Vishen LakhianiFounder of Mindvalley | NYT Bestselling Author | Transforming Lives Globally

Trust is the most persuasive thing that you have at your disposal

5 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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Vishen Lakhiani explains how negative self-talk acts like an enemy within, with one study showing elderly people who constantly complain about aches may actually shorten their lifespan because the brain starts to shut down.

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It's the enemy within us. It's the enemy that when we begin to speak words and we say things that maybe that are not positive because the subconscious mind doesn't know it's not real, it begins to take your command and act up on that very thing. Do you know there was a study that was done that elderly people who begin to say, I'm aching, I'm not feeling well, I don't know how long it's going to be. They shorten their lifespan because the brain begins to shut down. And once that super neocomputer shuts down, it shuts down every part of the body. Be careful what you speak.