PART ONE

Belief in yourself is the beginning of self motivation and achieving your dreams. Without
a solid belief in your own potential and abilities, you are doomed to failure and

mediocrity.
Self Motivation Fact #1 - YOUR DEEPEST FEAR IS THAT YOU CANB,E
GREAT.
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deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful
beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask
ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are

you not to be?"

Marianne Williamson

I believe that quote sums it allup. Many people are simply afraid to think of themselves
as anything but average. The kuth is * most people are avemge. The truth is also that
most peoplddon'tuse their average ability. Most people live below their average ability.
That means that even if you just utilized your average ability you could probably achieve
great things. It doesn't take much to excel in a below averag world.
Setf Motivation Fact # 2 - YOU HAYE

Um,f*fffED POTENTIAL.

Potential is simply what you can do, but have not yet done.

Myles Munroe in his inspirational book "Understanding Your Potential" defines

potential as:

*...All you can be but have not yet become...all you can do but have not yet done...how
far you canreach but have not yet reached. ..whatyou can accomplish but have not yet
accomplished. Potential is unexposed ability and latent poriler."
ou must understand that every human being is born with
potential. There is a vast pool of untapped ability in eash
of us. The only question is - are you willing to seek it out and

itto fruition?
you believe, like I do, that there is a God and that he created yorl
you won't find it hard to believe that you were created wittl
vast ability and potential. God, after all, made man 'oin his own image." He made YOU
in his own image. If God made you in his own image, then you must be very much like
God in a lot of ways. Then to say that you are limited in yourpotential or that you don't
have much ability to excel would be to insult God's intelligence and ability.

That is where my self-esteem and belief in my ability comes from. I was made by the
greatest being in the Universe. That is where most "self-esteem" movements fail. Selfesteem has got to have a basis. It's got to "hang" onto something. Self-esteem without
this solid foundation is potentially dangerous and destructive. However, with God as your
anchor youcan do anything.

END OF PART ONE

PART TWO - SeIf motivation begins with

beleiveing in yourself
You could live a million years and you still
wouldn't be able to exhaust your potential. There would always be something new for
you to do that no one else has done. There would always be room for growth and
exploration. That is how powerful you are.
Expand youfself concept. Broaden yourhorizons. Self motivation is easy when this
concept becomes a part of your thinking.

5...4...3...2...1...aaand...ACTION!

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Society has robbed you of

of who you really are. It has set boundaries
for you and made you a robot. You were handed a script to go through life like an actor
o'go
to school, get a degree, get a good job, get married, have children, advance up the
corporate ladder, plan for your retirement, live offyour pension, die of a rare disease..."

Most people actually laugh at and discourage those that would try to get more out of life.
What they really meao to say is - "are you trying to make us look lary and stupid? Just
fall in line!"

If you listen to them, you can forget about achieving your dre4ms. Stick around such
people and before long you can forget about any self motivation techniques and trying to
improve your self concept. You will fall in line. I repeat * stay away from them.
Associate with people that believe in you or, at least, won't discourage you. Your self
concept will be a whole lot healthier and self motivation will be a cinch.
SeIf Motivation f,'act # 3 - TI{E MosT IMPORTAI\IT oPINroN ABOUT YoU Is
YOUR OWN.
'oThe only thing that matters is what you think of yourself. In as much as you believe

is what you live by. It isyour personal truth."

it, it

Okay I wrote that one (feel free to quote me), but it basically sums up what I believe
about the subject of believing in oneself. It doesn't matter what your parents, teachers,
peers, employer or any one else thinks of you. What matters is what you think of
yourself. If you believe what others say about you, good or bad, you axe lost. Have your
own opinion of who you are. That way That way YOU are in control.

Don't be defined by someone else. Define yourself. Believe in yourself. Hey if you don't,
who is going to?
God believes in you. Why shouldn't you believe in yourselfl

ul can do everything through Him who gives me strength."

Philippians 4:13-14

Self Motivation Fact # 4 - YOU CAI\[ CHART YOUR OWN COURSE.

The good news is - there is another way. Chart out your own course. Break out of the
mould. Listeir to that small inner voice. It knows more about you than you can imagine.

You can be an original, not a copy. If you are dissatisfied with life could it be because
deep down you have a feeling that there is more to it than what you are experiencing? Is
it possible that that stitrl small voice is trying to tell you to "get up and be the person you
should be!"
Here is a great self motivation tip:

'(You are all you can be...go on and be itt'

I am not sure which musician penned that one, but he was enlightened. It's all inside you.
"The greatest thing about man is his ability to transcend himself his ancestry and his
environment and to become what he dreams of being."
Tully C. Knoles
Let me end in the word of Thomas Edison, a man of great achievement and one who had
great self motivation (he had to to overcome all those potential failures):

'If

we did the things we are capable ofn we would astound ourselves."