Self-Talk: Fuel For Success Or Failure

If you want to be more successful in any area of your life, here's a tip: begin by paying close attention to your self-talk. 

We all have "failures."  No big deal.  Do you talk to yourself in a way that revs your internal engine up or shuts it down? Spend even one day paying close attention to how you talk to yourself.

Journal during the day what thoughts run through your head.  What are you saying to yourself about a challenge you're dealing with, about a recent setback, about your relationships, about your hopes and dreams? Are you fueling the success you want in your life? Would you say things to your best friend that you say to yourself? If not, make some adjustments.

You spend more time with yourself, by far, than with anybody else. What you say to yourself and how you say it matters.  You only have one life, why not use self-talk to fuel success!

Alter your self-talk and you will alter your life. 

Alan Allard, Principal, Genius Dynamics, www.alanallard.com