Not everyone believes in positive thinking and positive self-talk. Some consider the subject as just nonsense, I�ve been scoffed at enough to know~lol :p Yet, I�ve seen it work in my life and in the lives of others, including you Free. :)
Hey, did I ever tell you the story of Milt?
Milt, an outstandingly gifted NCAA College basketball player, was a great jumper and a very talented three-point shooter. At one point in his college basketball career he was having difficulty finding the basket, at a time when his team was preparing for the NCAA area finals. He consulted a professor at his university who was a sport psychologist and received advice on how to train mentally to effectively make perfect three points shots. His roommate teased him when he began using positive self-talk. So he developed an audiotape of himself describing perfectly in his own words what it felt like to hear the "swoosh" of the net as the ball went down. He played this tape before going to sleep and when he woke in the mornings.
It was not long before Milt went out and broke a college record for scoring three point baskets in one game. His team went on to win the NCAA basketball championship that year.
As you know, positive self-talk works in the same manner as creative visualization. The repeated words build mental images and scenes in the mind, and help to focus on the aim or situation one wants to achieve or create. Frequent repetitions affect the subconscious mind, which in turn reshapes and affects the way one thinks, acts and behaves. The conscious mind, the mind you think with, starts this process, and then the subconscious mind takes charge. This means that the most frequent thoughts that pass through your mind, ultimately affect your life and your destiny.
So anyway, I believe you to be a great success Free and I'm goN 2keep tellN myself that too! l;)
[color=blue][font=Tahoma]All the best~[/color]
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