People have their own thinking what kind the persons they are. If these images are clear enough and regularly repeated, they become their identities. Here is another quality that controls our lives. We need to know what type of identity we are having and how it affects our course of action.

In this article, we will understand that human being does according to what he belief especially to what he talks to himself. His identity is one of the most significant factors that shape his character and later his destiny. Come and see how the identity can help you achieving what you want in life.

Have you heard of a fable on frog and scorpion? This is a classic story on how important identity is. Let me begin.

Once upon a time, there was a scorpion who lived by the river. The scorpion can not swim but want to cross the river. Therefore, scorpion went to see a frog and ask “Mr frog, I want to go across the river but I can’t swim. You can swim. Can you give me a ride? I would be really appreciated if you do so.” Frog answered” No, you are a scorpion. If I let you ride on my back, you will sting me. I will be drowned and dead. Scorpion sting frog.” Scorpion said ” Hey, how can I do that? If I sting you on the way in the river, you will die. But I will also die too. I can’t swim. Remember?”

Frog thought for awhile. Then he decided to help scorpion. He let scorpion ride on his back and started swimming across the river.

While they were in the middle of the river, frog feel sting on his back and both of them started to drown. Frog cried out loud “Are you crazy? You sting me. Yes, I will die but you will die too. Why do you do this?”

Scorpion answered “I don’t know. I am a scorpion and scorpion sting frog.”

Your identity will control your behavior even the most important moment in your life. Make sure that you have the right identities that help you be closer to your ultimate goals.Have you heard this? I am a clumsy person. I am a sloppy eating person. I am a big lady. I am a slow thinking person. I am a poor reader. All of these sentences are the identities of the persons who say it. And you bet that their characters will be exactly like they said. Do they have to be what they said? No, but they have registered in their mind and treat these characters as their identities and they believed they can do nothing about it which is not true.

People can change identity if they want to. Your name of course is your identity. Do you know that in some society, changing name is changing their entire identities? People change names and everything about that person is totally changed. They become more passionate, good tempered etc. Most of the new characters come in a positive way. The person does not really change, but his identity changes. That forces him to be a new person. Identity is the character that describes who we are.

If we have a right identity, we can shape our destiny. We can learn the importance of identity and how to make use of it in this article.