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The Importance of Positive Self Talk
Oct 13th
Self talk occurs all the time. It’s those little conversations people have with themselves. Sometimes the dialogue is positive, and sometimes it’s negative. Positive self talk, or inner dialogue, is one of the best ways to overcome negative situations and to view the glass as half full.
With positive self talk, you can feel more optimistic and positive about life. This requires replacing negative self talk or dialogue with positive self talk. Below are some ways to replace negative thoughts with positive ones. In the following examples of frustrating situations, you can chose to either have positive or negative self dialogue.
•Driving to a job you hate – “It’s not so bad, I only have to be there 8 hours.” “Today will be a good day, I’ll call and old friend at lunch.” “It’s only 3 days until payday.”
•Your child broke his arm at school – “The injury could have been worse.” “I’m so thankful he’s still alive.” “Other kids have had playground injuries that were much worse.”
•You lost money on your stock – “The stock will rise again soon.” “Some people have lost a lot more than me.” “I’ll figure out what went wrong and try again.”
•Your significant other dumped you – “It is better that I know now what he/she was all about.” “I’ll find someone better suited for me.” “It was his/her loss, anyway.” “There are more fish in the sea.”
•You lost your job – “I’ll find a better job.” “Where one door closes, another one opens.” “I’ll find a job I enjoy more.”
Self talk is one of the best ways to help you overcome negativity, and become a more optimistic and happier person. Instead of immediately acting upon the negative in a situation, self talk helps you find the positive in any situation, and concentrate on what you do want, and not what you don’t want. When you practice self talk, overcoming negativity will become a cinch.
How to Build Self Confidence and Achieve Your Greatest Goals
Sep 29th
Being lost in the realm of life is a common feeling for many. How can one feel confident about themselves if they have no direction or idea about what it is they want to do? The first step is to find your definite purpose in life and then have full faith that you will achieve your goals by following this purpose. Here are a few tips on how to build your self confidence so that you can achieve your personal goals.
Your definite purpose in life is whatever makes you feel good. If you don’t know what your purpose is, follow your feelings. What is it that you like to do? What makes you happier than anything else? When you answer these questions, you can then start creating an action plan to achieve those feelings each and every day of your life.
Building self confidence starts with training your mind to understand that you have the ability to do anything you want and that you can achieve any goal you set to achieve, no matter how big or far away.
The principal of auto suggestion is how you can train your mind. Each and every day you will need to focus and concentrate on telling yourself that you can achieve those goals and that you have the ability to achieve any goal you desire. Knowing that you can succeed at anything will help you take clear aim at your definite purpose. Then you must take it upon yourself to follow through with constant action towards those goals or towards that purpose of yours.
It is the constant thoughts in your mind that produce your reality. So if you think that you cannot achieve anything you want; then guess what? You will not be able to. On the other hand, telling yourself that you can achieve these goals will put forth in you a desire to succeed and you will more than likely take action to reach these goals. Constant action will produce results and so it is imperative that you take it upon yourself to think constantly about being the person that you want to be.
A man that has a clear purpose in life will do anything in his power to follow that purpose. Once you know what your purpose is, create a clear plan and map out exactly how you are going to achieve this definite purpose. Do not let any bad influence pull you from your path and look for others that can help you instead. Confidence is built from within. You have the power to achieve anything you want…make sure that you tell yourself this constantly.
