Before we talk about Do You Know Why You Always Get What You Have Always Gotten? from the Law of Expectations can I ask you some questions that this law helps you over come let us call it a Self Assessment questionairre 1. Are you usually optimistic, and do you usually expect things to work out well for you? 2. Do you understand the importantance of yourself concept in determining your behavior? 3. Who is the person you would most like to be - what are my self ideal? 4. Do you usually expect the best of other people? 5. Do you like yourself? 6. Do you understand the difference between self-liking and arrogance? We are going to cover these question and much more let's begin.
The Law of Expectations is a poweful concept that says that whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy. People who enjoy high levels of accomplishment are continually taling to and about themselves as though the expect things to work out well. Expectations have a powerful impact on our relationships withothers, and they have powerful impact on our relationships with others, and they have powerful impact on what we become. There are three types of expectations that affect our lives: first, the expectations our parents had of us - these expectations have a dramatic impact on how we perform today; second, the expectations we have of our children, our spouses, our subordinates and the people who look up to us - people who look up to us always try to fulfill our expectations of them, whether they are positive or negative; third, and perhaps most important of all, the expectations we have of ourselves - which may be high or low, positive or negative. The Law of Attraction says that each human being is a living magnet, that we radiate thought energy and that we invariably attract into our lives the people and circumstance that harmonize with our dominant thoughts. If we wish to attract diferent people, different circumstances and different events, we have to change the content of our conscious minds. We can dramatically improve the quality of our lives by taking control of our minds and manufacturing beliefs and expectations consistent with what we want to happen in the future. Remember, what you think, you are. A positive mental attitude is an absolutely indispensable prerequisite for success. The only factors that determine how well a person does or how far he goes are attitudinal. Attitudes come from our expectations about outcome. If we expect things to turn our poorly, we have negative attiludes.outcome. If we expect things to turn out poorly, we have negative attitudes. Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations well in advace of the event. If we make a habit of always expecting the best out of everything we do, we have one of the keys to a successful life. Where do our expectations come from? They come from our fundamental beliefs are based on our self-concept. Every one of us has a self-concept, which is the controlling factor in our performance. Our self-concept is a combination of all the ideas, thought and experiences that have happened to us over the course of our lives that come together to form a composite image of the person we believe ourselves to be. We always perform in a manner consistent with our self-concept. The self-concept is made up of three fundamental ingredients. Understanding of the self-concept is a key to understanding and unlocking humand performance. The first element of the self-concept is what we call the self-ideal, or the ideal self. Every one of us has numerous pictures, feelings and thoughts of the ideal person we would most like to be. It's usually a composite of all the people we have admired. We are continually adjusting our behaviors actions and words to try to be more like the ideal person. The second part of the self-concept is the self-image. It is the way we see and thing about ourselves; it's our "inner mirror." We tend to walk, talk, sit, act, think and relate to other people in a manner consistent with this self-imagine, or inner mirror. If we wish to change our external performance, we have to change this inner picture. The third element of the self-concept is self-esteem. It is the root of self-concept and the core of human personality. Self-exteem is the most important element in human performance. The person with healthy self-esteem likes himself. People who genuinely like and accept themselves as valuable human beings perform at higher levels of evvectiveness. Say,"I like myself, I like myself," over and over, until it is driven deeply into your subconscious. People who genuinely like themselves and accept themselves as valuable person like and accept other people to the same degree. it is impossible to like or love anybody else more than we like or love ourselves. At the same time, it is impossible to expect anyone else to like and respect us more then we like and respect ourselves. Saying "I like myself" is a positive affirmation that causes us to perform in a more effective manner. The root of all personality problems, all behavioral problems and all difficulties in interactions with other people is low self-esteem. Now you see why you have always gotten what you have always gotten from the law of expectation. |