Reinforce Yourself

Research indicates you cannot reinforce yourself. But you can improve parts of you that advance your capabilities. You can do this by focusing on things that need reinforcement. For example when going for an interview, you start practicing your charismatic skills in front of a mirror. It is not because you don’t know what to say. But you want to make sure you sound professional during the interview.

You reinforce yourself by learning how to sound more professional before the interview. The most challenging part is sounding natural – your own voice – so the interviewer know you’ve not been practicing those words. That is why you try to focus more on how you sound than what you’d say. Reinforcement of yourself is done when advancing your level.

For example, you are familiar with finance. You know that your income have to be more than expenses. But when taking a new position in management, you have to go beyond standard knowledge about it. You have to learn about cash flow, asset pricing, understand equity, stocks and so on. You don’t need to be expert at it, but have enough knowledge to simplify accountant’s job.

You should reinforce yourself before starting a new position at the company. No company owner wants a new employee to learn something the person should already know before working in the company. Everyone only has 1440 minutes (24 hours) a day to do their daily activities. No company will spend a minute on something the employer should already know. The owner train you about company’s system. They can give you some weeks to master it. But your knowledge before starting makes you qualify for the job.

Reinforcing yourself requires a know-how attitude and strive after knowledge that make it easier to do what you want to do. In “Elevate Yourself and Conquer your Greatest Fear”, I said it is important to learn new things that corresponds with your improved position. We can advance to any level. How we do it begin with identifying what we need to know to elevate and how we use that knowledge to uplift ourselves before elevating.

Reinforce yourself for the same reason you strive after a new position. Sometimes what you plan to accomplish is a driving power, and other times why you are doing it is more motivational. They are keys to reinforcement. You know what and why you are doing it. It is your driving power.

In conclusion, you can’t be reinforced, but you can reinforce parts of you that simplifies progress in your life and business. You are not the only one who need reinforcement, your business can also need it. It improve or expand your business. You should always try to improve what you do.