Some Advice to Myself About Negative Self Talk!

I had a friend e-mail today about a diet he has recently started. He told me that it cost him $500 to join a 90 day fitness challenge. He continued to explain that he was hoping that it would work for him because maybe the pain associated with loosing the money would possibly provide enough incentive to follow through.

I responded by asking him to replace the words hoping, maybe and possibly with something like this:

"I am ready to make a change and I am confident that I will attain my goal because....."

Then I thought about all of the times during my test preparation that negative thoughts began to creep into my mind:

"Am I good enough?"

"Can I loose the weight?"

"Will I ever get this split?"

I truly believe that the way we / I talk to ourselves truly determines how far we go in life. I also believe that it is not a kick or punch that will get us in life but often times it is our own limiting beliefs that due us in!

In other words; I must truly believe I will have the split, I must truly believe I will loose the weight and I must truly believe that I have the confidence to succeed! Every comunication to myself or others needs to support that beleif!

So, from this point forward I have decided to make "Mental Self-Defense" part of my test(as well as part of the test for anyone that ever tests for Black Belt under me).

Here is how it works:

1. I will make a conscious effort to notice when I express something in a negative way either to myself, out loud or in writing!

2. I will immediately re-phrase the statement in a positive manner.

3. I will continue to do this until the thought is completely replaced with a positive message that reinforces my belief in myself!

So that is my advice to myself on "Mental Self-Defense".

Yours in Black Belt Mastery,

Bryan Klein
www.discoverUTA.com
www.BlackBeltMastery.blogspot.com

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