Do you think Self Esteem Plays a Role in Success?

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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Comment by Rev. Philipp J. Kessler on June 24, 2009 at 5:46pm: Self esteem is VERY important to how your business, and your life, succeed!

As a professional intuitive reader and a small business owner, I have found that the use of positive thought and positive action has brought about much success in my professional and personal life. I encourage my clients to change their mental vocabulary to reflect what it is they truly want in life. As they say in the Secret and What the Bleep, the Universe hears the simple thoughts the loudest. Thinking in the negative only brings about more negative influences in your life. Getting rid of words like "can't", "don't" and other negative thoughts from our mental vocabulary will help bring about the positive thoughts and influences that we all need in life.

Yes, strong self esteem will boost your professional life and that will boost your personal life. those two lives can be alternated in that sentence or combined. Because we do what we are.

-Phil Kessler
Pangaia Metaphysical Store

Comment by Pangaia Metaphysical Store on June 24, 2009 at 5:40pm: My business partner and I use the principles of Positive Thought and Positive Action in most everything that we do. Thanks to that mind set we have ventured forth on this journey into the world of business and been very successful already. Thank you for sharing these thoughts with us!

-Pangaia Metaphysical Store

Comment by Melody on June 24, 2009 at 5:38pm: Positive self esteem is very helpful to be successful. I have noticed though, that many insecure people really thrive as well because it is often their insecurities that drive them to "prove" themselves. I do believe the healthy way is to have positive self esteem.

Comment by Michael Taplin on June 24, 2009 at 5:37pm: Can fish swim?
Self esteem is the foundation of all success in life. From my years of training people in a wide range of business skills, I have learned that they achieve as much as they believe they can, and their results improve as their confidence grows.
For example I watched a young and talented salesman learn new skills over a period of a year. As he applied this learning, his results improved and his confidence grew. His self image changed and I watched his dress change from slob to smart, suit, tie and shoe polish, no less. The respect his customers gave him grew in proportion, and he consistently exceeded his sales targets. In 12 months he went for being a talented amateur to a skilled professional.
Self esteem is everything.

Comment by Iyabo Asani on June 24, 2009 at 5:35pm: Hi, self esteem, the ability to see your value as high and worthwhile, is absolutely important to any business venture.

Most people approach business from the mindset of having a skill that they want to earn money for. So you get in the mode of convincing clients of the high value of your skill and so they should pay for it.

However your value as a business person putting a product out there is that you have value and you want to share. Really, for good business people, the money comes as a natural progression of expanding your personal value into your business.

So check out your values versus your value and establish personal power not based on skills but the fact that you showed up for life and that you are interested in others. Really that is the foundation of value.

Iyabo Asani

Comment by Merritte Foster on June 24, 2009 at 5:17pm: Yes it plays a major roll in our lives .

Comment by Ayodeji Dikio on June 24, 2009 at 5:12pm: I honestly believe that self esteem plays a major role in success. With a good amount of self esteem, one will be confident and assertive. A lot of times people do not get what they deserve simply because they are scared to ask for more.

Comment by Merritte Foster on June 24, 2009 at 5:09pm: Self esteem is very important in our daily living , self esteem helps to boost confidence and self empowerment. To achieve our goals we must believe in our selves so self esteem is very relevant .

Comment by nemo on June 24, 2009 at 5:07pm: only if you have to work for your success

Comment by Dexter on June 24, 2009 at 5:03pm: Yes of course Self esteem matters in business. If you think you can, you're right, and if you think you can't; you're right.

Dexter