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UWECI April, 2013

Self Image and Performance

• Individual introductions or refresh our memory• Your name• Your organization• Something unique about you – What’s your Middle

Name? Any story about that name?

Self Image and Performance

• Why reflect on Self Image? A better future for you!• strengthening your own Causative Power, your Efficacy for making

intentional changes, acting with purpose• You, your family, your work, your groups, your community

• Psycho Cybernetics, Maxwell Maltz (1960)

• Plastic Surgeon, Self Image and Happiness, Theater of the Mind

• AAUW study “Why So Few?” (Women in STEM, 2010)

• Extensive study citing the effect of cultural factors on self image and test performance, career choice and academic achievement

• ‘Selective Attention’ affects perception (Basketball video, Car Buyer Bias) • Thoughts? Questions?

Recap … So Far

Thoughts on the Resources from last time?

• “Your Belief Quotient” Dr. Lisa Van Allen, 7 beliefs, sabotage or support resilience, connectedness, initiative, excellence, abundance, faith and purpose

• Anyone attend? How was it?

• How about the AAUW report in PDF format? Executive Summary?

• Any thoughts on Psycho-Cybernetics, Maltz, Prescott Lecky?

• Wiki Cliff Young? Jim Stovall?

• Other stimulating resources? • Prairiewoods? “Engaging Community, Narrating Change”

• Other Reflections on you, family, work, community?

Homework Classwork

• “Theater of the Mind”• How did that go?

• Compose a personal list of times when things went extraordinarily well for you, when your performance or achievement was even a little above your expectations.

“Good for me!”

• Let’s do some more of that now • “Our Capacity is Highly Elastic” (music break)

• Table discussion • and sharing with the group

• “The self-image then controls what you can and cannot accomplish, what is difficult or easy for you, even how others respond to you just as certainly and scientifically as a thermostat controls the temperature in your home”

• “The New Psycho-Cybernetics” 2001, Maxwell Maltz edited and updated by Dan S. Kennedy, page 3

• Reactions?

Maltz on the “Performance Thermostat”

What controls the ‘Thermostat’?

• Personally held beliefs, attitudes and habits reinforce and maintain our current self image.

• We have an extremely strong instinct to stay closely inside the comfort zone that is embodied within our image of self.

• ( Remember the current Self Image originated largely from authoritative, emotional and repeated experiences we internalized, that were likely unintentional and not founded on our true capacity)

• What about Changing the Temperature?

Where would I Start? Balance Wheel

• Explore and articulate any components of your self image, beliefs, attitudes or habits that correlate with areas on the Balance wheel, both where there is dissatisfaction and satisfaction with your achievement in those areas. What’s “LIKE ME” or “NOT LIKE ME”?

If You’re Stuck and need a Breakthrough

Reflect on this “Do I have to or do I want to?”

Embrace a New Normal

• You don’t ‘Have To’, however if you want to you can change the way you think, change the way you talk to yourself and others towards a better future, a much more satisfying New Normal

Allow it

Start Putting it Together

• Keep adding to your “Good for Me” list• This is your new emotional reservoir• Run these in “Theater of the Mind”

• Reflect and refine your Balance Wheel• Let this lead you to

examine your Purpose

• Question the things that were said to you as a child. Start to say to yourself what should have been said to you.

Home Work

• Jim Stovall - The Spider Monkey story “In my own life, what is it that I am holding on to that is keeping me from everything I’ve ever wanted?” Think and Write.

• Expand your “Good for me!” list and notice your emotions as you reflect on these successes. Pair those feelings with your Affirmations.

• Rework your balance wheel, reflecting on the alignment of your Affirmations to your life’s voyage.

• Create theater in your mind from Me, to Community

Resources until Next Time

Green Gazette 1/12/2013 “Tips to break those bad habits”

also at http://sistershealthclub.wordpress.com/2013/01/12/the-truth-about-habits/

NYT article “Appily Ever After” - humorous look at cell phone Apps http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/fashion/appily-ever-after-the-s martphone-as-shrink.html

also several simple AFFIRMATION apps available

Movies, books and many more Web resources

by Jim Stovall

• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business • Charles Duhigg

• Paula’s recommendation “With Winning in Mind” by Lanny Bassham

(As shown on Amazon’s website)

Resources until Next Time

Balance WheelCrucial parts of who ‘I Am’

Life Dimensions Inventory Alternative

Crucial parts of who ‘I Am’

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