all the details. Then, I throw that picture up into the air
and have it start raining copies of it all around me for as
far as I can see... into my past and future... all around
me. Exercises like these sometimes sound silly, but they
help direct your mind towards the person that you want
to become.
One area that I’ve studies extensively is what’s
commonly called ‘internal dialogue’ or ‘self-talk’. This is
simply the way that you talk to yourself inside your head.
Most people are talking to themselves all day long. But
most people are talking NEGATIVELY to themselves
instead of talking POSITIVELY. Negative self-talk is, in my
opinion, one of the primary causes of low self-esteem,
giving up, and a lack of interest in even trying.
If you tell yourself something enough times, you’ll
begin to BELIEVE it. This new belief will take on a mind of
its own and start creating its own self-talk.
Most people who have negative beliefs also have
negative self-talk that creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. If
this is you, STOP RIGHT NOW.
I may be the first person that’s ever pointed this out
to you, so it might sound a little strange. Or, I might be
reminding you of something you already know. In any
event, make a commitment to yourself to start talking
positively to yourself and to be encouraging from now on.
Put it on your calendar. Send yourself e-mails. Do
whatever you have to do so you remember to be nice to
yourself when you talk to yourself.
If you’re one of those people that likes being negative,
arguing with everything, finding why things can never
work for you, and why everyone is wrong, then do me
and yourself a favor and delete this book from your hard
drive and e-mail me to ask for a refund. You’ve made a
choice to be negative with yourself, and I’m not even
interested in helping you see a better way. People who