How to UPGRADE your Identity to Achieve Success?

Scientific research proves that by Upgrading Your Identity You are bound to achieve success.

Self-OPINION

Psychologists have proven that people cannot rise above the opinion they have about themselves.

What is a Self-opinion?

It's the perception you have about your identity; it's also your internal thoughts and emotions you have about your identity, capabilities, and skillset.

For example, if you believe you are not fit to become a Manager or Executive, or leader; then your mind will constantly remind you of this self-identity you have about yourself. Your identity will also be reflected in your daily habits/behavior and attitude towards life.

So how does one UPGRADE their identity?

It's through adopting new HABITS.

Upgrade your SELF-Identity

James Clear in his book “Atomic Habits” says the way to upgrade your Identity is through adopting new habits. That every day you adopt a new habit; you are casting a VOTE on the person you trying to become.

In order to upgrade your identity, you need to reflect on the type of person you want to become in 12 months' time.

Are you happy with your current health status?

Are you happy with your current personal finances?

Are you happy with your current job?

These questions will help you define your Future-SELF and the new Identity of your FUTURE-SELF.

You start by envisioning your Future-Self as a healthy individual, so your new daily habits will be to start eating a minimum of two fruits or vegetables a day.

To make the new habit stick, make your daily goal very small(i.e. every day I will eat an apple or one meal with vegetables).

As you consistently stick to your daily small habits over time your Self-Identity/Self-opinion about yourself starts changing; because your behavior has changed. Your changed behavior forces your mind to change the SELF-OPINION you have about yourself.

Hence, you have UPGRADED your identity to being a Healthy person.

Want to improve your personal finances?

Your Future-Self is a financially responsible person. Hence, you start adopting a new daily habit of tracking all your expenses in a spreadsheet. So that seeing where you wasting your hard-earned money on credit card payments, excess fast foods meals.

The spreadsheet daily habit will force you to start cutting your expenses and living within your means and start saving towards an emergency savings account and retirement account.

Hence, you have UPGRADED your identity to being a Financially-responsible person.

In conclusion, I have tried to illustrate that to achieve success in your life, you need to UPGRADE your Identity about yourself.

And by redefining your IDENTITY, your mind starts to adopt new positive HABITS which change your behavior, your changed BEHAVIOR helps you to execute your plans/goals.