May 31 2009
The Truth About Self Talk – Everything Laid Out
You are most likely well aware, if you’ve been looking into self-talk, or autosuggestion, for any length of time, that there is not a shortage of beliefs, stories, information (both solid and uncertain), and discussion being thrown around online. There is no shyness about sharing from people from every perspective and in every online venue imaginable – social networks, forums, blogs, and more. The thing is, though, that an insider’s guide is what you in actuality need. Speaking from experience comes from intimitate knowlege, and someone with that is what you have here. It’s kind of like fitness – wouldn’t you trust the word of someone with a personal trainer certification over the word of a layperson?
Is your information dependable? If not, it’s worthless. If you are basing your thoughts, opinions, and plans on faulty data, then you are building your entire enterprise on a faulty foundation. When a faulty foundation is what you have, being doomed to failure is the only potential outcome for anything you have based on it, because it comes from something shaky. It’s like niche marketing – you need to have the correct information.
With autosuggestion, or self-talk, you want to be especially careful about what information to rely on, because you are going to do things with that information that will be absolutely effecting your brain, thought processes, emotions, and decision making. The initial thing to keep in mind when doing autosuggestion, is to carefully inspect each phrase that you will be repeating to yourself. Is it TRULY something you want to speak into your life? Is it specific? Is it something you have control over? Remember, this isn’t witchcraft, it isn’t a spell. You can’t employ it to make someone else love you or make peace on earth happen. Your self talk needs to be phrased in the first person. Also, lastly and MOST significantly, it needs to be phrased in the positive and not the negative. For example, if you say “I don’t hate exercise anymore,” all your subconsious picks up on is the “hate” and “exercise” – it’s not sophisticated enough to understand that “don’t” is supposed to make the statement opposite. You need to phrase it as “I love exercise.” If you want to know how to get rid of cold sores, you have to phrase it as “I am free of cold sores.”
Now that you have had the experience of reading the point of view of a person who truly knows of which they speak, you have insider information in your arsenal. You are privy to the opinion of someone who really knows what they are talking about, so you are in a unique position to make informed decisions. Now, you just need to formulate a plan and put it into action using this information. After all, knowledge is useless unless it’s backed up by action. To have truly benefited, you need to take this newfound knowledge and put it to use in your life.