I am my own worst enemy! BUT I'm not alone, in fact, most of the time everyone is their own worst enemy.
We all stop ourselves from achieving our goals and often from reaching our true potential with negative self-talk. It's the little voice in our heads that says; 'I can't', 'I'm not clever enough / pretty enough/ confident enough', 'I'll fail' and an endless list of faults. You know the voice I mean? We all hear it daily.
Well, effectively we are what we think. By thinking negatively we let a seed grow in our minds that we aren't capable, with time it grows and smothers our growth and success. By concentrating on the negative outcome the outcome is usually negative and a vicious cycle begins. However, if we concentrate on positive outcomes then it's much more likely that's what we will see.
It's time for us all to stop limiting our potential and instead tell that negative voice inside us to shut up.
Here are a few tips to start cultivating your positive thinking in order to help you achieve your goals:
- Decide to be positive: Make a conscious decision to stop thinking and being negative, instead focus on being more positive in your outlook and your decisions.
- Be Your Own Cheerleader: You can do anything you want to do and be anything you want to be as long as you believe you can. Develop a positive state of mind and keep it filled with daily affirmations to encourage it. Write your affirmations somewhere you can see them regularly every day.
- Avoid negative people: You need to surround yourself with positive people, those who support and encourage you, who lift you up. Like attracts like and negativity is contagious. If your day is filled with negative people then it's hard to remain positive.
- Action Cures Fear: Often the fear of doing something can seem crippling but the reality is that more times than not the fear is worse than the result. I'm not talking about parachute jumping here (although why jump out of a perfectly functioning airplane). It could be something as simple as picking up the phone to make a call; nerves and fear of the outcome of the call could prevent you from making it. However, by taking action you usually find that it wasn't as bad as you feared. Repeat often enough and that action becomes second nature.
You've had years of that negative voice inside your head, it's time to reprogram your brain to positivity and ultimately to the success you deserve.
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