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Positive Affirmations
It is difficult if not impossible to visualize excellent performance if your self talk
is negative. The mind will believe what you tell it. It is important to combine
visualization exercises with positive affirmations. Poor performers and those
with a negative self image tend to be self depreciating. If you tell yourself you
can not do something you will be very surprised if you are successful and
rightly so.
It can be very difficult to change negative self talk if this is part of your
personality, part of who you are. Often when people try to change they end up
putting themselves down even more each time they catch themselves saying
something negative. For example, “I should have done better on that exam, I
am so dumb sometimes. There I go criticizing myself again, I’m such a loser”.
Rather than trying to eliminate negative self talk, try and reduce it by practicing
saying positive things to yourself. This is not easy and often people will feel
silly and phony using affirmations (i.e., Stuart Smalley from SNL, “You're good
enough, you're smart enough and gosh darn it people like you”). If someone
has spent their whole life listening to negative scripts, it is unlikely that they will
immediately believe the positive statements they make. It takes time and
practice.
It is difficult if not impossible to visualize excellent performance if your self talk
is negative. The mind will believe what you tell it. It is important to combine
visualization exercises with positive affirmations. Poor performers and those
with a negative self image tend to be self depreciating. If you tell yourself you
can not do something you will be very surprised if you are successful and
rightly so.
It can be very difficult to change negative self talk if this is part of your
personality, part of who you are. Often when people try to change they end up
putting themselves down even more each time they catch themselves saying
something negative. For example, “I should have done better on that exam, I
am so dumb sometimes. There I go criticizing myself again, I’m such a loser”.
Rather than trying to eliminate negative self talk, try and reduce it by practicing
saying positive things to yourself. This is not easy and often people will feel
silly and phony using affirmations (i.e., Stuart Smalley from SNL, “You're good
enough, you're smart enough and gosh darn it people like you”). If someone
has spent their whole life listening to negative scripts, it is unlikely that they will
immediately believe the positive statements they make. It takes time and
practice.
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