Your language is a powerful tool to shape your reality and create your life. What you say to yourself, not only out in the world, has a dramatic effect on how you feel, think and act.
In fact, what you say to yourself is likely to shape your choices, relationships, professional success and your personal satisfaction.
Check for yourself: Try this for a few days: Be your own private investigator, watch what you say and how you say it. This mental muscle takes a little time to build. First, strengthen your awareness of your self-talk. Listen carefully, as you would to your best friend. Is it negative, worrisome, judgy? Are you saying self-defeating words that make you feel badly, such as, “That was dumb, I can’t believe I did that.” ? Are you thinking and rethinking the same thing all day? Actively choose to slow down, observe your internal voices, then switch it up and use new language. Use kind, loving, empowering words with yourself. Replace the critic with what I call the warrior… If you do this often enough, over time your warrior will be stronger than your critic - this will boost your confidence.