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Article Series: Positive Thinking & Self Talk
I Want To Turn The Dial To Positive
How
To Empower Yourself with Positive Self-Talk
The
way you speak to yourself mentally and verbally has a powerful
impact on your self-image. Berating
or belittling yourself, minimizing your achievements or doubting
your capabilities will most definitely create a sense of disempowerment,
limiting your potential in virtually every aspect of your life.
On the other hand, positive and encouraging self-talk will
contribute to inner strength and self-respect, which will drastically
alter the way you see yourself and your potential in life.
Self-talk
is like a recording that constantly plays in your mind, and much of the time you’re unaware of it because it
occurs on a subconscious level. The messages you receive from
this recording can include limiting beliefs that were formed
throughout your lifetime, as well as negative or derogatory
input from your present environment.
The good news is that these recorded messages CAN be changed!
It’s even quite simple to do, but requires commitment, determination
and consistent effort.
Below are a few simple ways you can use positive self-talk
to change your mental recording and empower yourself:
Build
yourself up
If you’ve gotten used to tearing yourself down, you may not
even notice how harshly you speak to yourself – but you’ll
find yourself feeling sad, frustrated or guilty without understanding
why.
To turn this around, you simply need to begin making a conscious
choice to build yourself up as often as possible. Get into
the habit of speaking encouragingly and expressing positive
thoughts about yourself. For example, rather than saying, “Oh,
you are such an idiot!” when you make a mistake, say, “Hey,
that’s all right, everyone makes mistakes! Next time you’ll
do better.”
Look at yourself in the mirror daily and find three positive
things to say about yourself. You can compliment your physical
features, personality traits or accomplishments – but be sure
they are genuine compliments because your subconscious mind
will know if you’re “lying.”
Most importantly, make it a daily habit to speak to yourself
like you would a good friend who is in need of support and
encouragement. You’d never say horrible, mean things to them,
so don’t say them to yourself either!
Cheer
yourself on
Rather than dreading a difficult task and doubting your capabilities,
become your own best cheerleader! When you’re getting ready
to tackle something challenging, take a few minutes to scream
and shout mentally that “you can do it; you can do it; you
can do it!”
Also, be sure to regularly praise yourself for a job well
done. These don’t have to be big accomplishments – just something
to which you gave your best effort. For example, you could
say to yourself, “I’m really proud of the way I handled
that rude customer. I kept my cool and remained professional
while
I handled the problem.” Or, “I’m so proud of myself for finishing
that project before deadline! Now I’ve got a couple of hours
I can devote to myself, and I definitely deserve some downtime.”
Love,
love, love yourself
We often have the perception that self-love will happen naturally
once we change something about ourselves (like losing weight
or achieving a goal) but self-love has to come first! Begin
expressing love for yourself exactly as you are on a regular
basis. Love yourself not for the things you’ve done or plan
to do, but WHO you are. Love your uniqueness, your personality,
your character traits and everything else that makes you who
you are. The more you love yourself, the stronger and more
positive you’ll feel about your life.
You may feel silly following some of these suggestions at
first because they’re likely different from the way you normally
treat yourself. But the more you work with them and focus on
having fun with them, the more effective they’ll be in erasing
those old, negative messages and replacing them with more positive,
empowering messages.
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