SEVEN SELF-TALK TIPS FOR IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY

by: Remie Longbrake | published: August 30, 2021

Are you able to tell how your self talk impacts you? Our thoughts determine our beliefs and our actions, which connects to our attitude, our family interactions, our work environment and every other aspect of our life. It is important to understand how we communicate to ourselves. Here is practical ways you can boost self talk to increase our productivity and how we feel about ourselves.

Why practice speech that’s positive?

Positive self-expression is not just another word for ‘self-help’. It is realistic, powerful and very practical. When you have good conversations and behave with empathy towards yourself, it improves your physical and mental well-being. It fills you with hope and encourages you to put aside your fears, past regrets, and helps place your mindset where it needs to be in order to progress.

Here are three key tips in speaking up for yourself:

Increases confidence

Practicing good speaking habits is a sure way to boost your self-confidence. It is a quick fix because it comes from a place of self-love and hope. When you are confident that you can win anything, you are bound to gain a new sense of confidence that enables you to do your best.

Improves mental health

If you are used to feeling anxious and depressed, you may need to change the way you communicate. Your mental health is important and an important part of taking care of it comes from knowing your thoughts and expressing yourself.

If you bombard with all kinds of emptiness, there is no way you can wake up happy about yourself. You need to control your thoughts and be kind to yourself. The day you do that, you should see an improvement in your mental health.

Improves performance

Imagine being scared of an interview or discouraged from writing a story and not being able to get out of that idea because the thing you tell yourself is that you are useless and useless. How can you expect to succeed if you do not believe you can do it?

When you challenge your negative thoughts and choose to feed your brain with positive assurances instead, you see that you are calm and able to deal with issues in a realistic way. This enhances your motivation and overall performance.

How Can You Make Your Speech More Effective?

Positive self-expression is not something that happens in an instant. It is a practice that needs to be developed over time, and it begins with a change in attitude.
Here is how you can change your internal dialogue and improve your vision:

Be self-aware

Your awareness determines your actions. It’s important to be aware of what you do because habits are powerful. Notice what tasks you do on auto-pilot, so to speak. Do these habits serve you best? How do you talk to yourself when you do these tasks? Do you cus yourself out, or say to yourself how much you dislike doing this? To end the slander against yourself, you need to be careful how you speak and what you do. Identify the problems that undermine your self-esteem.

For example, if you become overly critical of yourself or if you set unreasonably high standards for yourself, you are likely to be overly critical. While you may not immediately realize this, paying attention to your thoughts and words is a first step in changing that pattern.

Replace bad thoughts

Negativity in our thoughts can be overwhelming and eventually become your go-to thinking process. And this sort of thinking will hold you back. So every time bad or negative thoughts occurs, such as I “can’t” do this, or I don’t have enough experience in this area, you want to challenge it and turn it into something positive and inspiring. Make this a habit until it becomes a way of life.

The next time you find yourself saying, “I won’t crash this interview”, ask yourself “why not? At least I can do is to give my best and be happy with that.” Simple and slow changes can improve your communication skills and change the way you think.

Draw borders

Despite our best efforts to be kind to ourselves, there are times when people around us do not allow us to make such changes. From sarcasm and derogatory remarks to demeanor – there are people who are poisonous. Identify such people who affect your mental health and draw boundaries to keep them out. Surround yourself with specific people from whom you can draw strength and inspiration.

Believe in you

Proper self-realization is more than just saying good things about yourself. It is much deeper than that. It’s about believing in yourself because if you instill that belief, nothing can stop you from achieving success and happiness. Believe in your power and you will eventually see the difference you make in your thoughts, words and actions.

Getting used to talking to yourself in a positive way, is powerful enough to change your life. So, the next time you find yourself in a difficult situation, stop short and learn to look at the bright side of things because sometimes, what we need is the courage to say I got this!