The topic I am going to address today can either be “heard” or just brushed off, that is up to you. And I am not just talking about what you are about to read but rather what you tell yourself. Have you given yourself a self-check lately and asked yourself how you are taking care of you? Sure maybe you schedule your workouts, appointments, go to work, make dinner, a pat on the back. But what is happening in between all of those? Often we fill our schedule’s so much that we forget to check in with our own thoughts and how we are speaking to ourselves throughout the day or week.
Being tough needs to be a balanced act. If you are always beating yourself up, where will that leave you? Most likely it will prevent you from continuing on, trying harder, or even starting in the first place. Heck you’ll be a miserable person and no one will want to be around you. Once you start feeding your mind with productive thoughts it will spread to those around you. Think about how many people you run into or hold conversations with throughout the day. Often how we approach these conversations may set the tone for the day for whoever is engaged. How we receive them also leaves us feeling a certain way.
The same can apply the second you wake up. Tell yourself it’s not going to be a good day -guess what it’s not going to be. A coach gives you an exercise you struggle with and you take it personally, you’re the only one still taking that personally all day long. A friend gives you advice and you don’t consider it, you’re the one who still has the closed mindset. Stop yourself and think why are
you reacting that way? If you turn all of those scenarios and thoughts into fuel rather than fear, you can completely change how you view them. Your coach is pushing you to because they believe in you. Your friend is trying to help you see all sides because they care. Even relating it back to Mike’s blog -why feel guilty for an entire week for eating a little bit more during the Holiday season when you can realize how lucky you are to even be able to have it? Just work harder in other areas. Same goes for if you constantly tell yourself you are not good at something, when you can simply realize how lucky you are to be able to be doing it.
When you take the time to move your thoughts in the forward motion, change will happen. You owe it to yourself to focus your energy in the right direction and follow-through to maintain it. Whether it be a personal goal you’ve been trying to achieve, a roadblock you’ve encountered, or simply a workout you’re working through try molding your outlook to a positive one. Turn your fear, frustration, and failure to success by changing your self-talk. Have some faith in yourself, you never know what you may be capable of.
