MASTERING SELF-TALK

You don’t rise to the level of your talent, you rise to the level of your inner dialogue.

1. REPLACE DOUBTS WITH AFFIRMATIONS

First topic comes from this week's featured film The Help. Viola Davis encourages the little girl to say, “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” This is affirmations before affirmations were popular. Words spoken consistently reshape identity.

2. IDENTIFY & CHALLENGE LIMITING BELIEFS

It's important that you talk back to fear with truth in the clip from the Matrix, NEO is asked if he believes he is breathing air. Neo’s limitation isn’t physical it’s mental. Once the belief shifts, behavior follows. Don’t let fear drive the car talk back with truth.

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3. PRACTICE SELF-COMPASSION

This point was shared through the show Ted Lasso: Growth doesn’t happen through shame. Ted models emotional honesty, grace, and self-leadership without shame. A powerful question that I asked was, "Would you talk to someone you love the way you talk to yourself?"

4. VISUALIZE SUCCESS & TALK YOURSELF FORWARD

This clip came from the movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. When I shared that sometimes you need to leap into action and stop overthinking. Walter stops rehearsing fear and starts rehearsing action. Visualization becomes motion. "Speak from who you are becoming—not who fear says you are."