Positivity - The Next Two Rules

In the last post, we spoke about the 1st two rules of positivity which we term as Self Speak. (Apologies by the way, for this long overdue follow up)

Today we look at the next two rules which to improve our positivity.

Rule 3 - Consciously improve your self-speak. When someone compliments you on something good, learn to follow up with something positive; saying it out loud will help you to strengthen your beliefs in it.

So when your gym trainer says "Your workout today on the treadmill went great!", reply with something like "Thanks! I've been working really hard to improve and I think it's working!" instead of "I think I was just lucky today"

"But won't that seem like over-inflating myself?"

Think about it:

1) You put in the efforts didn't you?

2) Don't you deserve to feel good about yourself ?

Yes! We all deserve and need to! 

Because no one else will do nor say the same good things to you, as well or as willing as yourself!

Old habits are hard to break, so if you've been full of negative self talk for years like most people, a few kind words to yourself aren't going to fix the problem overnight. What you have to learn is how to make a concentrated effort to have some daily "self-conversation" to start taking over the negative.

Rule 4 - use visualization to literally see yourself removing such bad programs from your brain just like you remove unwanted software from your PC and replace them with positive self talk. Tell yourself each new day:

"I'm ready for anything!"

"I'm confident of my ability to survive!"

"I'm ready to make the right decisions"

"I'm all set to win every challenge!"

And that's it! The total 4 rules of being positive.

Well.. talking to yourself might seem crazy at first, but Hey! if learning and understanding how your conscious and unconscious mind works allows you to gain that mental edge to perform at your peak, why not?!

Besides... we all speak to ourselves constantly, don't we?

Jason