“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson.
One of the fears most people have in the world is the fear of solitude.
This is the fear of being alone, the fear of coming face to face with yourself.
Solitude poses three questions: “Who am I?”, “Why am I here?” and “What am I doing about it?”.
These questions have proven to be troublesome throughout human history.
This has resulted in a multitude of people die, having never lived.
How you answer the first question (“Who am I?”) determines your attitude towards life, which is how you will show up in life.
Your attitude surely determines your altitude.
This creates a self-image which is how you see yourself in your mind.
This self-image becomes your identity.
In “The Fight” – the fight of the century between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in 1971 – Muhammad Ali was knocked down in one of the rounds but quickly jumped back up.
When he was asked later as to why he quickly jumped back up, he replied by saying, “When I looked where I was, a canvas was no place for a champion.”
He was driven by his identity and the image of himself as a champion of the world that was deeply planted in his subconscious mind.
How you define and see yourself is very important.
It is this image that only yourself can see, that drives your behaviour, which is known for producing results. Behaviour though, I must emphasize, is only a secondary cause that produces results.
The primary cause is self-image.
Your self-image is the GPS and your behaviour is the driver.
It doesn’t matter how good and experienced the driver is, but if the given directions are incorrect, the driver will surely get lost.
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