Reprogram negative self talk

Faithfully using the power tools of positive self-talk, visualization and affirmations will provide the subconscious mind with verbal and visual instruction on the kind of person you wan

Reprogram negative self-talk

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Joe Tye

“Remember, the subconscious mind is our servant and will work fervently to do what

we program it to do Faithfully using the power tools of positive self-talk, visualization and affirmations will provide the subconscious mind with verbal and visual instruction

on the kind of person you want to become.”

Curt Boudreaux: The ABC’s of Self-Esteem

Nothing can sap your belief in yourself or in your dreams more quickly and thoroughly

than your own negative self-talk In his book The Evolving Self: A Psychology for the New Millennium, Dr Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi showed that for a variety of evolutionary

reasons, the human mind automatically gravitates toward negative, frightening, and depressing thoughts It is your challenge to confront these self-inhibiting notions before they interfere with your pursuit of your future vision Here is a seven step process for

using The Janitor in Your Attic to confront negative self-talk and transforming it into

positive affirmations

Catalog: Pay attention to all of the negative self-talk going through your mind Hint: it will almost always be in the second person (you’ll hear “You are an idiot” but never “I

am an idiot”) Chances are, you allow your own inner critic to speak to you in abusive ways that you would never tolerate from anyone else Every time your Inner Critic verbally abuses you, make a note of what is being said You might end up with pages full of such notes, but it’s an essential starting point for neutralizing what can in many

cases be Your Own Worst Enemy – the little vandal who paints that attic of your mind

with mental graffiti

Identify: Negative self-talk is usually a voice from the distant past that has metastasized

into something far more critical than was the original intention of the speaker For example, I once had a teacher tell me that I’d “never amount to a hill of beans.” He was trying to get me motivated to complete an overdue homework assignment, but that accusation comes back to me every time I set out upon a new venture, every time I face rejection or failure, sometimes even before I get out of bed in the morning Being able

to identify its origin goes a long way toward helping me appreciate that it is not truth, it

is mental graffiti

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Pay Attention: Having made a catalog of your negative self-talk, and identified the

source for at least some of it, now pay attention It is important that these inner lies be confronted immediately, before they can take root By paying attention to your inner soundscape, you can catch negative self-talk before it effects your attitudes and actions

Relabel: One reason negative self-talk can be so destructive is that we believe at some

level of consciousness it is telling us the truth Offset this pernicious influence by relabeling negative self-talk for what it really is – graffiti being spray-painted on the walls of your mind In my seminars, I actually encourage people to paint a mental picture of the little graffiti vandal, and to give it a name

Erase: Once they’ve given a name to the vandal up there in the attic of their minds,

I have seminar participants create a mental picture of The Janitor in Their Attic, and

give him or her a name (my Janitor’s name is Spike) Every time the little vandal paints graffiti up on the walls of “the attic,” they visualize “the janitor” coming along with a utility cart and painting it out

Replace: Whatever the graffiti of negative self-talk that has been painted over (“You are

such a loser”), then gets replaced with an attractive sign stating the exact opposite, along with a positive affirmation (“I’m a winner, and I keep on chugging when the going gets tough”) Notice that the graffiti was in the second person, while the affirmation is in the first person That’s the difference between an ancient lie and a truth of today

Repeat: It takes repetition to override harmful old mental circuits and replace them

with positive new ones – what he called “survival of the busiest.” Likewise, overruling negative self-talk takes repetition over a period of time But neuroscientists have shown that by reprogramming your thinking you can actually have a physiological impact on the workings of your brain You can make positive thinking your natural mental state by reprogramming the software, which in turn will transform the hardware

Program Yourself with The Janitor in Your Attic™

Download the two Janitor in Your Attic audio programs “Morning Motivation” and

“Evening Meditation” (each about 25 minutes) Load them onto your iPod or other device and set the morning program to start playing 25 minutes before you need to get out of bed and start the evening program just as you get into bed for the night Here is the link for both audio programs:http://www.valuescoachinc.com/audio

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