What Voice Do You Listen To?

You have an inner voice which is always speaking to you. Your voice may offer encouragement or it could be disheartening. Not only are you free to choose which one you listen to, you also determine, either consciously or subconsciously, what is being said. So, you decide what your voice says and whether or not to listen to it.
Listening to your negative voice diminishes your self-esteem, sabotages your success, boosts stress, causes missed opportunities, and has a deleterious impact on interpersonal relationships. The undesirable statements you make to yourself diminishes happiness. Your negative voice also intensifies problems, and magnifies frustration.
Your negative voice is problem oriented, fixating on what’s wrong with every situation. It clouds your view of reality making circumstances appear worse than they are. Your negative voice invokes feeling helpless.
Paying attention to your positive voice reduces stress, improves your psychological well-being, enhances your coping skills, aides goal attainment, and helps you overcome obstacles and solve problems. Listening to your positive self-talk makes dealing with life’s challenges easier.
The best way to develop a positive inner voice is by closely monitoring your self-talk. Anytime you find yourself drifting into negative territory, replace negative statements with positive ones. Engaging in this strategy consistently will have a markedly positive boost on your life.
Here are some suggestions for improving your inner voice. Replace, “I’ve never done it before,” with, “This is a great opportunity to expand my knowledge by learning something new.” Education is a lifetime pursuit. Since you want to constantly be acquiring new information, welcome any new impetus to do so.
Replace, “It’s too complicated,” with “I’ll break the challenge down into small, manageable steps.” The largest building is constructed by placing one brick at a time. The largest tasks are accomplished one step at a time. Therefore, even complex goals are reached one small step at a time.
Instead of saying, “I don’t have the resources,” state to yourself, “I’m motivated to figure out how to get what I need.” Whatever you are lacking; money, knowledge, skills, or ability is obtainable. Whatever is needed can be acquired by you or you can find someone who has the needed resources.
Rather than claiming, “There’s no way this will work,” phrase it, “I can and will do whatever is necessary to be successful.” Giving something a try is a waste of time because trying lacks commitment. Saying, I will get it done,” is a mental obligation to success.
Replace, “I tried that before and it didn’t work,” with, “Let me figure out what went wrong so I can make positive changes before continuing toward my goal.” The road to success is filed with attempts that didn’t work as planned. When this happens, figure out what went wrong, make the necessary changes, get back up and keep going.
Instead of saying, “Here are the reasons I won’t succeed,” say “This is how and why I will be successful.” Whatever your objective may be, there are many people who have already proven it can be achieved. If others can do it, so can you.
Develop the habit of cultivating positive self-talk. When you find yourself using negative language, ignore what is being said while replacing any negative statements with positive ones. Also, avoid the deleterious impact of naysayers by ignoring them also.
Success is achieved by those who are determined to reach their objectives and constantly motivate themselves with positive, motivating self-talk. When faced with a challenge, use your self-talk to tap into your can-do, will-do mindset.