What makes the difference in people's quality of life? Make your desires reality.

It's not what happens but what we do with what happens that gives us the power to shape our lives.

What can we control? Environment no! Internal Yes!

So many of us have ideas but we don't convert them into reality.

Achiever = Not only successfull but fulfilled aswell. Not only contributed to themselves but contributed to those around them and done with passion.

Make a commitment immediately - call someone/put something in your planner. Immediately take action that's how you build momentum!

Who are you? The answer is shaping your destiny.

Beliefs control you behaviour. One of our strongest needs is to make sure our behaviour is consistent with our identity even if it's a negative identity - If you say you are a procrastinator you need to be consistent with that identity you've given yourself. There's a huge difference in doing something stupid and knowing you are stupid. The beliefs we have about who we are - our identity - created the boundaries in how we live our lives. Be careful with the labels you give yourself or others give to you they will begin to define your experience.

Labels define what you are willing to try / not try.

I can show you how to get off drugs but if you identify with being an addict you'll be back on them in 6 months.

Identity = Consistency = Trustworthy = Stable.

The level of thinking that got us to where we are isn't going to get us to where we want to go.Perceive ourselves in a different way not some day - today.

We judge people's identity by their behaviour.

Once you put a label on yourself, your fututre behaviour and therefore the results of your life, will be coloured by it.

POW example + Pygmalion effect. Label.

You get to decide who you are today. Definition you have for yourself is creating the boundaries. What do you have a conviction about in your gut? Leader/follwer Constantly growing/constantly making excuses? etc.

Describe who you are.

Emotions = who you think you are
Metaphors = shape how you think and feel - king of the hill etc.

You are not your past, failures etc. Base it on your future.