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Summary of What to Say When You Talk to Yourself 

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Do you consider yourself a negative person? You probably don’t, but it’s likely that you have no clue just how negative you are when it comes to yourself. The effects of this can completely change your life for the worst. Do you want to be happier? Do you want to have a more optimistic outlook on your life? Do you want to reach for success? Of course, you do! “What to Say When You Talk to Yourself” can help you to do that by simply changing the way you talk to the most important person in your life - you! Shad Helmstetter, Ph.D., best-selling author of “The Self-Talk Solution,” shows you how you can change your own brain programming and become a more positive, happier, and healthier person on the inside. The results will be far-reaching and will help you embrace everything that life wants to push your way.

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Negative self-talk is ruining your life; it’s time to take control

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You might not be aware of it, but you’re talking to yourself all the time. Sure, it might not be aloud, but you’re constantly judging, chatting, feeling, and sharing ideas with your subconscious mind without even realizing it. The problem is most of the self-talk you’re indulging in is far from positive. In fact, 77% of it is thought to be negative and therefore totally working against the happiness and success you want in life.

Put simply, you’re ruining your own life.
Negative self-talk influences the way you act and the way you see the world.
“What to Say When You’re Talking to Yourself” teaches you how to stop that chain of negative chatter and turn it into something much more helpful instead. Of course, the entire process takes time, but with effective brain reprogramming, you can fill your mind with energy and positivity that will change your entire outlook on life, causing you to change your behavior patterns, and who knows where that could lead you!

When you learn to cut out negative self-talk and speak to yourself in a more positive way, you take back the reins of control, and you gain a monopoly on the messages that your brain receives and acts upon.
When you speak to yourself in a positive way, your brain reflects positivity into your life.
Shad Helmstetter talked about his childhood when he believed that anything was possible. You were probably the same, but this was before you started to think about the things you “shouldn’t do” and the things you “couldn’t do.” If you felt that way before you learned these words, Helmstetter believes you can turn back the clock and feel that way again simply by reprogramming your brain with positive self-talk.

Did you know? The average person has between 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts every single day, and most of those are considered negative.
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What you think is what you are

During your childhood and adolescence, assuming you are an average person, you were probably told the word “no” around 148,000 times. In comparison, you were probably told “yes” a few thousand times. We are subjected to far more negative programming than positive. Over time, you start to believe the negative because if your parents and teachers are telling you these things, you have no reason to doubt them.
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Your brain is a PC which simply needs reprogramming

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Did your problems begin in childhood?

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You’re always talking to yourself; make sure that it’s positive

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The 5-step chain that controls your life

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Change your life by talking to yourself kindly

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Self-talk level 1 — You accept your negativity as truth

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Self-talk level 2 — You know you should change, but you don’t

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Self-talk level 3 — Breakthrough! Decide to change

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Self-talk level 4 — You become what you think

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