What does speaking truth to yourself really look like?🤔#personaldevelopmentbooks #jongordon

speaking truth to yourself. What do you actually teach the reader to do? Is it sitting in the mirror and saying affirmations? Is it prayer? What does that look like for you? And what do you recommend?

Here's very practical. On the left side of a piece of paper, you write down your most common negative thoughts. Nick, you have yours. Luke, you have yours. John, you have yours. We all have our negative thoughts and we have our patterns. So you write them down on the left side. On the right side, you write down the words of encouragement that you will speak when those negative thoughts come in. And anytime it does, for instance, You go in and play pickleball with your friends, and those negative thoughts are coming in. Then you speak truth to those lies. So when you appreciate, you elevate. You elevate your mood, your performance, and the people around you. I have an acronym in the book: T-U-N-E. This is very practical. Trust is T. U, unite with love because it overcomes fear. N, neutralize the negativity. Whenever those negative thoughts come in, you neutralize it by speaking truth. And E, you elevate your thinking. You can meditate. You can practice mindfulness. You can pray. Or you can actually speak like these words of I am.