Page 123 - Taming Your Gremlin A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way (Rick Carson)_Neat

Now I know that stick-in-the-mud gremlin of yours thinks this power of
positive thinking stuff is all a bunch of frothy guff. But if your self-
awareness is up to snuff, you’ll notice that listening to your gremlin feels a

helluva lot worse than affirmative self-talk. And it’s a damn sight worse for
you. Shattering old concepts and replacing them with affirmative inner talk
and images toward the goal of sweetening your very own life not only feels
good, but is good for you. Used in conjunction with common sense and
planning and doing, it can make for a noble transformation.

Settle into some affirmative heart-to-hearts with yourself, if only briefly,
every day for ten days. Center yourself and then give the process a
wholehearted go. Even if you feel phony for a few seconds at the beginning

of each stint, just stick with it. Soon you will feel yourself settle into the
experience. Consider the ten-day period a test run, and evaluate the results.
If the process starts feeling like homework, drop it for a while. When you’re
ready, pick up the challenge and get into it. Notice not just the long-term
effects but the pleasure that emerges as you dabble within the process.

So let’s review some of the options you have to play with either by
themselves or in various combinations:

Breathe and fully experience

Change for a change

Accent the obvious

Just imagine it

And here’s another: