Jack Canfield

Be a doer and not a critic.
~Tony Blair

Research shows that women speak about 20,000 words per day compared to the 7,000 words that men speak.

InTeReStiNg.

But even more interesting to me would be to learn the amount of words that we speak to ourselves in the course of a day. Would it be twice as much? Half as much? About the same?

My guess is that we talk to ourselves way more than we ever talk to others.

Regardless of how many words we speak to our self, the fact remains that our dialog is continuous.

And that’s SiGniFiCaNt.

Because what we tell our self is what we really believe to be true. And this powerful self-talk becomes our reality.

That is one reason I like to be intentional about my self-talk and speak AfFiRmAtiOns – powerful statements declaring what I desire to do, be, and have. Statements that help speak my dream into existence.

Jack Canfield (author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series) talks about affirmations in his book The Success Principles. We also talk about them in our book, Peace with Food: Eat What You Want. Never Diet Again. Live a Happy Life. Affirmations such as:

I am confidently living a life of PeAcE.

I have all the ReSoUrCeS to do what I am called to do.

I am StRoNg and courageous.

Don’t those statements just make you feel better and give you hope?

The fact is that you are constantly talking to your self. Will your words be ones that build up or tear down?

What uplifting affirmations can you begin to speak about yourself starting today?

P.S. For the previous post in this series click HERE.

For the next post in this series click HERE.

You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.
~Jim Rohn

So, if you are the average of the FiVe PeOpLe you spend the most time with, what kind of person are you? Do you like the person you have become?

That’s a deep question, I know, but it is definitely worth taking the time to think about. What kind of people do you HaNg OuT WiTh? Are they people you aspire to be like? Do they challenge you to do better than you are doing and go further than you are going?

If you’ve been reading my 1% Change {90-Day Challenge}, you may have noticed that I talk about My MeNtOrS from time to time. These are individuals that in many ways are living the life that I want to live. They have a vast amount of wisdom. And because they are further down the road than I am, their input is of utmost importance.

I remember when I first read Jack Canfield (author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series) talk about the importance of mentors in his book The Success Principles. It stirred in me the desire to have mentors of my own. I didn’t have any mentors at the time, and really didn’t know who even to ask. So I UsEd tHe ReSoUrCeS I HaD and enlisted mentors whose material I could read, watch, or listen to. People like John C. Maxwell, who although they didn’t know me, were passing on their wisdom and experience.

That was a few years ago and today I now have a handful of personal mentors, but it all began by using what I had.

Who are your mentors? Maybe the first question to ask is, “What kind of person do you AsPiRe To BeCoMe?” Once you know that question, then you can find the mentor that best fits and begin to learn from them.

It really is true. You become like the people you spend your time with. So ChOoSe WiSeLy. 🙂

P.S. You are seeing a snapshot of my life taken earlier this summer. For the previous post in this series click HERE.

For the next post in this series click HERE.

Peace with Food

Day 75 – 1% Change {90-Day Challenge} What are You Telling Yourself?

Day 37 – 1% Change {90-Day Challenge} Who Are Your Mentors?