Jayson Lowe argues that self-talk shapes belief and you should deliberately add positive ingredients to your thinking. Your social environment matters too: show him who you hang around with and he'll show you your future.
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The words that you say to yourself, the more you repeat them, sooner or later, your brain's gonna buy it. You've got to be the master chef of your thinking. So do I want to sprinkle in a little bit of positivity? Do I want to sprinkle in a little bit of perseverance, a little bit of determination, a little bit of ambition? Or do I want to sprinkle in negativity? Do I want to sprinkle in uncertainty? So you get to decide what ingredients you add to your thinking recipe every single day. Day. Because believe me, your brain's going to buy it. Because if you show me the people that you hang around with, I'm going to show you your future. And believe me, they're feeding your way of thinking as well. When you get to a stage where you are unstoppable in your positive way of thinking, no matter what obstacle is put in front of you, life changes and your network changes, and the people that you attract into your inner circle changes. Because winners want to be around winners, they don't want to be around complainers, they don't want to be around losers, they want to be around win. Winners. And so be the master chef of your thinking. Make sure that you're sprinkling in all the right ingredients.