Terry Crews describes his habit of calling himself "dummy" and "idiot," until he looked at a photo of his six-year-old self and realized he'd never speak to a child that way. Adjusting expectations, he says, cuts the frustration that feeds negative self-talk.
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I would always talk bad about myself in my head, like, you dummy, you idiot, this, you shouldn't be doing better, you should, should, should. They say you should never should all over yourself. That's a phrase that's just said, you know what I mean? Is that they told me it was my self-talk. Always, always, always talk good about yourself. Always talk positive about yourself. And I was like, but that doesn't make sense, you know? You know you're messing up, you know you're effing up, you're Breakthrough was I have a picture of myself at 6 years old, and I looked at that picture of that kid. It changed everything. It changed the way I saw everything. And I said, would I ever call him an idiot? Would I ever call this little boy stupid?
Yes, sir. And that's one of the best talks ever. If you haven't got a chance, watch the full one. I always say, like, frustration, in my opinion, is typically always caused by expectations, and the way things should be is the problem in most people's thought process. So get through