how to transform your self image

you act in a way that totally matches how you define yourself but the problem is you've programmed yourself to see yourself in a negative way without even realizing it so you try to change yourself on the conscious level by setting goals and intentions to become your ideal self but you constantly feel as if you're up against an invisible enemy well it's because you are the invisible enemy is your subconscious programming but the good news is you can reprogram it because in order to change anything you must change how you interpret it how you feel about

it and how you respond to it but to change all these three all you need to do is change how you think about it so within the next few minutes of your time this is what we're going to explore together but first up what do we actually mean by subconscious programming well this subconscious programming we're referring to is otherwise known as your self-image defined as the idea conception or mental image one has of oneself and there are four elements to your self-image up first we have your self-image so this is how you view yourself number

two you have your ideal self so the ideal image of the person you would like to be perhaps you want to be more confident or more expressive whatever you have your real self which is the feedback you get from others about who you are and then you have your Looking Glass self which is how you perceive the feedback you get from others that was a bit of a mouthful so let me give you an example let's imagine you currently see yourself as boring so that's your self-image but you would like to become more interesting so

that's your ideal self this gap between your current self-image and who you would like to be is where you currently exist which creates tension and it undermines your self-esteem so when you hear the phrase reprogram your simage what it means is Bridging the Gap that we just showed to go one step deeper there are six dimensions to your self-image you have the physical Dimension which is how you evaluate your appearance psychological how you evaluate your personality intellectual intelligence skills how you evaluate your social or technical skills moral how you evaluate your values and principles and

lastly the sexual Dimension which is how you evaluate your fitting into society's masculine and feminine Norms but let's go back to the main issue you're currently facing the main issue you face in changing your behavior or getting what you want out of life is your conscious goals don't align with your self-image for example your conscious goals might be to be more confident but you've always seen yourself as a loser your conscious goal might be to make more friends but you subconsciously see yourself as a loner and you push people away or maybe you want to

get rich but your self image is that you've always been poor lastly perhaps you want to talk to strangers more but your self image is that you're boring and that no one likes you it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy that we're going to get into in a few seconds time but before we elaborate with further examples there's one thing I want to make as clear as day your self-image is not real it's a construction of the thoughts you choose to think about past experiences this is going to seem very condescending but let me say that one

more time just so it sinks in your self-image is not real it's a construction of the thoughts you choose to think about past experiences additionally what you choose to believe about yourself has power over you regardless of whether those beliefs are true or not so your self-image is nothing more than a byproduct of you hypnotizing yourself with your words and your imaginations right just before we cover the Practical details in terms of how you can reprogram your self image there's just one tiny little thing I want to elabor at more on because the more understanding

you have as to how all of this works the less you'll need me to stand here and say Here's a step-by-step guide on how to reprogram your self-image because sometimes to understand a problem is to solve it even though we're still going to go into the step-by-step guides on how to reprogram it as we've covered already your self-image interprets the feedback you get from your environment meaning it determines how you interact with the world now this go one step further by outlining some feedback loops and differentiate between how machines process feedback and how we process

feedback so a machine obviously devoid of emotions sets a goal achieves it stores the positive and negative feedback in order to become more efficient to achieve the goal right no interpretation needed necessarily as humans we received feedback from our environment but we interpret it through the lens of our self-image as mentioned and in a further sense our self-image determines whether we release negative or positive feedback to our self here's an example which is quite extreme let's take the example of the horrible experience of someone being bullied okay so they were bullied when they were younger

they then notice how when they were bullied they didn't receive support so their self-image becomes lonely and victimized because that's what they associate with and then when they try to form new relationship ship they experience intense difficulty because their self-image makes them act aloof and hostile to other people and then this creates distance between them and others and serves as proof that no one wants to connect with them thus further fueling their self-image and then it fuels the belief that they hold as a consequence of their self-image that they need to protect themselves from other

people so your self-image when programmed negatively is just one big spiraling feedback loop of negativity and negative interpretation because if this person who identifies with this self-image now wants to set the conscious goal of building deeper relationships and connecting with people and being more liked by others until they change this Association they're always going to create these two spirals of being aloof and hostile because they're always going to be alert to slights and S that other people don't like them so they create more distance between them and other people when really their goal is to

connect so to reiterate the point one more time in order to change your self-image you need to make sure your self-image aligns with your conscious goals so how do we do this I hear you ask okay the discipline we're going to use in order to reprogram your self-image is something called NLP otherwise known as neuro neuru neuro linguistic Pro programing the neuro stands for how you gather data from the world using your five senses the linguistic refers to the way you interpret and make sense of that data and then programming refers to the behavioral patterns

