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Do you think Self Esteem Plays a Role in Success?

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I wanted to share some insights from one of the audio lessons from a tremendous new mentor and mastermind for me named Bill Bartmann "The Billionaire Business Coach". He is the only self made Billionaire with a B who has exclusively devoted his life to teaching others. With that kind of a resume, I thought it would be worthwhile to listen to what he has to say on my iLearningGlobal audio library. He also has some great HD video's as well. I absolutely love his teaching style as well as his content is amazing and extremely insightful! Bill is only one of the many "rich" resources within iLearningGlobal (ILG). For today's post and wanted to share with you some of my insights on his lesson on self esteem and how that effects how we process information and how that relates to some other great lessons from by dear friend Bela and her tremendous book "A Bella Life" and of course the "The Go-Giver " by Bob Burg and John David Mann.


First, let's look at the "4 Laws of Self Esteem": as related by Bill Bartmann

  • 1. There is a principle of survival
  • 2. The subconscious mind is stronger than the conscious mind.
  • 3. Our subconscious will not let us do something it thinks we are incapable of doing.
  • 4. Our subconscious will either help us or hinder us based on the information it retrieves.

The next law I'd like to share is from "The Go-Giver". The 4th Law of Stratospheric Success is the Law of Authenticity: "The most valuable gift you have to offer is yourself."

Finally I'd like to share a truly inspiring quote from Bela's book, "A Bella Life."

"Think about a dark room. The minute any little bit of light is brought in, the room is no longer dark - the light overpowers the darkness. I want you to choose light, not darkness. I want the beautiful pure light within all of us to spread through the universe creating an abundance of love, happiness, kindness, and peace for all - creating a bright bella life for everyone!"

I'm blessed to have each of these tremendous people in my life as a mentor and feel like I "know" them all either through facebook, phone discussions or the power of ILG. It struck me that the common thread between all of these is our emotional personal intention and how that relates to what it directs our subconscious mind to think and therefore do. Have you ever heard a song on the radio and instantly you're transported back in time to an event that you had linked this song with or "assigned" a memory to it? Its very powerful! It could have been 20 years ago and yet in that moment, you are instantly engulfed in that moment again...you remember what you were wearing, the scent of his or her perfume/cologne, the emotions that you felt...good or bad. I know I have several songs like that for me.

Then it hit me after listening to Bill's lesson, I remember these things so vividly because I first chose to assign a meaning to it for the good or bad..(light or dark). I then allowed this raw emotion of what I believe to be my true authentic self to add power to the meaning of this event. Ultimately as a result of this "emotional programming", my subconscious mind takes over and tells me how to interpret future events based on its immediate retrieval of this assigned emotional meaning.

Even if an event occurs that is one that you'd normally interpret as negative, if your positive intention is emotionally authentic , even though you don't necessarily "feel" it, eventually your subconscious will accept it as "true" for the ultimate good because that's how you've reprogrammed it to be. Ever hear the quote "Whether you think you can or you think you can't you're right?" I know this to be true more than ever! Whew, that's deep! Being the Pisces that I am, I'm very in touch with my emotions. I've been pondering how do I use this insight for my ultimate good and growth and positive impact on others. Here's what I've concluded with this end goal in mind: If I want to continually grow and advance, I must purposefully choose to assign a positive emotional meaning to each event so that I can be sure that the programming being sent to my subconscious mind will result in the desired answer/action I'm looking for. ..or as in the words of Obama, "Yes we can!!!" There is definitely something to that :)

I encourage us all to pay more attention to the messages that we allow ourselves to accept as true and what meaning we choose to assign to them and how that in turn determines what we believe is our ultimate power to accomplish what our mind conceives. We can't accomplish "big" things if we don't allow ourselves to think big! Now that's powerful!

"No one can make you feel inferior without your permission." Eleanor Roosevelt



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Mel Reed Comment by Mel Reed on June 24, 2009 at 7:02pm
Only if your dog accepts you. If your dog accepts you, it would appear that you do have some amount of self-esteem. And that is important in business because if he bites you or pees on you on your way out the door....
DR.UMESH KUMAR SAPRA Comment by DR.UMESH KUMAR SAPRA on June 24, 2009 at 6:44pm
yes self esteem is very much imp. for the success and thanks for the nice blog.

Namaste.

thanks.

Love and blessings.

DR.UMESH KUMAR SAPRA,
M.D.AYURVEDA,
CEO SAPRA AYURVEDA,
www.SapraAyurveda.com
Email:umeshsapra123@yahoo.com
Laura Cummings Comment by Laura Cummings on June 24, 2009 at 6:40pm
Self esteem is probably the most important single factor for a person to be successful. Without self esteem, you are likely to hide your head in the sand, say "I cannot do this" and consequently fail in any endeavor you try.
Belinda Smith Comment by Belinda Smith on June 24, 2009 at 6:33pm
Self esteem is key to having the confidence to promote yourself, your business and for people to want to spend time with you. It plays a dominant role in how you represent yourself, your ability to pursue success and ultimately how others perceive you.
Marie-anne Rouse Comment by Marie-anne Rouse on June 24, 2009 at 6:28pm
It is so important......I just saw someones business go down the drain due to low self-esteem (and no self confidence for that matter either).

Marie-anne @ www.MomIsTheBest.com

David Foster Comment by David Foster on June 24, 2009 at 6:17pm
Great Post Amy,

I really like this quote. "No one can make you feel inferior without your permission." Eleanor Roosevelt. That is so true.

Keep up the great work!!
David
Meditations by Matthew Comment by Meditations by Matthew on June 24, 2009 at 6:08pm
You can't do anything without self - esteem. That is where the key is. Just look at Anthony Robbins... Can you imagine him being depressed and trying to sell something.
Angelina Dehart Comment by Angelina Dehart on June 24, 2009 at 6:08pm
Of course it does. Self esteen and confidence makes us successful in all aspects of our lives.
Mirdza Hayden Comment by Mirdza Hayden on June 24, 2009 at 5:56pm
Yes, our self-esteem plays a MAJOR role in our success. If we have low self-esteem, it will be very hard to succeed in the business world.
Ronda Del Boccio, The Story Lady Comment by Ronda Del Boccio, The Story Lady on June 24, 2009 at 5:50pm
True self esteem comes not simply from a "warm fuzzy feeling" but from the result of testing your limits and stretching your concept of what is possible.
Ronda Del Boccio
The Story Lady

Storytelling for Business Growth with The Story Lady

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