MINDSET: Identity Beliefs

Why the stories you tell yourself, about yourself can change your
life!





Stories we tell ourselves? Yes, if you pay attention you’ll
notice that every human being runs mental stories about the
world, other people, the weather, the list goes on and on. This
“self- talk” can be around gratitude or appreciation of the good
things in your life and it can also be about YOU.


The problem is when we start labelling ourselves with negative
stories. I’m sure you’ve heard other people say things like, “I’m
not smart enough”, “I’m ugly”, “I’m not motivated”, and if you
take note you’ll also see that you have a range of negative
stories you tell yourself.





We call these Identity Beliefs and they can be summed up like
this:


“I’m not [Fill in the blank] enough”!


The diagram below illustrates how all this works.


We have these negative identity beliefs around “I’m not [fill in
the blank] enough.” They fuel our thoughts and perceptions.


These negative thoughts have an effect on our emotions and how we
feel drives what we do – our actions.





The following quotes also show how powerful Identity Beliefs are:


“The strongest need in the human personality is to remain
consistent with how we have defined ourselves.” Robert Cialdini


“You cannot perform consistently in a manner which is
inconsistent with how you see yourself.” Zig Ziglar


 


The challenge is to help people to change these negative Identity
Beliefs because when we hear someone say something negative about
themselves we can tend to rush in and say, “No you are smart” and
the typical reply is “No I’m not!”





Interrupting the Negative Identity Belief
Pattern 


To change negative Identity Beliefs use your imagination and
pretend that for one day you don’t have those negative thoughts
and if you do you just don’t believe them:


How would you think different?

How would you feel different?

How would you act different?



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