you learn throughout your life yes by the way I am recording this over a span of a few days which means my hair and mustache have grown I've had a shave and otherwise yeah that was the elephant in the room because remember what we said at the beginning of this video in order to change anything you need to change how you interpret feel and behave towards it but to change all three of those things you need to change how you think about it this is what NLP helps us to do by the way I was

on a train once coming from London to where I live in my hometown in Kent and I was speaking to these four older people and as I got up to say goodbye one of the BLS handed me his business card and he said all right son well if you ever need help with anything I'm into NLP so here's my business card cuz that's how people from where I'm from can't speak I thought what the bloody hell is NLP sounded like snake oil he was trying to sell me until I learned what it actually is so

there are four tiny things NLP teaches us about how your brain works that you need to understand before you go about your reprogramming ladies and gentlemen I just wanted to jump in and say the next 15 minutes of this video are quite in depth so feel free to skip straight to the Practical tips in terms of how to reprogram your self image which start at 2444 if you want to skip the understanding of course the more understanding you have about how your brain works the better however if you find explanations boring I wanting to give

you the opportunity to tap out now let's get back to the Whiteboard okay oh by the way I'm growing my hair as well which is why I look like I've just come out of prison the first thing you need to understand about your brain is that it is always processing data from your environment that's a brain not a blob but due to the complex nature of this data coming in your brain's absorption of that data is not always an accurate representation of reality which means yes your thoughts aren't an accurate representation of reality they're just

a representation of how your brain has interpreted that data in relation to your self-image your brain has collected every experience that has happened to you up until this point let me just readjust you so your self-image as we've mentioned is nothing more than a reflection of how you've chosen to think about these experiences but here's the tricky thing your brain cannot absorb all of this data perfectly otherwise it would explode why do dogs have to bark every time I'm talking about a Bloody Brain it can't absorb all of the data perfectly so it needs some

cognitive shortcuts here are the three main ones that your brain uses okay the three main cognitive shortcuts your brain engages in is one simplifying this is where your brain generalizes the data it's absorbing by identifying patterns based on existing data you already have this happens in order to reduce complexity let me give you an example these are dogs if you saw a large dog on the street your brain wouldn't absorb all of the data it would simplify it for you by making you pay attention to is the dog on a lead what type of breed

is the dog or have you been bitten by a dog in the past number two is filtering this is where your brain chooses what data to process based on your needs interests and goals that's pretty interesting if you ask me so you're telling me based on what your needs are what your goals are that you've set and what you're interested in your brain will filter data based on these I'm in this is heavily dependent on your physical state for example if you're hungry emotional state your expectations which is another very fascinating thing as well think

about social anxiety right when you're socially anxious and you're approaching a group your expectations are you going to be judged so you're telling me this is going to impact your emotional physical and psychological State hell yeah and what you're focusing on will influence this as well going back to the five-legged dog example when you see the dog your brain is going to help you focus on the size of the dog whether it is barking and it will ignore Superfluous details like whether the dog is wagging its tail or has a collar and the last cognitive

shortcut is modifying this is where your brain Alters the data coming in from your environment so it corresponds with your existing knowledge and beliefs bit of a tricky one that because this makes new interpretations easier and quicker so it can slot into nice already made categories going back to the dog example let's say you've had a terrible experience with a dog in the past seeing a new dog is going to make your brain exaggerate the size and the aggressiveness of the dog making you run away tricky things aren't they our brains the second thing you

need to understand about to is your thoughts manifest the sensory Impressions by sensory Impressions we mean your senses seeing smelling hearing feeling tasting but we all perceive things differently to give you an example if you engaged in the thought experiment of imagining a rainy Sky you might focus on the gloomy gray depressive nature of it whereas someone else might focus on the enriching smell of the earth and getting the mud between their fingers wherever floats their boat the third thing you need to understand about your brain is memory networks trigger Associated Sensations that was a

bit of a Malou as well what this means is your brain is always interpreting new data based on the data it already has your brain would say something like what does this new data mean based on what I've experienced before for example the new data you have obviously in that dog on the street is now stored next to your old data of being bitten by a dog let's take this one step further if we may unless it's too early in our relationship for that every memory has the potential to spark any other memory from that

