Word of the Week

I introduced the Word of the Week to help us improve our working knowledge of the English language. Your part if you choose to participate is to be aware of and use each word for the entire week whenever the opportunity presents itself. This way we will all increase our vocabulary and our knowledge of the English language supplying us with a very effective tool to utilize on our road to success.

temerity

te·mer·i·ty /təˈmerəti/ noun

the quality of being confident and unafraid of danger or punishment.

From a poem entitled “It’s No Surprise”

“Eyes exuding sincerity,

understanding, temerity,

is why I love you.”











Monday, July 6, 2009

As You Wish

I have been thinking of awareness and am thankful we are aware of where we have been, where we are, and have the capability of being aware of where we are going. You notice I said the capability of being aware of where we are going. Many are not aware. They may have some loose idea or wishful game plan but are continually frustrated because they allow their environment and present circumstance dictate their thoughts, therefore the results they experience.

Still others may have a very solid game plan, daily action steps and affirmations of the ideals they wish to attain but are unaware of an internal behavior which is keeping them from realizing their goal. The internal behavior I speak of today is self-talk. How many times have you beat yourself up after doing something you would consider stupid or overlooking the obvious? How many of us have thought to ourselves, what a bonehead, how could I be so stupid, what an idiot I am? How many of us have taken on a task and told our self this is difficult, I’ll never be able to do this, I don’t have enough time to do that, this is impossible? I am sure we have all been guilty of this type of negative self talk at some point in our life.

Our self talk must be closely guarded. We must keep a constant vigil on our self-talk not allowing any negatives to go unchecked lest they slip through to the subconscious mind where they become, “as you wish.” Awareness of self-talk is essential to realizing your goals. Any negative self-talk is to be aborted the instant it is noticed, even in mid sentence if you can. All negative self-talk needs to be immediately replaced with a positive. This is where it is helpful to have your affirmations handy for implementation. We need to take all negatives, such as difficult, idiot, stupid, impossible and discard them from our vocabulary to be replaced by their polar opposite. This takes practice.

It takes conscious thought work to accomplish this. I guarantee those who can master this awareness on a consistent basis will experience positive life changing results almost immediately. Give it a try and be prepared to be amazed. By implementing self-talk awareness you can know where you are going.

To discuss ideas for overcoming negative self-talk send me an email, premierblueprints@gmail.com.

1 comment:

  1. Marshall,

    I am ever-so-anxious for your blog to become a quotidian event once again. Hope this Sunday sees you enjoying your new BBQ. See you Tuesday for more grueling core, leg and arm work. You. Are. Wonderful!

    Joe

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