4:8 Principal -- Step 5: Eliminate negative self-talk

If someone walked up to you on the street and verbally expressed that which you think about yourself in your own mind....what would they say to you?

We would never hang around someone who constantly put us down, talked to us like we were garbage or say things that would tear us down. However, we do that when we choose to think negative things about ourselves.  

Stop beating yourself up. Agree right now that you are going to stop beating yourself up. In exchange, speak and think things about yourself that are positive and encourage your highest potential.

Changing the way you communicate with yourself changes your self-concept faster than any other single method. The words you mutter to yourself have the power to encourage or discourage to motivate or deflate, to generate joy or repel it.  The words you use today will create the world you'll experience tomorrow. 

Joy is within you, but it is up to you to release it. Begin to speak only what you seek, as if you are already the person God intends for you to become and are already living the life of your dreams. First and foremost, cut out all self-deprecating remarks. You can control what comes out of your mouth. Start programming your mind by first disciplining your mouth. 

Today's lesson -- Make a conscious decision to catch the negative things you say about yourself today. Statements like, "Of course I would do that, I am so stupid." "Why can't I get anything right?" -- make yourself realize when these comments are made, take note of how it makes you feel and choose to make another kind of statement after that... "Why can't I get anything right? -- I might have messed up on this, but I know how to make things better or I know how to avoid this in the future. I am smart enough to figure it out."