Brian Tracy explains why negative thoughts sabotage you: they drain energy and motivation, excuses keep you stuck in victim mode, and caring too much what others think ties your worth to their judgment. The fix is simple: take full responsibility for your life.
Hello there.
Do you know that there are three.
Reasons why negative thoughts of any kind can hold you back from achieving great success in life?
And even if you don't realize it.
Negative thoughts can prevent you from achieving.
Your goals and life's greatest pleasures.
So before you learn how to eliminate.
These negative thoughts, you must first identify.
The consequences of having these thoughts in your mind.
The first reason why negative thoughts can.
Hold you back from achieving success is.
Because they hold you down, tire you.
Out, and they take away all your joy in life.
Negative thoughts from the beginning of time.
Have done more harm to individuals and.
Societies than all the plagues of history.
One of your most important goals, if you want to be truly happy and achieve success in life and make it.
Happen for you, is to free yourself from negative thoughts.
Now, the second reason why negative thoughts.
Can prevent you from achieving success has.
To do with rationalization. When you rationalize, which we call rational lies, you attempt to give a socially acceptable explanation for an otherwise socially unacceptable act.
In other words, you try to explain things away and justify your negative emotions.
You rationalize to explain or weigh or.
Put a favorable light on something that.
You have done that you feel bad or unhappy about.
You cast yourself in the role of.
The victim and you mark the other person or organization. You make them the oppressor or the bad guy.
And most people go through life feeling like victims.
And how do you know? Because they're always complaining, criticizing and making.
Excuses rather than making progress.
Lastly, the third reason that you have.
To get rid of negative emotions involves.
Over concern or a hypersensitivity about the.
Way other people treat you. For some people, their entire self image.
Is determined by the way other people.
Speak to them, deal with them, or interact with them, or even look at them.
They have very little sense of personal.
Value or self worth apart from the opinions of others.
And if these opinions are negative for.
Any reason, real or imagined, then victim immediately experiences anger, embarrassment, shame, self pity and despair. Here's an anecdote that you can use to expel negative thoughts from brewing in your mind.
In order to do this, you must.
Accept complete responsibility for your situation. You cannot say the words I am.
Responsible and still feel angry.
The very act of accepting responsibility short circuits and cancels out any negative thoughts.
You may be experiencing.
So from now on, whenever you become.
Angry or upset for any reason, you.
Immediately say, wait a minute, I am responsible.
I am responsible for my own life.
And your negative emotions stop immediately.