Network to give you an example you think about a rainy day which reminds you of being wet from swimming being wet from swimming reminds you of the sea the sea makes you think of your upcoming holiday your upcoming holiday makes you feel excited when we get into the Practical steps in terms of how to reprogram your self image we're going to learn how to hijack this but moving on point number four you need to understand about how your brain works this is the last one sensory nuances influence all of your experiences because they determine what

you move toward or away from to give you an example if you sit here right now and imagine your favorite guilty pleasure High sugary junk food snack it's going to make you salivate and want to eat it and your senses influence all of your experiences because they influence each state age of you thinking about that experience for example before the experience while you're anticipating it for example they say you have an interview next week and you sit there and You Begin thinking about how critical and harsh the interviewers are going to be which raises your

anxiety resulting in you wanting to cancel the interview two they affect you during the experience while you're living it you're having the interview or you're having a discussion with someone you notice their eyebrows are raised or their tone is a bit harsh and you conclude that they are defensive or confrontational and three they influence you after an experience for example you come back from holiday and you sit there in your living room thinking about the sunset you were just in and the lovely summer love who you were loving and that makes you want to rebook

a new holiday so what we've just covered is very important because it highlights one very peculiar thing that our brain does which is we drew a red brain earlier so that stay with that theme your googly little brain oh how condescended how condescending did that sound me calling your brain little sorry about that don't know where that came from uh your gargantuous gigantic and enormous brain is always constructing your emotional experiences in each moment and it does so by cross referencing your past experiences with your present experiences to determine the sensory nuances emotional importance emotional

importance right that's all well and good explaining it but let me give you an example back to having an interview this seems a bit complicated at the moment but we're going to walk through it so you're sat there and you're imagining how the interview will play out that you have in a week but you're Imagining the interviewers as being very harsh and critical so your brain freaks out and what it does is it goes back into your past remember your past data knowledge and beliefs to determine whether you've had bad experiences with interviews in the

past you have you had a horrible experience with an interview 3 months ago that made you feel very embarrassed and anxious so your brain needs to correspond that old data with the new data coming in the new data is of course your imagination but also what your current needs are remember the cognitive shortcut of filtering the information coming in based on what you're focusing on interests are and what your goals are your current needs are you need money and you need a job as well which corresponds with your past and the imagination you're engaging in

your brain then determines that anxiety to your imagined threat is valid which leads to your behavior begins to change you now feel anxious of course because your brain has deemed the anxiety is valid which means your decision making is influenced your heart rate increases your physiology changes which results in you canceling the interview all because your brain has determined the anxiety as valid that might have been quite confusing so if I had to summarize all of that in one sentence I would say your emotions aren't fixed reactions to stimuli your brain creates your emotions based

on your past experiences and how you're interpreting new data coming in okay so what this means in relation to your self image is to change your self-image you need to do two things first you need to become conscious of your unconscious associations and make new associations which we're going to get into in a few points time and you do so by changing the way you interpret new data and what sensory nuance you focus on if we go back to the example we covered at the beginning of this video of someone having the self-image of being

lonely and victimized due to their past experiences of being bullied they now reach out to someone hey want to grab a coffee but on the odd chance that person says no thanks I'm busy so what happens the association is formed in that person's brain of the new data coming in which is someone said no that old data which is I was bullied but remember your brain interprets feedback from your environment in relation to your self-image which for this person is lonely and victimized so the brain puts itself in a little cage and the feedback that

it releases is no one likes me I'll never make friends remember your self-image is a result of how you've chosen to think about past experiences so the sequence plays out that feedback is released that person concludes I need to protect myself from people no one likes me all of which confirms their self-image and the sequence further plays out of that feedback being released I need to protect myself from others resulting in their behavior of not reaching out to others not opening up not trying to connect resulting in people avoiding them which confirms their self-image of

being lonely and victimized your associations of old and new data colors your perceptions of your environment which causes you to react in specific ways we're going to clarify this when we've returned to the Whiteboard after this presentation however if that person changed their self-image through the tips we're going to cover in the last sequence of this video and their new self-image is that they are charismatic and open they reach out to someone hey want to grab a coffee no thanks I'm busy what happens the brain still has the same data old data I was bullied

new data someone said no but the new self-image is the lens through which your brain interprets this Association being I am charismatic and open so what happens Tada the brain releases the feedback through your self-image that she was probably just busy that doesn't mean I'm not likable so what plays out feedback is released resulting in that behavior being that person reaches out again or they invite someone else for a coffee resulting in people hanging out with them more all of which confirms their charismatic and open self-image let's cover one more example let's imagine you have

