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What Is Self-Mastery?

by Dr. Brian Higley

April 12th, 2007

I’ve been asked multiple times about Self-Mastery: for the past 10 years, our firm has been studying the strongest factors associated with Self-Mastery and training individuals in how to attain more of it. Of course, in order to study a concept, it is important to define that concept first. Self-Mastery, to us, is the ability to exhibit strong influence over one’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Many people we’ve talked to use the term “control” of self when talking about Self-Mastery (instead of our preferred term: “strong influence” with one’s self). The way we see it, complete control over one’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors would make one robot-like, while being able to strongly influence ourselves on a regular basis allows for both Self-Mastery and spontaneous, creative, “uncontrolled” thoughts, emotions and behaviors.  Complete control over oneself, we think, would make for a boring, restricted life!

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  • 1. Excellence Tree Journal &hellip  |  November 12th, 2008 at 3:49 pm

    […] 1. “Check The Soil”: Assess current levels of (and potential for) Mission Activation.  In order to Activate a Mission, it is often helpful to first get a sense of how many of the Mission Activation components listed below are working for (or against) teams and individuals.  There are many ways to assess the soil – some more valid than others.  We’ve found that the best way to assess current Mission Activation potential is by having team members to take part in a confidential online Mission Activation audit, “The CACE Assessment.”   For individuals who are not a part of a team or group, we assess the soil on an more individual basis via The Self-Mastery Assessment. […]

  • 2. Excellence Tree Journal &&hellip  |  February 20th, 2009 at 11:34 am

    […] 1. “Check The Soil”: Assess current levels of (and potential for) Mission Activation. In order to Activate a Mission, it is often helpful to first get a sense of how many of the Mission Activation components listed below are working for (or against) teams and individuals.  There are many ways to assess the soil – some more valid than others.  We’ve found that the best way to assess current Mission Activation potential is by having team members to take part in a confidential online Mission Activation audit, “The CACE Assessment.” For individuals who are not a part of a team or group, we assess the soil on an more individual basis via The Self-Mastery Assessment. […]

  • 3. Excellence Tree Journal &&hellip  |  February 20th, 2009 at 11:35 am

    […] What is Self-Mastery? click here to read more […]

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