Hey there ,

Yesterday at the Money Breakthrough Workshop was super fun!

Over the past few days...

I've been helping a few people break free from their limitations around money...

One thing that came up yesterday though...

Was this issue of identity...

The question: WHO ARE YOU?

Whilst there are a number of ways I can get in to this...

One thing I will address today is this idea...

BE. YOURSELF.

Lots of people say that as some sort of catch all advice for how you show up in multiple circumstances.

And like most other well meaning bad advice...

It sounds great on the surface...

Until you realize it's packed with quite a number of flawed limiting beliefs about your identity.

Lemme explain...

Quick question:

HOW. DID. YOU. BECOME. YOU?

How did you....

Gather your beliefs...

Perceptions...

Personal philosophies....

Attitudes....

Habits...

Behaviors...

And skills?

#pausingforeffect

Did you choose your parents or guardians...?

Or in my case....

The rascally and consistently horny Aunty Sally (not my aunt) who made my life such a living hell whilst my mum was going through Chemo....

It's a wonder I still have a positive attitude towards women.

Did you choose the environment you grew up in....and the influence it had on you as a child?

Did you choose your school and the values it programmed into you in the name of prepping you for a "great future"?

Did you choose your religion early on and the philosophy it baked into you?

Did you choose your traumas, experiences, or circumstances?

#pausingagainforeffect

The truth is...

You and I have been shaped by outside forces we didn't choose...

We're all walking around like live puppets on an invisible unconscious string...

And those invisible unconscious strings are yanking on our behaviors in positive and also destructive ways...

The problem with being yourself is that...

Inside that statement is an assumption...

The assumption that we are set...

That we are who our pasts have made us....

And that we can't change...

That we are our temperaments and personalities and character...

But none of that is true.

You and I are creative at our core...

The greatest gift given to us is the ability to reinvent ourselves...

Plant a mango tree and it will always grow to be a mango tree...

But a former criminal can chose to and become a high performing inspirational leader that changes the lives of millions for good...

You and I aren’t trees.

We CAN change.

We can create and recreate ourselves at any time that we choose.

You are not who you are...

You are who ever you choose to be...

In my life I've found incredible things happen...

When I simply ask the question: Who do I need to be in order to make this result happen?

I've gone from a founder of a facebook group to advisor of presidents...

From struggling butcher to President of Primedia Communications Ltd with 45 members of staff...+ 5 other companies I would't bore you with.

From a third class degree graduate of Management to world class performance consultant...

From being despised by the love of my life to being the Ultimate Husband, Lover and Friend (her words not mine)...

And I'm only just warming up.

Warren Buffet once said:

"The person you most want to find admirable is yourself. And the best way to make that happen is to take on the qualities you find admirable in others and make them your own."

Go and remake yourself.

And don't be afraid to borrow a thing or two from others whilst you're at it.

Till tomorrow..

Play a bigger game.

CTM