Positive self-talk isn\u2019t a new concept; it\u2019s a Scriptural one. Paul writes, \u2018Fix your thoughts on what is true\u2026 honourable\u2026 right\u2026 pure\u2026 lovely, and admirable\u2026 things that are excellent and worthy of praise.\u2019<\/i> Here are three ways you can do that: <\/p>\n
(1) Avoid comparisons.<\/i> Each of us has a different skill set. You\u2019re unique. The way you do things may differ from the techniques of others, but that doesn\u2019t make it wrong. There\u2019s almost always more than one way to achieve the same end-goal. Comparison is unwise, unfair, and fosters negativity. Unless you\u2019re the reigning world champion, there\u2019ll always be somebody better than you at a specific skill. So what? You don\u2019t need another tiara! <\/p>\n
(2) Tack on hope.<\/i> The Bible says, \u2018Even when there was no reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping\u2014believing that he would become the father of many nations. For God had said to him, \u201cThat\u2019s how many descendants you will have!\u201d\u2019<\/i> (Romans\u00a04:18\u00a0NLT) And the psalmist said, \u2018I will yet praise Him, my Saviour and my God.\u2019<\/i> (Psalm\u00a042:5\u00a0NIV) There\u2019s power in the word \u2018yet\u2019<\/i>. It can miraculously transform your \u2018I can\u2019t\u2019 perspective, into \u2018I can with a little more time\u2019. The difference is subtle but profound. <\/p>\n
(3) Act positively to actually become positive.<\/i> In Winning the Stress Challenge<\/i> Dr Nick Hall cites a study confirming that signals transmitted to a person\u2019s brain when they\u2019re behaving a certain way provoke similar physical and mental changes to those elicited by real emotional responses. In other words, putting on a happy face can truly make you feel happier. Try it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Positive self-talk isn\u2019t a new concept; it\u2019s a Scriptural one. Paul writes, \u2018Fix your thoughts on what is true\u2026 honourable\u2026 right\u2026 pure\u2026 lovely, and admirable\u2026 things that are excellent and worthy of praise.\u2019 Here are three ways you can do that: (1) Avoid comparisons. Each of us has a different skill set. You\u2019re unique. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1637"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}