I'm on session 4/day 2, but I wanna go back and do session 3 again. I love session 3. I've read the book about 15x and listened to the audio about 10x. I've been using the positive self talk all day every day. I'm smart, interesting, funny, good lookin, confident. I don't believe all this stuff and didn't believe any of it 2 weeks ago, except for the good lookin part ha.ha... I've been talkin to myself so negatively for so long that I am addicted to it. That's crap, I can be addicted to the positive in everything like the cds say. I'm gonna keep talkin to myself positively and hopefully more and more of it will continue to sink in. FAKE IT TIL U MAKE IT
Posts: 51 | Location: Oklahoma City, OK | Registered: February 26, 2008
Dang, I am so proud of you! I crapped out session 3 and didn't believe any of the stuff I wrote. I actually had to call a friend and my sister to come up with some good qualities. I am going to model after you; you are inspiring! (add that one to your list) Cheers! :-)
"I have lived a horrible life, none of which has actually happened"-Winston Churchill "Dancing is a shortcut to happiness"
Posts: 155 | Location: southeast | Registered: November 21, 2007
Thanx cuttingirl. I'm starting to think that the only thing between us and true happiness is the negative way our brains work. I don't think I'm anywhere near being truly at peace with myself, but I'm damn sure sick of being negative all the time. I'm just gonna keep on, keepin on with positive self talk and maybe it'll keep sinkin in
Posts: 51 | Location: Oklahoma City, OK | Registered: February 26, 2008
Cap, Im sure you are all those things you stated!! We just arent used to finding them in ourselves. We can tell others positives about themselves, but never take the time to realize we have LOTS of positives about ourselves. Let me add one to your list.. You are determined! You are motivated to change!!Both positives!!! You keep on going,, You will over come this!! Take care Nelly
Hey Cap, great post and great attitude. I just had to write and add one to your list. Being one myself I know it is a positive even though many may not be aware. You are an OKIE, and being one means you have something real good down inside you. It sounds though it is coming back out. Keep it up, Bruce
Posts: 95 | Location: OKC, OK | Registered: July 27, 2007
excellent philosophy! i'm still working on it. it doesn't fly with me unfortunately, as i further beat myself up for being dis-ingenuine. still we must all fake it till we make it - especially if you're a corporate-rat-cubicle-dweller like myself. best wishes hairtrigger
Posts: 31 | Location: San Diego, CA U.S.A. | Registered: May 14, 2007
Hey everybody. I'm Ivan and i'm totally new here. I started the program a couple weeks ago and i'm starting Session 3. I have already listened to it a couple times because the concept of Self-talk totally makes sence to me, as becasue the fact i ALWAYS talk to myself, due to my history...
Hey cap77! Thanks for the post. I have been struggling with all the negative chatter going on and don't know how you are saying so much positive!! Can you please give me some tips on how you are staying focused on the positive messages?
Hey Martin and Ivan. It looks like I should come back and check my post's more often, considering you both posted these a month ago. Hopefully your both whoopin as? now. Early in the program I definately had the most fun with positive self talk. I would continuosly drill positive statements into my head. I wouldn't say anything unbelievable, just positive statements. I am good enough. I'm smart, funny, and well liked. I'm creative and I deserve to be happy. Never again will I hold myself back..... Things like that. I didn't believe them all in the begining, but do today. Just keep telling yourself these things and they will begin to become second nature. Very rarely do I still need positive self talk to get me motivated to do something or enjoy something. Another thing that really helped me was writing down my negative thoughts and replacing them with positive ones. Find the humor in your negative statements. Set back and think about how ridiculous they really are. When go back early in the program and read some my answers to the workbook, I'll just set there and laugh. Ha..Ha... Believe in yourself, there's noone that can't get over this.
"I will persist until I succeed. I was not delivered into this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be proded by my sheperd. I am a lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny. I will persist until I succeed.
"The Greatest Salesman in the World"
Posts: 51 | Location: Oklahoma City, OK | Registered: February 26, 2008
Cap77, Have you finished the program? You seemed to have such a good go get em' attitude. Just wondering if you feel you can cope better now with stressful situations. Thanks
Posts: 29 | Location: Maine | Registered: May 13, 2008
Hey traveler, I finished the program a few weeks ago. I also took a few weeks off around lesson 10. I can definately cope with things better now that I've been through the program. I don't blow things out of wack like I used too. It's a better way to live, let me tell ya. Stay with the program and you'll get there soon. Good luck!!!!
Posts: 51 | Location: Oklahoma City, OK | Registered: February 26, 2008
Thanks for the inspiration cap. i'm on session 3 day 3 and i really like the idea of fake it till you make it. i sometimes have a hard time recognizing the entire negative thoughts that cause anxious feelings espsecially at work as it's fast paced and requires concentration when diagnosing cars. thats when those thoughts sneak up on me and are gone before i know it. but ican certainly crowd them out with positive thoughts. thanks once again for a great idea. bradley.
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