Cultivate Positive Self-Talk for Greater Success
Whether you realize it or not, you have an inner dialogue—a running conversation with yourself all the time. I like to call it your big voice or small voice.
Have you ever taken the time to really listen to it?
Do you criticize yourself, or do you encourage yourself?
People are never able to outperform their self-image or their self-talk.
In my Executive Leadership and Performance Coaching, I’ve learned to help clients shape their inner dialogue. If your inner dialogue is negative, it drains your energy and sabotages your performance. If it’s positive, it builds a positive self-image and creates positive daily actions.
Let me say that again:
You can never outperform your self-image and your self-talk.
I’ve learned to be my own encourager and build personal leadership affirmations to feed my mind with positive inner dialogue. Here are some affirmations that keep me on track:
Here are three ways to guard and build your self-talk:
Here’s to your positive self-talk!
–Steve
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About the Author
Steve Gutzler is the President of Leadership Quest, a Seattle-based leadership development company. Steve is a dynamic, highly-sought-after speaker who has delivered more than 2,500 presentations to a list of clients including Microsoft, Starbucks, the Seattle Seahawks, Pandora Radio, Boeing, Cisco, Starwood Corporation, the Ritz Carlton group, and the U.S. Social Security Administration. He recently was voted #1 by the readership of Huffington Post as the Most Inspirational Leader on Social Media.
A published author on leadership and emotional intelligence, Steve resides near Seattle with his wife Julie where they enjoy time with their three adult children and six grandchildren.
