WAKE UP WITH POSITIVITY
WHILE MOST SELF-TALK IS EITHER UNCONSCIOUS OR GOES UNNOTICED, SOME SELF-TALK IS GLARINGLY OVBIOUS, AND, NOT SURPRISINGLY, CLEARLY, SELF-DEFEATING. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE SELF-TALK PEOPLE USE IS CONSTRUCTIVE AND BENEFICIAL, MOST OF IT IS THE OPPOSITE - THE KIND OF SELF-TALK THAT IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE AND SELF-DEFEATING.
FOR A PERIOD OF TIME DURING MY QUEST FOR A MORE PRACTICAL PATH TO LASTING SELF-IMPROVEMENT, TO SEE JUST HOW PERVASIVE NEGATIVE SELF-TALK MIGHT BE, EACH TIME I HEARD AN EXAMPLE OF THIS KIND OF SELF-TALK, I WROTE IT DOWN. IN TIME, I HEARD AN EXAMPLE OF THIS KIND OF SELF-TALK, I WROTE IT DOWN. IN TIME, MY LIST INCLUDED HUNDREDS OF SELF-TALK STATEMENTS THAT ARE MADE BY PEOPLE - EVERY DAY. MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO USE NEGATIVE SELF-TALK ARE NOT AWARE OF WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. AND FEW, IF ANY, OF THEM ARE AWARE OF THE POWER OF THE PROGRAMMING - THE NEGATIVE PROGRAMMING - THEY ARE GIVING THEMSELVES.
IF EVERTHING YOU TELL YOURSELF ABOUT YOURSELF BECOMES A DIRECTIVE TO YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND, THEN ANYTIME YOU MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT YOURSELF THAT IS NEGATIVE, YOU ARE DIRECTING YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND TOMAKE YOU BECOME THE PERSON YOU JUST DESCRIBED - NEGATIVELY.
HERE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF FREQUENCY USED NEGATIVE SELF-TALK. AS YOU READ THEM, SEE IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO SAYS SOMETHING SIMILAR, OR IF YOU HAVE SAID SOMETHING LIKE ANY OF THESE YOURSELF.
* I CAN'T REMEMBER NAMES.
* IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER OF THOSE DAYS.
* IT'S JUST NO USE.
* I JUST KNOW IT WON'T WORK.
* NOTHING EVER GOES RIGHT FOR ME.
* THAT'S JUST MY LUCK.
* I'M SO CLUMSY.
* I DON'T HAVE THE TALENT.
* I'M JUST NOT CREATIVE.
* EVERTHING I EAT GOES RIGHT TO MY WAIST.
* I CAN'T SEEM TO GET ORGANIZED.
* I ALREADY KNOW I WON'T LIKE IT.
* NO MATTER WHAT I DO I CAN'T SEEM TO LOSE WEIGHT.
* I NEVER HAVE ENOUGH TIME.
* I JUST DON'T HAVE THE PATIENCE FOR THAT.
* THAT REALLY MAKE ME MAD.
* ANOTHER BLUE MONDAY.
* WHEN WILL I EVER LEARN.
* I GET STICK JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.
* SOMETIMES I JUST HATE YOURSELF.
* I'M JUST NO GOOD.
* I'M TOO SHY.
* I NEVER KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
* WITH MY LUCK I DON'T HAVE A CHANCE.
* THINGS JUST AREN'T WORKING OUT RIGHT FOR ME.
* I DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY I USED TO.
* I AM REALLY OUT OF SHAPE.
* I NEVER HAVE ANY MONEY LEFT OVER AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
* WHY SHOULD I TRY, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK ANYWAY.
* I'VE NEVER BEEN ANY GOOD AT THAT.
* MY DESK IS ALWAYS A MESS.
* THE ONLY KIND OF LUCK I HAVE IS BAD LUCK.
* I NEVER WIN ANYTHING.
* I FEEL THAT I'M OVER THE HILL.
* SOMEONE ALWAYS BEATS ME TO IT.
* NOBODY LIKES ME.
* I NEVER GET A BREAK.
* IT SEEMS LIKE I'M ALWAYS BROKE.
* EVERYTHING I TOUCH TURNS TO BLEEP.
IMAGINE SITTING DOWN AT YOUR PERSONAL COMPUTER KEYBOARD AND TYPING ANY ONE OF THOSE DIRECTIONS INTO THE COMPUTER'S PERMANENT MEMORY STORAGE. AND IMAGINE THAT YOUR COMPUTER WILL DO WHATEVER YOU PROGRAM IT TO DO.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT DO TO OUR BRAINS. NO WONDER THINGS GO WRONG. NO WONDER THINGS DON'T WORK OUT RIGHT! IF YOUR MENTAL COMPUTER - THE ONE THAT FLIES YOUR PLANE - IF PROGRAMMED WITH THE WRONG DIRECTIONS, YOU CANNOT POSSIBLY BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE, YOU CANNOT GET WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
