If you want to know how to use positive self talk skills to make your life better, you will want to read this article.
Self talks are internal dialogues we use to communicate with ourselves, they can influence our inner voices and perceptions. Inner voices can be both good and bad.
The bad inner voice is when the voice is telling you to do something that is wrong and you know it’s wrong but the voice in your mind is telling you that it’s ok. If you find that your inner voices tend to skew toward the negative side, you will need to figure out how to revert them to the positive side.
The bad inner voices are the bad negative thoughts that you might have, the good inner voices, on the other hand, are the positive things that you hear in your head. Listen to these inner voices carefully. The positive voices will encourage you to think, behave and do what is right. The results usually consist of some positive accomplishments in your interpersonal and personal abilities.
When you are able to differentiate voices that guide or misguide your path, you have developed a self-awareness that enables you to think, focus, behave and act in positive ways that will tend to produce positive results as well. Self-awareness is a very powerful self-development tool that you need to accomplish any goal that you may have set out to achieve in your life.
Here are some tips you can use to start developing positive self-talks that will influence your inner voices in a positive way:
- Use the how question in your self-limiting statements. Self-limiting statements like “I can’t do that!” or “That’s not possible!” are very self damaging. These kind of statements encourage you to give up before even trying. You can easily change these negative statements into positive ones by using the following questions. “How can I do that?” or “How is that possible?”. By asking a simple question, you’re allowing your mind to open up to new possibilities.
- Stop your negative thoughts. As you notice your mind starting a negative thought… Stop it right away! You can tell yourself that “This is not me!”. Catching and stopping negative thoughts as they occur is a very good habit, if you do that enough times, you will bring more positive thinking and positive energy into your life without you realizing it.
Just try to put the above tips into practice in your daily activity and I’m sure you will find yourself to be more positive and happy in life.
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June 4th, 2009 14:04
Enjoyed this: “As you notice your mind starting a negative thought… Stop it right away! You can tell yourself that “This is not me!””
I find myself doing this a lot–and, as you wrote, I think it’s helping me train myself in this direction.
July 3rd, 2009 19:25
I’ve heard it called “flip switching” to change a negative train of thought into a positive one. ANd, I also like the idea of changing the words to “How…” because that can’t be negative.
I was just at Steven Pavlina reading a long argument about “not lying” to yourself with affirmations. The gist was that if you keep not believing the affirmations, they won’t work for you. Using the “How can…” as an alternative is a useful idea.
Thanks,
Nancy
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July 6th, 2009 14:15
The positive self talk is very important but it more than talk to make it of any value. You can talk to yourself all day in the most positive of manner, use the greatest affirmations written but but without action, without making something happen you are just talking to yourself. Nothing can take the place of action.
July 27th, 2009 08:49
Talking to yourself is such a great idea… I like the term “flip switching” because you can at all times flip this switch, if you can find it. I used to have alot of negative dialog with myself, now i use selfhypnosis to “talk” to myself. Great tool
July 30th, 2009 06:59
You are right, down with negative thoughts! I really enjoyed reading your article. It’s weird how I bump into this ’self-improvement, self-motivation, loa, etc’ stuff lately. I just feel like I’m living a period of my life when these are important issues for me. You might want to check out a great movie on motivation, it can give you inspiration for the whole day. Here’s the link: http://www.timeforchangemovie.com
I hope you’ll enjoy it!
September 8th, 2009 03:27
hi. this post is really an answered prayer for me. i am looking for ways that could help me improve myself on any field that i would be clinging with especially regarding on how i communicate and deal with other people. i even found this piece very useful as if it is already a part of a self-development course. i am really grateful for this one. keep it up.