Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

What is the biggest difference in people’s daily self-talk as compared to 5 or 6 years ago?🤔

11 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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In this conversational excerpt, Nick Hutchison asks a guest about the most significant change in people’s daily self‑talk compared to six years ago. The guest reflects on a personal journey from wanting to be positive toward recognizing and dismantling unhelpful mental programming. They discuss moving away from a scarcity mindset, learning to identify opinions as unprovable beliefs, and confronting self‑limiting statements such as “I’m not a good reader.” Hutchinson challenges the guest’s self‑imposed negative labels, likening them to casting a spell on oneself, and highlights the need to reframe internal dialogue for personal growth.

What do you think the biggest difference in daily self-talk mindset is today versus, let's call it, 6 years ago?
You know, like I said, I wanted to be a positive person. I did. I wanted to be better. I wanted to make improvement in my life. And it's been a journey understanding how to do that. There was a lot of unhelpful programming which I had to overcome. There were ideas that I had, like Luke mentioned, scarcity mindset. There were ideas I had to dump. One of the things I posted on Insta not too long ago and TikTok was something about opinions, right? And so an An opinion is something that you believe to be true, but you cannot prove it. Okay? And I had a lot of opinions that were not helpful. Like, I heard someone say the other day, oh, I'm not a good reader. I heard somebody say that.
And I thought to myself, why did you cast that spell on yourself? What's wrong with you? You know what I mean?
I think understanding the mechanics of it has made the biggest difference.