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Identity
Identity is one of the most important concepts within the Transformer Method.
More than goals.
More than motivation.
More than strategy.
Identity determines what a person believes is possible, what they expect, how they behave, and ultimately what they experience.
While many personal development systems focus on changing actions, the Transformer Method focuses on changing identity.
Actions may create temporary change.
Identity creates lasting change.
Identity is the collection of beliefs a person holds about who they are.
It is the internal answer to questions such as:
- Who am I?
- What am I capable of?
- What do I deserve?
- What is possible for me?
- What kind of person am I?
Whether consciously or unconsciously, every human being carries an identity.
That identity influences every area of life.
People do not consistently outperform their identity.
They may occasionally exceed it.
They may temporarily surpass it.
But over time, most people return to behaviors that align with who they believe they are.
This is why many people experience cycles of success and failure.
Their results temporarily change.
Their identity does not.
Eventually behavior returns to familiar patterns.
One of the central doctrines of the Transformer Method is:
Identity Creates Reality.
Identity influences:
Identity
↓
Expectation
↓
Behaviour
↓
Results
↓
References
↓
Identity
This cycle continually reinforces itself.
A person's current reality is often a reflection of their current identity.
Transformation begins when identity evolves.
The Transformer Method draws heavily upon the principle that self-image influences performance.
People tend to act consistently with their self-image.
The self-image operates as an internal blueprint.
It establishes what feels:
- Possible
- Realistic
- Comfortable
- Familiar
- Deserved
This process forms the basis of the Psycho-Cybernetic Self-Image System.
Self-Image
↓
Expectation
↓
Behaviour
↓
Results
↓
References
↓
Self-Image
The cycle continues until the self-image changes.
One of the most important distinctions within the Transformer Method is:
The self-image is the roof.
Many people attempt to create greater success while maintaining the same identity.
The result is frustration.
The self-image acts like a ceiling.
People may briefly rise above it.
Eventually they return to what feels familiar.
To create lasting transformation, the roof must be raised.
The self-image must expand.
Identity directly influences expectations.
People rarely expect more than they believe they are capable of creating.
Expectations emerge from identity.
Identity
↓
Expectation
This relationship forms the basis of Congruent Expectational Behaviour.
People tend to behave in ways that are consistent with their expectations.
Identity also influences frequency.
How a person sees themselves affects:
- Thoughts
- Emotions
- Beliefs
- Focus
- Decisions
- Energy
Together these elements create frequency.
Identity
↓
Expectation
↓
Frequency
Change identity and frequency begins to change.
Change frequency and new opportunities become visible.
The Transformer Method teaches that people recognize opportunities that align with their dominant identity.
This process is known as Cells of Recognition.
People often believe opportunities suddenly appear.
More often, they become visible because identity changed.
Identity
↓
Frequency
↓
Recognition
↓
Opportunity
What changes first is not the world.
What changes first is perception.
Identity is strengthened by references.
A reference is any experience that supports a belief about oneself.
References may be empowering.
References may be disempowering.
Every experience follows a process:
Event
↓
Meaning
↓
Reference
↓
Identity
The event itself does not determine identity.
The meaning assigned to the event does.
Most people are not controlled by events.
They are influenced by the stories they create about events.
The same experience can produce different identities depending upon the meaning assigned.
Event
↓
Meaning
↓
Story
↓
Identity
Change the story and identity can begin to change.
One of the most powerful questions within the Transformer Method is:
Who must I become?
Most people focus on:
- What should I do?
- How can I get it?
- What strategy should I use?
Transformation asks a different question.
Before the result can change, identity must evolve.
The focus shifts from acquiring to becoming.
The Transformer Method follows the sequence:
Be
↓
Do
↓
Have
Most people reverse the order.
They believe:
Have
↓
Do
↓
Be
The Method teaches the opposite.
Become first.
Act from that identity.
Results follow.
Many people misunderstand the comfort zone.
The comfort zone is not comfort.
The comfort zone is familiarity.
People repeatedly return to familiar identities even when those identities produce unwanted results.
This creates what the Transformer Method calls:
The Comfort Zone Prison.
Transformation requires expanding beyond familiar identity.
Grand Dream Goals are not primarily about achievement.
They are vehicles for identity transformation.
The purpose of a Grand Dream Goal is not the goal.
The purpose of a Grand Dream Goal is the person you become while pursuing it.
Goals reveal the identities that must be expanded.
Challenges reveal the identities that must evolve.
Growth occurs through the process.
Identity transformation occurs through a combination of:
- Awareness
- New perspectives
- New meanings
- New decisions
- New actions
- New references
- Repetition
Identity does not usually change instantly.
Identity changes through consistent reinforcement.
Every action taken in alignment with a new identity provides evidence for that identity.
Over time, the new identity becomes natural.
The Transformer Method teaches identity transformation through the following progression:
Awareness
↓
New Meaning
↓
New Identity
↓
New Expectations
↓
New Behaviour
↓
New Results
↓
New References
↓
Expanded Identity
This process lies at the heart of lasting transformation.
Identity is one of the central domains of the Transformer Method.
It connects directly to:
- Purpose
- Vision
- Expectation
- Frequency
- Success
- Leadership
- Transformation
Many doctrines throughout the Canon originate from the Identity domain.
After understanding Identity, continue with:
- Purpose
- Vision
- Expectation
- Frequency
- Grand Dream Goals
- The Formula Is The Formula
These pages demonstrate how identity becomes reality through consistent application.
Most people spend their lives attempting to change their circumstances.
The Transformer Method teaches a different path.
Change identity.
Identity changes expectations.
Expectations change behaviour.
Behaviour changes results.
Results create new references.
New references expand identity.
Transformation begins the moment a person stops asking:
What do I need to get?
And begins asking:
Who must I become?