Posts tagged Money
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.
Confidence Is A Funny Thing
Oct 7th
When you have it, you feel as though there’s nothing in the world that can stop you. You feel as though you can make all the money you want to make; you feel as though you’re smarter than every person you meet; you feel entitled to the better things in life; you smile a lot, and people feel infused with your energy.
When you’re not confident, people feel your energy also, and it saps them. You feel unworthy of good things; you question your judgment; you feel as though you have nothing to offer to the world. You sometimes feel jealous or envious of others over the smallest things, and even things that don’t pertain to your life depress you. You feel out of control; that’s not a good feeling at all.
What can one do to get out of the doldrums of insecurity and non-confidence? Anything different is a good start. A change of routine is a good step towards a different way of thinking. Sometimes it can be as small a step as putting your right shoe on first if you always put your left shoe on first. Sometimes it can be as simple as deciding to read something different, like a new book or even a different section of the newspaper.
See, non-confident people get trapped in the miasma of inactivity; they feel they can’t do anything different, so they don’t even try. Confident people are always doing something different, because they feel that, even if something’s not perfect, they’ll learn something positive from the experience, even if it only leads to a story they can tell others so they don’t make those same mistakes.
Remember the Nike ad that said “Just Do It”? Well, my slight twist on it is just do something. Trust me, you’ll feel better for it.
