You Are What You Speak? by Amanda Huber

I was thinking the other day about how conscious I’ve become of saying only exactly what I mean. I know that may sound a little strange, but think about it. Have you ever jokingly said to someone “I’m going to kill you”?

A friend of mine gave me this example recently. He said that your sub-conscious has no sense of humor and interprets literally what you think and say. That, to me, is a terrifying concept considering the things that come out of a lot of our mouths today.

I think I’ve always tried to be very aware of the things I say out loud. After all, I wouldn’t want to wind up accidentally backing over one of my favorite clients in the parking lot simply because he hadn’t checked his email account for several months. Did I really say I was going to kill him? I didn’t mean it though!

Maybe that’s an extreme example, but what of the everyday run-of-the-mill utterances? What about “I wish I made more money” or “I really want a new car”? According to the experts* in this area, statements like these are going to keep you exactly in the same spot you’re already in. Why? Because you are, in effect, reinforcing that existence. You do wish you made more money and you do want a new car (meaning you continue to not have those things by saying them and believing them).

So what do you do about it?

These same experts* say to change the statements and you will change their reality.

“I have $10,000.00 in my checking account.”
“I have a new car.”

I had a problem with this for a long time. How can you say you have a new car when you clearly are still driving the same rust-bucket that you hope holds together just a little bit longer? It feels false.

Therein lies the key, I think. You have to be able to see yourself in that new car – imagine the future you. Absorb yourself in the daydream until it seems real. Another way the experts* tell you to get past this resistance is to change the statements to something you’re more comfortable with such as “I intend to make more money”.

Does any of this really help?

I look at it this way. If you are sitting at your desk, head in your hands, saying to yourself “I really need to make more money” doesn’t that imply a sort of helplessness? You need it? Doesn’t that sound as if you expect someone to come along and bestow some money on you?

Now how about this: “I intend to make more money”.
Ah HA! Now that sounds like a person who is going to ask for a raise, look for a better paying job, or start a new side business.

It’s empowering isn’t it? You could even take it a step further and challenge those nagging thoughts you hear in your head every morning too. Pretty soon that “Oh Lord I look old today” will turn into “I look FANTASTIC today”!

… and you do, too!


* Some of my favorite experts of note explain it all much better here:
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