I was listening to a great program the other day by Vic Johnson and he said something that really resonated with me. He said, "If anyone talked to your children the way you talk to yourself, you’d probably have them arrested!" That described me several years ago and I was my own worst enemy. I’ve spent the last several years teaching myself how to change my self talk. What I’ve learned is amazing. Even today I sometimes struggle with things I think or say about myself. It’s such a strong force in our lives and I believe that working on this one aspect of yourself sets the groundwork for more change to follow.

This world needs instruction on how to change self talk. The more I go through life and interact with people, the more I say to myself, "This person could benefit from some new self talk." I hear things like, "I’m so stupid," and "Why do I always do that? I’m such an idiot." I try to tell them that those kind of statements are just building upon what’s already there. Someone I know repeats this phrase probably a minimum of 5 times a day, "I can’t even remember what happened 5 minutes ago. How am I supposed to remember what happened yesterday or the day before?" And you know what, she always forgets things we talk about. Why? Because she is pounding into her brain her belief about her terrible memory over and over and over again. And her brain believes her and is acting on that belief. Every time she’s listening, her brain is saying, "I don’t really need to remember this because I’m going to forget about it in 5 minutes anyway." And it does.

In my business I recommend that people use self talk CDs to change their programming. These professionally recorded CDs tell you true statements about who you are and what you can do. That’s a great place to start because it builds the foundation of successful programming. Stop talking trash to yourselves. You’re worth more than that. And so are your kids. Because if you talk trash to your own mind, you most likely are talking trash to the people closest to you. Take responsibility and make that change for yourself and your loved ones. Let me know if you want to get your hands on some of those CDs.

I know you can do it and I definitely believe in you.