Have you noticed how our brains can prompt us to either promote or deny our own self-value?
Jenny Craig, a transformational coach and Women’s Advancement Compact (WAC) specialist, emphasizes in her recent WAC webinar the importance of positive thinking when attempting to advance our careers, maintain our health, and live richer lives. I came away personally inspired by a specific series of passages wherein she demonstrated the practicality of changing our brains, literally, in order to shed layers of negativity and reveal the powerful leaders within us.
Shape Your Own Brain
“I’m too fat, and thus, people don’t like me, are not attracted to me, or think I’m lazy.” This is an example, familiar perhaps, of how one negative thought leads endlessly to other negative self-projections. With a little deliberate “neuroplasticity,” something as simple as changing the statement “I’m too fat” to “I am sexy” can compel you to uncover how your negative emotions have been manifesting in other areas of life, including career decisions, and may be holding you back from leadership.
From this perspective, Craig strongly advocates for taking the steps necessary to re-carve the brain’s channels that may have been sabotaging your capacity to take life and career to their next levels. Her recommended approach is something we can all wrap our minds around and involves a methodology that uses reinforcement and evidence to back up your new outlook.
