positive self-talk Personal Development
The Benefits Of Using Positive Self-Talk
One of the biggest influences that we can use to our advantage in life is oneself. In particular, we can use our thoughts because they in influence our feelings and therefore can have a profound effect on how we deal with life in general. By learning to control our self-talk and turning it into positive self-talk rather than negative, which most people do unconsciously throughout the day, you can begin to gain more control over every aspect of your life and make essential changes.
Your ability to succeed in life largely depends on how you deal with life, a positive mental attitude leads to a confident and ultimately more successful person than one full of negativity which leads to a lack of self-confidence and low self-esteem. By taking a positive attitude you look at life in a different way to one of negativity, a positive attitude leads to seeing good in people and the world which leads to optimism and success. Your quality of life is based on how you think and feel from moment to moment and changing the way you think can drastically change how you see life and deal with life.
The person who goes through life optimistically with a positive attitude is better able to deal with life and the problems which it sometimes throws at us, they are able to bounce back and recover from problems or set-backs in life. The optimistic person will see the problem for what it is, nothing but a temporary set-back which they can overcome and move on, when looking at life in this optimistic way the person is able to take full control over their thoughts and feelings and turn a negative situation into a more positive one by simply altering the way they think. Since thoughts can either be positive or negative and you can only have one thought in mind at any one time then choosing positive will keep your thoughts, feelings and actions optimistic which leads to a happier person who is able to achieve their goals much easier.
Using positive self-talk in your daily life
You should use positive self-talk throughout the day in order
to establish a new thinking pattern, you will probably have established
a pattern of negative thinking for many years and this will take time
to overcome, to start with you should aim to repeat positive self-talk
around 50 times throughout the day, this can be achieved by repeating
positive statements quietly to yourself or out aloud. Positive self-talk
can be used for many different aspects in your life, it can help you
to overcome difficult situations, gain more confidence in yourself, help
you to quit habits, recover quicker from illness or make changes to your
life in general. Popular phrases or sentences that can be used in positive
self-talk include.
- I have an interesting challenge facing me - this could be used when
a problem occurs in life or there is some difficulty, rather
than looking at the situation in a negative way and thinking
I have a problem, thinking of it as a challenge is a much
more positive way of dealing with it.
- I like the person I am - this could
be used to bolster self-confidence and gain respect about
yourself and the person you are, similar statements could
be "I am the best", "I
am a good person" or "I
have many excellent qualities".
- I know I can do this - this could
be used if you are faced with a certain task that you would
previously doubt yourself capable of conquering, similarly
you could say "I
have the ability to conquer this" or "this
doesn't pose a problem for me"
- I am full of health, energy and vitality - this can be used to encourage good feelings about your
health either after you have been sick or while recovering
from an illness.
- I am fulfilled as a person - this can be used to encourage good general positive thoughts about yourself and the world in which you live.