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Make Your Life Better With Positive Self-Talk 
 
The way you feel about yourself makes a really big difference in how you think about yourself. 
The    thing is you can keep away from feeling down, or troubled if you know  what to say to yourself and know the right way to say it. 
Even during hard times you can find moments of happiness and blessings to think about.
It does not matter what you want to do in your life because positive self-talk can help you achieve your goals, and desires. 
Having a strong Belief in yourself is a strong element of going forward into the life you really want and deserve to have. 
Positive self-talk can bring you this belief and implant within you the self-confidence to be successful.
 
Find the Beauty in Your Life
If  you face serious obstacles in your life, being miserable and saying  negative things to yourself will not change one thing for the better. 
What you need to do is seek out elation in positive affirmations of your continual worth.
The hard times you may be facing have totally nothing to do with your worth as a human being. 
Rememberyou always need to remind yourself of your great value!
Each of us has something that we can give to make the world a better place. 
That is why each of us has a purpose and reason to be on the earth. 
Positive self-talk is not about being naive or untruthful to yourself. 
It is about seeing the splendor and worth in yourself and in other people.
 
Making Use of Positive Self-TalkEach Day
The question is how do you make use of positive self-talk? When it comes to  conversing with yourself, there are no precise rules. 
You can concentrate on anything about you or your environment that's positive.
Make sure that you get rid of negative or upsetting thoughts at once. 
Things  might not be going your way at any particular moment, but there are a  lot of better days coming, and the fact that you're existing is one  thing to be positive about!
 
Some great tips to help you get started using positive self-talk to bring about a happy, fulfilled life:
 
1. Think about something others like about you. 
Try to think of a positive remark someone made about you in the past. 
Even if you can't see why they gave you the compliment. 
Use it to your benefit to remind yourself of your great character and talents.
 2. Think about what you like about yourself.
 You  don't have to think or feel (or even say) that you're the best, but  just think about one thing that you like about yourself. 
 Something that you can accept about yourself. It could be something that you're good at and are pleased about.
 3. Say your affirmations out loud. 
 Ok, you might feel a little bit foolish at first, but you don't need to do it when people are around. 
 Just say them out loud whenever you can. 
 That way you can hear all the good things about you, too.
 4. Set aside time each day to practice your positive self-talk. 
 Remember if you don't put it into your timetable, it's very easy to forget about. 
 Make it one of your main concerns, so it becomes a part of your daily habit.
 
The Benefits of Positive Self-Talk
What you get out of positive self-talk will depend on how much you're committed to it. 
If  you practice it each day, you'll find when others say negative things  to you they will be less likely to take root in your mind, because  you'll already be overflowing with positive information about your  self-worth.
Positive self-talk can help you achieve whatever you want in life. 
Friends and family members will notice your new-found confidence, and so will your co-workers, employer, and others. 
You just may find that positive self-talk will lead you on the path to some wonderful new opportunities!
Jan 17, 2012 5:41 AM
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RetSam Zhang
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Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Cantonese), English
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