Sunday Story…Nattering Nabobs

Of negativity. On our quest to mental toughness, one of the biggest things to control is your self-talk. What you say to yourself is of critical importance.

If you say you are tired, you will be tired.
If you say you are thirsty you will stop for a drink.
You don’t need chalk, you just want to rest…whether you admit it or not.
If you say you’re going to die, you are lying to yourself. You won’t die, your body will quit long before that.
If you say you can’t you probably can’t.

Remember step 1 is your present moment focus. Step 2 is controlling your interior dialogue. Move with purpose using the plan you set before starting. If there’s a change to be made, make it based on reality, not the story you are telling yourself. Just change the plan as a matter of fact, not emotion.

It is too easy to beat yourself up, to be negative about your performance, to allow negativity to creep into your performance. Just like we can’t re-organize a squat under load, it is almost impossible to regain positive attitude under a barrage of negative self-commentary. Train yourself every day to have positive self-talk…about everything. How am I today? Super good and getting better! How’s that work out? I love thrusters and burpees! It’s my wheelhouse! Say it enough and maybe someday it will be!

Step 3 next week.

John Mariotti
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