Self Confidence – Developing a Self Image for Confident Leadership

“It’s not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it’s who you are.”

~ Elvis Presley

Often life gives us what we ask, and that isn’t really what we want. When the struggle of who you are becomes too much to carry, you may stumble and fall, but there’s an answer, greater than yourself, for those moments. You are created, unique, one of a kind, with the God given right to exist in the life that belongs exclusively to you. Claim the right to be yourself.

- An imperfect image

People often presume to reinvent us as we allow them to influence our “package” and tell us how we should be. But their image is imperfect, flawed and incorrect, since they don’t have the whole perception of our lives. Don’t allow the presumption of others to take away your ability to exist comfortably in the skin you were created to live within.

- Permission to be

When we allow others to guide us, as if we’re asking their permission to be ourselves, we open ourselves up to burdens we weren’t meant to carry. Unload your pack and stop worrying about how to please others. Learn to guide your own life with the principles and concepts of your own desires.

- Choose your path

Own the vehicle in which you travel. We’re all travelers along the road of life, but we don’t have to be passengers in a vehicle driven by others. We can drive our own lives, where we choose to go. The left fork or the right fork, choose for yourself, and take ownership of that choice. You can choose to do for others, but own that choice.

- Dare to be unique

Use the gifts you’re given and be the person you’re meant to be. When you stop pleasing others and start looking for your inner core strengths and desires, you often find the source of life there. You were born with gifts that grow and expand throughout your lifetime, gasp them and hold them close. Use them well.

- Understand what makes you happy

Some people are bubbly and exuberant, joyfully abandoning protocol to express their enthusiasm for life, others express themselves in quiet organized fashion. Allowing yourself to be comfortable within the self expression of your choice makes you feel happiest. Accept yourself and understand the ways you feel happiness.

- Turn off the control buttons

Others push your buttons and you react? Stop giving them control of your life. Choose to act instead of react and you’ll have greater control over what you do and who you associate with. The process is similar to a thermostat – set your own and maintain your own temperature, rather than acting as a thermometer and acknowledging every cold wind that blows.

- Choose to stand out

Have an opinion and be comfortable stating it. Even if it isn’t politically correct, you have a right to your own opinions. You have a unique voice and deserve to be heard. It’s okay not to agree with every concept that comes down the trail. You can acknowledge the opinions of others and still state what you believe too. It’s okay to disagree.

By acknowledging yourself and being authentic in your own skin, you allow others to choose their own direction and have convictions of their own. It’s okay to be different, to disagree and to stand up for what you believe. Nations were built on foundations such as this. Explore your source and express yourself.

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© 2009 – http://janverhoeff.com

When I think of mass prosperity, I imagine the rain.

Living in southeastern Colorado where rain fall is infrequent at best, I don’t see as much rain as I’d like, but when it comes, I feel invigorated and vivacious. Life flows in abundance. There are those who see gray clouds on the horizon as a curse. I see them as a blessing. They come to administer moisture, enliven my space and brighten my source of existence. Rain is a blessing.

Much the same as the Secret of Prosperity. Abundance flows over our lives in a form of wealth that taps out the music of life, richly blessing us and sharing the moments of pleasant intrepidity. Our lives flow with synchronicity that interrelates all those connected. The connection is our basis.

Joy comes in a wealth of abundance. Our color flows out from us issuing a brand name identity and ushering in the abundant benefits of essential compensation. How do you know if you’ve got deep abiding joy in your heart? You’ll feel the satisfaction. No matter where you are, there will be a sense of self comprehension and understanding that you’re comfortable in your skin. That’s the joy of the Lord filling up your soul with His abiding love. You cannot deny a God that surrounds you.

Nature’s possession brings you serenity. The comfort in knowing nature, understanding the greater depth of translation and the intimate emotional relationship with a sunrise, a sunset, or the romance of a starlit night, come gently - bringing the wealth of knowledge and God. There’s no escaping the brilliance of God’s grip on your soul. You can dance…

The ultimate secret of prosperity comes with the ability to dance in the rain. You know, when you step out into the rolling thunder, bask in the sprinkling showers of water droplets and watch the show of lightening cracking the skies the vast benefit of the dance. Time stands still, all the forces of the universe open up and pour out upon you wealth, love and pleasure. Your destiny becomes one with time and the passing of each glorious moment derives greater joy.

You’re in the pink. Dashing, daring, dancing the rhythm of wonder as rain drops splatter around you. Don’t hold back. Take the time to learn how to dance in the rain.

Like ripples in the ocean, love has no bounds. Those who understand the imprint of their choices on life, begin early to comprehend the value of saying what they truly want to happen.

What you speak out of your mouth will happen.

Speak only truth and good into existence. Positive encouragement should be spoken and will result in positive encouragement. The distance between what you speak and what you become is your faith and belief.

Those who speak power and positive assurance, live the reality of their dream. Positive constructive thought and action implant the reality into their joy of living and their reality grows into a positive existence for those around them.

Can you visualize what you say? When you see it, you create it. The power of positive constructive thought reveals the reality of the ripples as they do exist.

Just as a ripple in the ocean is unending, so is your thought and voice. Speak positive power into reality with the ripples of attraction drawing them back to you and break the prosperity ceiling.

More information about the law of attraction and how you can Break the Prosperity Ceiling will soon be posted right here… Stay tuned!

Everybody wants to know what a leader does, and that’s easy. He, or she, leads WELL!

When I awakened this morning, I did what I do every morning, checked my email on the way to the bathroom. (Yes, I’m adicted.) It’s as automatic as checking my voicemail and my text messages. My daughter go home from work last night (okay, I’ll admit, I got that text before I went to sleep) safe. I had three voice mails from yesterday that hadn’t showed up yet when I went to bed - do they have voice mail lag? And I had a tweet from Jeff Herring (who went to bed AFTER I did last night) who was awake a whole hour before me in a different time zone. SHEESH JEFF!!!

He’s a leader. Of course, he has a life. But he makes the time to lead his troop of article marketers in their drive to provide quality content. What’s he doing? He’s writing - of course.

I had four other really important emails. Two from motivators who schedule their email messages to be delivered early in the morning, so their readers receive motivation early in the morning - they’re leaders too. Two from readers of my messages who wanted more information about last night’s motivational email message.

Are you looking for motivation? Visit a leader… Motivation comes with the territory.

Jan Verhoeff