The ZAPS framework breaks down how negative thinking traps you: zooming in on a problem, attaching it to your identity, punishing yourself with harsh self-talk, and shrinking your vision. Writing these steps down helps you stop the cycle before problems define who you are.
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If you ever want to understand your negative thinking, write this acronym I'm going to give you down. ZAPS. You guys will be having success and then you'll zap yourself. And when you zap yourself, you'll stop. The Z stands for zoom in. Problem happens, you zoom in on it. Difficulty, you zoom in on it. You failed, you zoom in on it. They made fun of you, you zoom in on it. Then the A is you attach self. You attach identity to the problem. Then P is then you punish yourself. Oh, man. You shut yourself down. You speak terribly to yourself, and then S is now you shame yourself or you shrink the size of your visions. And so one problem happened and you zapped into it so much that now you're playing small. And the problem is this is just a mental pattern. Whatever you attach I am to, be very careful.