Self-talk

I assume that everyone has a voice inside themselves.

That voice that does a running commentary on what is happening, on people who come across your path, on things that need to be remembered, on what kind of person you are.

From my own experience, that voice can be a demanding taskmaster and a hypercritical nag. It sometimes gets stuck on you ought to do this and why didn't you do that and why did you say that?!

I find that it is important from time to time to assess the content of that self-talk..... do an audit of just exactly what sort message is playing inside my head.

I've learned that the voice can depress me and make it hard for me to succeed.

I've learned that I can discipline that voice to make it more helpful. I don't have to be a victim of my own self-talk.

I wonder what it would be like if we could hear other people's self-talk; it might go a long way to helping us understand other people. We might be really stunned by their perspectives on the world.