the self-image that you are poor and you don't understand money because your past experience was when you was younger your family was always struggling and never had enough money so you look at your bank balance which is running low and you conclude I have no money the association of the new data and old data is new data my bank balance is low old data I've never had enough money the brain interprets all of that through the lens of your self-image that you're poor and you don't understand money so what happens it puts itself in a

cage again and releases the feedback that I'll always be poor I'm not able to make more money so what happens you then conclude I'm so bad with money which confirms your poor self-image in more particular detail because of that feedback your behavior is you reject New Opportunities resulting in you earning less money all of which confirms your self-image that you're poor and you don't understand money however if you change to your self-image to see in yourself as wealthy you would look at your low bank balance and think let's get hustling same Association new data bank

balance is low old data I used to be poor but your new self-image that your brain interprets this Association through the lens of is I'm wealthy so what happens it releases feedback that my bank balance doesn't phase me I have the skills to earn more money and the association plays out that feedback is released resulting in the behavior being you Embrace New Opportunities you get what you think you're worth you shoot for the promotion or you shoot for the new job resulting in you earning more money confirming your self-image that you're wealthy right before we

get into the part you've all been waiting for how to reprogram your self image after I've bombarded you with a plethora of understanding one of the reasons you clicked on this video I would put money on it is that you have never understood why it's so hard to reprogram your thoughts and your behavior well this is why primarily it's because everything that we've covered so far happens without your conscious awareness but in particular the reason why it's so hard is because you only notice the data coming in and your emotional reaction to it you're unaware

of the unconscious associations you're making between those experiences and emotions all of which gives you the feeling that you have no choice over your behavior or your thoughts going back to the interview example we just covered that person in that situation fails to realize how the way they're visualizing the upcoming interview is making them feel more anxious because of this experience and emotion connection and the unconscious Association which is increasing their heart rate producing a physiological response resulting in their behavior wanting them to cancel the interview because of their anxiety and past experiences so what's

the unconscious Association forms there when you cancel the interview one interviews are inherently stressful two I'm not capable enough to face this interview but in more particular detail honestly this I just drew this on the board and it blew my mind it looks like a piece of poo but anyway the association of new and old data colors your perceptions of your environment which leads you to react in specific ways the way your brain processes your environment justifies your habitual thoughts feelings and behaviors and your habitual thoughts feelings and behaviors reinforce the way your brain processes

your environment so you think about the interview your brain triggers a reaction that reinforces anxiety and because you always feel anxious when you think about interviews your brain classifies them as anxiety inducing situations I think that's enough understanding for one video let's get into the Practical stuff by the way this stuff isn't not practical like I said The more understanding the better but anyway need a moment of silence oh I need a kitchen tow Okay so we've reached a video checkpoint because everything we've covered so far outlines the mechanisms underlying your thoughts where they come

from and how you feel about and respond to your experiences so now what you need to do is become conscious of all of that because your subconscious is malleable and it merely reflects all of your habitual conscious thoughts if you want the nub and shore of what you need to do in order to stop the video here all you need to know is by intentionally changing the sensory nuances you focus on you change the way your subconscious responds to incoming information if you want to go further here's what you do you need to learn the

mechanics of how to maintain a positive attitude you need to enhance your self-esteem and lastly achieve success let's do it number one maintain a positive attitude when it comes to maintaining a positive attitude the main thing you need to understand first of all is focusing on negative sensory nuances remember when we say sensory nuances we mean Sensations such as visualizing your failure potential conflict or judging yourself or others these things all make it harder to maintain this so there are two things you can do to cultivate a more positive attitude number one immerse yourself in

positive sensory experiences as much as possible you can do this by recalling positive memories you've experienced before and treat this in the same way as when you take a photo on your phone you know you can go back in and edit it and adjust all of the filters you can turn up the saturation the brightness the color do the exact same when you're recalling past positive memories increase the intensity of it so you get that visceral feeling as if it's happening right now the reason why this is important is because that will spark you into

further High momentum positive behavior oh he says as he remembers something when I was 22 I moved to another city called Bristol and one thing I did as soon as I moved there was I went and bought myself this little notepad and at the end of every day I would sit down and I would just recall the happy positive things that happened that day that I was grateful for it could have been I flirted with a girl and it was really fun I did a solid workout whatever it is that gives you that positive feeling

and number two you might want to use this little hack it's called creating an anchor now what NLP teaches us is you can form new positive associations between previous data and new data in your brain by creating an anchor what you do is pick one positive memory that gives you that high intensity feeling of positivity and whenever you recall that memory create a new physical Association by putting your thumb on your knuckle whenever you think about it so in moments of distress you can simply put your thumb on your knuckle and it will spark that

