to have goals to become better (and you will always have them), you have to be careful. If you can easily come up with traits you want to be, it means right now you are seeing yourself as opposite.

So, if you put that you want to be thin, you see yourself as fat. If you want to be successful, you see yourself as a failure. You cannot have two different realities at the same time. Now your job is to believe in yourself and change the fact that you don't see yourself as already who you are in the process of becoming.

How to change your mind on your own self viewpoints? Phrase 2 or 3 key affirmations that state in the present how you should see yourself. "I am thin and trim", or "I succeed in anything I do", etc. Repeat these affirmations on a daily basis. Do this for a month, and if you were consistent, and quoted your affirmations with feeling you will begin to see yourself in a new light. The light that has been there all along.