There’s only communication that works, and communication that doesn’t. Today’s episode is all about mastering your self-talk. How do you speak to yourself as you handle a negative situation? Are you hard on yourself? Are you easy on yourself? Think about it for a second… Regardless of what you may have thought before; it’s not about the ‘positive’ or ‘negative’ anymore. It’s about EFFECTIVE and REAL communication with your inner self. That’s what will get you through your toughest moments. Episode 96 Time Stamps: (3:00) INFLUENCE (5:10) A misconception about staying positive | Knowing what works for you (9:12) AFFIRMATIONS | Does anybody know how to speak Russian? (10:56) How to improperly communicate to yourself | "Downing ourselves" (12:56) ALIGN & REDIRECT (18:15) #1: Identifying a motivator from the past or present in your life (21:25) #2: What did this person say, that made you feel "empowered"? (22:19) #3: What things did this person not say? (22:47) #4: How did you feel after interacting with this person? (23:45) #5: Identifying a person with great intentions, but no motivating factor (24:13) #6: Repeat #3 (24:24) #7: What did this person not do? (24:45) #8: Repeat #4 (25:25) #9: Identifying a situation where you beat yourself up (or felt bad about yourself) (26:03) #10: What are some things that you'd specifically say to yourself during these occasions? (What does the conversation in your head sound like?) (26:27) #11: How does this make you feel? (26:54) #12: How would you really like to feel, after you've made your mistake? (28:15) #13: What would you have to say to yourself, in order to get yourself to feel empowered to ACT? (30:15) #14: Identifying at least four situations in which you normally have a disempowering conversation with yourself (31:12) #15: Create detailed descriptions of the conversation that you will have with yourself, to get you empowered to take ACTION   DISCOVER Today's blog post can be found here: Episode #96 Blog Need a Sports Results Coach?: SRC Program STAY MOTIVATED Program (Ends Friday 10/21/16): CLICK HERE SHOW LOVE As always, if you're diggin' the podcast, please subscribe and rate the show! Blog posts for ALL podcast episodes can be found here: IMNOTYOU.COM/PODCAST Thanks for listening to another IMNOTYOU Sports Motivation Podcast! Much love!   *BONUS*  Want the 3 secrets to build supreme confidence and play your best under pressure?  CLICK HERE