The document discusses how people engage in negative self-talk, criticizing and bullying themselves internally in similar ways they did to others as children. It notes that this self-talk is often unconscious but still affects people. It then provides suggestions for stopping negative self-talk, including being mindful of one's thoughts, framing mistakes and failures in a positive light as learning experiences rather than destructive criticisms, and making a conscious effort to have a positive outlook.

1. Stop hitting yourself
IT HURTS
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2. Where do you
want to live?
Remember that childhood torment, a sibling
or school friend catching your hand and
making you hit yourself over and over?
Sometimes done in jest, sometimes to bully
you. It still hurt either way.
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3. Now we’re adults and we don’t do such childish things to other
people. Yet we still do it to ourselves
“God you failed at that presentation didn’t you”
“Who the hell is going to hire you”
“What rubbish are you spouting out now”
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4. So why do we do
it?
Because this negative self-talk is not doing
you any favours, often it’s totally
unconscious – a stream of babbling in our
brains – but it affects us nevertheless.
More
importantly,
how can we
stop it?
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5. Be mindful
Be aware of your thoughts, take a moment to just sit and feel
what is running through your head at that given moment. It’s
amazing what we let through on auto-pilot but everything that
is let through affects how we are, to ourselves and to others.
Next time you make a mistake or didn’t land the client stop and
be aware of what your mind is saying to you. And if the
message is negative then change it.
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6. ” I made a huge
mistake BUT I
know better for
next time and all
learning is useful”
MISTAKES HAPPEN, WE
ARE ALL FLAWED BUT
PERFECT HUMANS AND
WE MAKE MISTAKES.
USE THEM AS A
LEARNING TOOL NOT A
DESTRUCTIVE ONE.
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7. “I didn’t land that
client BUT I did
my best and
perhaps the
timing was not
right for us”
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO
LAND EVERY CLIENT, AND
FOR MYRIAD REASONS.
UNDERSTAND THE
REASON AND
ACKNOWLEDGE IT THEN
MOVE ON.
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8. Be positive
Always look for the positive spin on things, and I don’t mean
spin in the political not-quite-a-lie-but-nearly kind of way.
There are always positives in any situation and you only have to
stop, think, and discover them.
Make up your mind that you are going to be positive. I did this
last year and I am so much more settled and happy, which
means I can run my business more effectively and help my
clients in more awesome ways.
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9. Take a few moments to consider the
ways you are hitting yourself – and
stop it!
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10. Stay in touch
I’m Sharon from Path 42 and I’d love to hear
from you.
Details are in the info section below
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