There is a great deal of research which shows that the self-concept of an achiever is, perhaps, the basis for all his motivated behavior. It is his self-concept that gives rise to his possible selves, and it is his possible selves that create the motivation for his behavior. Achievers have great self-esteem that clearly differentiated their self-concept. Achievers know themselves and they maximize outcomes because they know what they can and cannot do.
Achievers generally develop and maintain their self-concept through the process of taking action and then reflecting on what they have done and what others tell them about what they have done. They reflect on what they have done and can do in comparison to their expectations and the expectations of others and to the characteristics and accomplishments of others.
Self-concept is not innate, but is developed or constructed by an achiever through interaction with his environment and reflecting on that interaction. This dynamic aspect of self-concept is important because it indicates that it can be modified or changed. There is a growing body of research which indicates that it is possible to change the self-concept. Self-change is not something that people can will but rather it depends on the process of self-reflection. Through self-reflection, he often comes to view himself in a new, more powerful way, and it is through this new, more powerful way of viewing the self that he develops possible selves. The stronger and positive the beliefs, the more unique and greater self-concept will be evolved through this interactions around the self.
There are several different components of an achiever’s self-concept: physical, academic, social, and transpersonal. The physical aspect of his self-concept relates to that which is concrete: what he looks like, his sex, height, weight, etc.; what kind of clothes he wears; what kind of car he drive; what kind of home he live in; and so forth. His academic self-concept relates to how well he does in school or how well he learns. There are two levels: a general academic self-concept of how good he is overall and a set of specific content-related self-concepts that describe how good he is in math, science, language arts, social science, etc. The social self-concept describes how he relates to other people and the transpersonal self-concept describes how he relates to the supernatural or unknowns.
An achiever understands that his self-concept is his individual's conceptualization about how he thinks about himself. It is a subjective sense of his self and his complex mixture of unconscious and conscious thoughts, attitudes, and perceptions. His self-concept provides him a frame of reference that affects his management of all situations and relationships with others. His self-concept, or how he thinks about himself, directly affects his self-esteem which gives rise to his evolving confidence that an under-achiever is always lacking.
An under-achiever’s negative self-concept gives a sense of meaningless, emptiness, and inconsistency to him. An unhealthy self-concept has a high degree of instability and generates negative feelings toward him. When his poor beliefs reinforce his self-concept, his self-esteem is lowered as a result. In a way, his self concept is dependent upon how he thinks about himself in relation to the world, and the qualities that he ascribes to himself. How he thinks he has performed depends on his beliefs he received from the environments or interactions!
Fortunately, you can get rid of those self-limiting beliefs. However, you have to identify them first. They could be lurking in the recesses of your minds without your awareness. Talking with a friend or consulting with a coach could give you more objective feedback as to their existence.
Once you have identified them, these limiting beliefs must be challenged every time they rear your heads. You must consciously reject any thoughts or suggestions that you are limited in any way. There is nothing you cannot do. You simply need to find your way and follow it to conclusion.
When the self-limiting thoughts are starved of attention, they wither and die. Whatever you give attention to magnify: whatever you do not attend to shrivel up and die. You cannot take the mild approach to the weeds in your mental garden. You have got to hate weeds enough to kill them. Weeds are not something you handle; weeds are something you devastate.
No one is better than you are. If others do better, it is simply because they have had more practice, more experience, and/or they know something that you don’t. And all this can be remedied. It’s what you build upon your initial investment that makes the difference.
Hence, dynamic inter-relationship between your thoughts, beliefs, and personal core values, all feed into your self-concept and self-esteem development, and in turn, your self-empowerment. Your empowering beliefs such as 'I am capable of achieving anything I desire to; support your hopes and dreams. If you hold negative beliefs such as 'I am not worthy to do what I dream of', you are actually undermining your potential. Beliefs are at work even when you are not consciously thinking of them. Achievers address any negative self talk and beliefs, whether at the conscious level or the subconscious to be the best they always will be!
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Sean Toh &
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