memory because your brain has Associated putting your thumb on your knuckle with that memory this will further trigger neuroplasticity in your brain as you make new connections okay number two you want to distance yourself from negative sensory experiences when you get yourself into a r or when you experience heightened negative I don't want to call them negative but difficult emotions sit down and really dissect okay what are all of the behavioral things the sensory experiences is that proed you falling into that downward spiral and then you want to do your best to starve them out

and most importantly notice when you do start to behave in a certain way or when you carry yourself around with bad posture you can recognize oh I know what direction these sensory experiences are going to lead me down let me change my sensory experiences so I can go in a different direction to give you an example probably once a week I get myself in into a little rut where I've worked too much and I've completely forgotten to rest which is the most unproductive thing in the world so on that sixth or seventh day I noticed

that I feel particularly heavy and I want to scroll more I want to distract myself more and I'm starting to frown while I'm doing most of the things that I do so you want to catch the cognitive algorithm and how it plays out in your mind and address the underlying cause for me it's I have haven't rested so I need to search for alternative ways to rest so I don't spiral myself downwards number two in this context reduce the brightness of a troubling image if you're imagining potential disaster upcoming and you're thinking about how someone

is going to be harshly critical of you take that critical voice in your imagination and turn it into a humorous one take the tension a certain thought is sparking within you maybe you're attacking yourself in your head with judgments and and imagine all of the tension being washed away by a huge wave you want to distance yourself from your negative sensory experiences so they have less of an impact on you but the thing to know is the sensory experiences aren't all bad it's just the association your brain has made with them that you need to

change because for example if you continuously interpret someone having a critical voice as bad then you're going to heighten your anxiety whenever you encounter that critical voice remember the association is the thing you need to tackle by the way if anything isn't making sense please let me know in the comments and I'll elaborate further if I can point number two enhance your self-esteem right let's have a chat about self-esteem shall we first of all I want to preface this whole segment on self-esteem with I hate the modern self-esteem movement I've made videos in the past

trying to tell an audience which is predominantly male about how they should love themselves and all of that stuff and guess what I've realized for myself it doesn't work telling other people to do the same it also doesn't work the modern self-esteem movement is just a barrage of self-help gurus and psychologists trying to get other people to feel better about themselves which doesn't improve their self-esteem it just improves their fragile narcissism that's the most extreme preface I've ever given but anyway because self-esteem is a product of many things you being purposefully engaged in life in

relationships and doing things that you find admirable as the saying goes to love yourself behave in ways you admire but for the sake of the context of self-image in which we're talking about we're going to Define low self-esteem as vividly recalling your past failures okay so to change your self-image you need to use your imagination constructively so the way you do this and by the way if you get one thing from this video please make sure it's this so pay attention right now to change your self-image reflect on what you like about yourself and identify

the sensory nuances you focus on when you do so for example you might really like how you're kind to people okay so when you sit there and you imagine a past experience where you were kind to someone you notice you get a fuzzy feeling in your stomach and your fingers start to tingle and you feel really excited to do that thing again no if you cannot think about things you like about yourself think about your past accomplishments or times where other people have complimented or praised you so you do that first of all then second

of all consider the new traits you'd like to adopt the new type of person you would like to be and you use those same sensory nuances you elicited in this first part when doing this part okay let me draw this guys while I was speaking there was a Babushka listening who suggested there is a very simple and effective six-minute visualization Technique we can use so you get yourself a timer one ideally that goes off after every 2 minutes and you set it for 6 minutes and within the first 2 minutes you focus on relaxing yourself

you close your eyes you focus on your breath and perhaps help you focus on each individual muscle and untense it and relax it this is because your mind is more receptive to positive suggestions when it's relaxed in the second minute this is where you reflect on the positive trait you like about yourself as we covered perhaps you like the fact that you are kind so take a moment to imagine in detail a particular situation you were in where you were kind to someone or reflect on one of your accomplishments that you're proud of allowing you

to spark those positive Sensations again as if you're reliving the event now this will spark loads of sensory experiences within you perhaps you'll begin to smile you'll begin to feel that fuzzy feeling in your stomach do this for 2 minutes and then as soon as the timer goes off for the last 2 minutes you Channel those sensory experiences into your visualization about the trait you would like to adopt your new self-image do this every day for 6 minutes and you will reprogram your subconscious comment below an emoji of a Babushka if there is one for

