The Thermostat of Your Life - Self-Image

Every morning E looks in the mirror - not to check how he looks, but to look into his own eyes and hold it. Three years ago, after closing on the Villas - a twelve-year project - his first thought was "I got lucky. I won't be able to do this again." That is not a success story. That is a self-image story. In this episode, E builds on Maxwell Maltz's Psycho-Cybernetics and Joe Dispenza's neuroscience to explain the thermostat that governs every result in your life - and uses the most personal story of the show so far to prove it. From a lunch in Puglia and a shoulder shrug that changed everything, to the three practices that rebuild a self-image from the inside out - this is the episode that explains why you can't outperform the image you hold of yourself. And what to do about it.

Show Notes:

You cannot outperform your self-image.

Not your goals. Not your potential. Not what people tell you you're capable of.

Your self-image.

This week's practice:

Every morning - before the phone, before the day - look in the mirror. Into your own eyes. Into the pupil. Hold it. Feel the person you're becoming. Not hope them. Feel them. Let that be the first thing your nervous system experiences today.

A woman who is pregnant doesn't wait for the belly to show before she knows. She knows from the inside. Before the world can see it. Before anyone confirms it.

That is the standard.

📖 Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz - if you haven't started it yet:

Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Psycho-Cybernetics-Maxwell-Maltz/dp/0671700758

Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/Psycho-Cybernetics-Audiobook/B06XR8TXY5

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The mirror is waiting.