In many ways, your brain works like a computer. When you receive a positive or negative input about yourself, you store it in your subconscious mind and later express those messages in your feelings or behaviors. The way you perceive and organize those inputs exerts a strong influence on how you interact with others. Unless you are taught to reject the negative messages, you will tend to accept them as truth. Accepting these thoughts at face value leads to behavior that is rooted in error.

Do you question the validity of your self-concept, or do you simply behave as if it is true?