seven years of good Babushka luck then bonus tip go out into the world and combine your visualization with real world action to get a double whammy now in the famous book about self-image psycho cybernetics which I didn't really like I thought it was pretty boring and basic Maxwell maltz who is the author of the book says there are three things you can do to help you imagine yourself towards success and away from failure one prove that change is possible you need to give your brain the feeling of self-efficacy to show that despite your most ingrain

and hardly programmed subconscious programming you can change so take a habit you do regularly and change it for example perhaps each time you leave the house you put your right shoe on before your left shoe so start putting your left shoe on before your right shoe to give your brain that little bit of feedback that oh we can change when we put our mind to something number two relax your way to success in a relaxed State you do everything better so do what you can to reduce your stress levels because furthermore when you're relaxed your

brain is more receptive to positive suggestions stress just triggers your amydala out where it's trying to detect every single threat that's in the environment and it prevents your prefrontal cortex from thinking rationally and number three finally focus on a goal highlight precisely why you want to change your self-image do you want to feel calmer so that you're better in conversation do you want to feel more confident so that you can actually stick to your decisions have something in front of you to Chase and something behind you to run away from and remember your brain is

going to resist change because your subconscious programming has been programmed for such a long time so give yourself the grace to work with yourself and understand this will take time perhaps a few months it's not a quick easy fix that I can just give you in particular detail there are going to be four main challenges that you'll face one challenges mainly the challenge of stepping out of your comfort zone but don't see it as lifethreatening see it as an opportunity number two is fear the fear of the unknown largely but do something called fear setting

which is where you define your fears and actively work to mitigate the problem if it does happen negative thoughts are going to be your third challenge train yourself to reflect on the facts of the situation and lastly emotional scars train yourself to forgive and forget let's finalize this video with the last tip so the third and final element in terms of how to reprogram your self-image is Achieve success first of all you need to get clear on what does success mean for you you need need to Define it forget about what all of your need

to wrap this up forget about what all of your favorite influencers define success as and really introspect to Define it for yourself because more clarity you have on what success means for you means the more preparation you can engage to deal with obstacles that was the word there are three ways you can facilitate your success one set clearly def find goals that align with your values I've said this multiple times in videos but just to reiterate the point there is a common theme among people who suffer with depression they set vague goals which means they

don't achieve them which means they feel more depressed the clearer your goal can be the more specific the better because this means it's more fulfilling because you can tell when you've actually achieved it one exercise you might like to do to help you with this is imagine yourself as 90 years old on your deathbed reflecting on your life what are the proudest moments that you're reflecting on what did you achieve what decisions did you make number two create Vivid mental images of what you want to achieve increase the Hue and the filtration intensity and the

color of your imagined success engage all of your senses when you do so you might like to do this for 2 or 3 minutes a day or just before you go to bed however warning don't do this too much because Studies have shown that imagining your success especially talking to other people about it lowers your systolic blood pressure which is that Force which pushes out on your artery walls as your heart pumps out blood and increased systolic blood pressure results in energy and feelings of alertness and motivation so if you lower it you're just going

to feel learic and as if you don't need to do anything so don't do this too much and finally number three to achieve success recall your past achievements linking those sensory experiences to your current goal remember the one thing I wanted you to take from this video which was reflect on things you like about yourself use those same sensory experiences when you do so when imagining what you would like to be like do the same with past achievements for your new goals this will boost your confidence and your belief that you can achieve it however

be wary of something called context dependent memory and what this is is your mood dictates what Memories you have access to for example you might not be able to remember your University campus or the school you went to when you was younger right now with all of its detail but if I took you to that campus all of the memories that you didn't have access to right now would come flooding back so only do this recall past achievements when you're in a good mood because when you're in a bad mood you likely won't have access

to the positive sensory experiences from those memories okay in summary how am I going to summarize that I have no idea I've been stood in front of the Whiteboard trying to figure out how to summarize this video Until I've realized there are only two things I want you to remember one your self-image is not real is a construction of the thoughts you've chosen to think about your past experiences so in in order to reprogram it leverage your brain's positive associations by reflecting on previous experiences that spark that positive sensory experience within you take those positive

sensory experiences and throw them on to the new imagined self you want to grow yourself into do you remember when you used to go to cinema and used to get those sweets the smiley face there don't worry I just forgot we're all from different cultures but anyway thank you very much for your time and attention if anything was unclear let me know in the comments but stay disciplined playful and dangerous