Change your words - Change your thinking

Last week we looked at how changing your thinking changes your life.  This week, wouldn't it be great to have a tool to instantly change your own thinking?  Would you like to have that resource instantly available to you at any moment?  Yeah, I thought so...

Here it is; your language defines the reality you choose to live in.

John, a good friend of mine, was telling me about when he played basketball they use to go out on the court and use "trash-talk" to intimidate the other team.  "You're slow!  You can't make that shot!  You move like a dog with dry heaves!", they might say to each other (okay, I admit, I made up the last one.)

What's interesting about "trash-talk" is that the one doing the "trash-talking", at some level, ends up feeling not so good.  You see, the unconscious mind will always take what you say, and what you think, as a direct suggestion from you... for yourself...

John said that his team decided to change their language towards their competitor to throw off their game. Kill'em with kindness, I guess you would call it.  They began to say things like, "Dude, your fast and I'm faster!  Go for it try to get the ball past me!  Come on, you can make it!"

That greatest leaders on the planet know, you always assume the other team is bringing their "A" game and you prepare to beat them at that level.  Because your unconscious mind always takes what you say personally, that means, at the unconscious level, you are going to feel better and play better.

My friend John told me that not only did he enjoy playing basketball more than ever, he seems to be playing better himself.  Hmmmm....

Do the Hokey Pokey and turn yourself around,

-Lane