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Your self image holds the key to your success. Regardless of what level of success you achieve ‘outwardly’ in your life, your life will only ever develop to the extent that you do or, more specifically, your self image does.

There is a great quote by Dr. Maxwell Maltz that is worth taking note of here – “Our self image and our habits tend to go together. Change one and you will automatically change the other.”

It is our self image that makes us behave ‘like us’. Therefore, the habits we adopt, and the way we ’see’ ourselves in our life, are a direct result of our self image and the way that our self image views ‘us’.

As you achieve success, wealth, or ’status’ in your life, if your self image does not improve, eventually you will find yourself sliding backwards, sometimes at an alarming rate.

It boils down to the issue of ‘derservability’. Does the self image believe that we deserve to have what we have achieved? If not, you will not be able to hold on to your success, because the self image will not be comfortable with it.

If the self image asks the question “Is this really me?”, and the answer is “No”, the self image starts to feel out of control and will change or modify how we act in order to get us back within the boundaries of our comfort zone.

This is not related to ‘ego’, which is on the ‘outside’ and is dependent on ‘outside’ events, such as praise or adulation from the outside world. Your self image is the praise or adulation which you give yourself. It is the self-talk that goes on within your mind, the images you reflect from within to the outside world.

To sum up, our thoughts, habits and actions are what initially get us to the level that we want to be in our life but, ultimately, it is the self image which is responsible for keeping us there.

This article was edited and distributed by Mark Walters on behalf of Mandy Swift, who was the original author. Read On : Success Strategies