Comments on: Your Toughest Critic

By: Cori Padgett

Cori Padgett — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:20:03 +0000

Ha ha.. that is awesome! It’s amazing how you can begin affirming things you want, and then later down the road when you go back and review, you realize you’ve made some of them a reality.

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By: Michael Michalowski

Michael Michalowski — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:04:44 +0000

Do you know what?
Even if you fail and this whole auto-suggestion thing does not work, you will empower, motivate and raise your mood daily with this new habit you have. It’s really worth to do it, you cannot lose anything and gain a lot of things.

Should I tell you that I’m not doing it by myself right now?
I guess anyone is “stupid enough” to let such gains slip through their hands.
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By: srinirao

srinirao — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:31:43 +0000

Cori,

It’s funny that you brought my attention to this post Some of the things I wrote down in this post are actually true now (at least the 500 readers part).

By: Cori Padgett

Cori Padgett — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:16:50 +0000

I tell myself lies everyday. I tell myself I am a multi best selling author. I am a problogger. I earn 15 grand a month in passive income. I am a total fitness nut. I am slim, svelte, and funny to boot. I am a singer with my own record. I own a big house, with lots of land, horses and my own music studio. And…. I ROCK! OK so maybe that last one is not quite a lie. And most definitely, mind over matter can be powerful when applied. Great post!

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By: srinirao

srinirao — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:34:47 +0000

@Ken: Definitely a book that anybody should read.

@Elizabeth: I’ve been a musician myself. I played the Tuba for 13 years and I think part of what made me successful at it was having a teacher tell me the day I picked it up that I would be good. The perfectionist mentality can get us in trouble because we get caught up in the one measure we played wrong. I had a teacher who told me that when you mess up you’re the only one who knows. Nobody else knows what it’s supposed to sound like.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:43:14 +0000

Okay – hit enter and it submitted. I’d beat myself up over the ONE measure I got wrong. In trying to tame that, I’d be practicing and whenever that voice started up, I’d have to tell myself (sometimes out loud even!) to stop and then I’d make myself look over whatever I was doing and point out what I’d done well.

It’ll be nice to take that next step and start telling myself what I’ll be.

Thank you!
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By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:40:03 +0000

I hadn’t thought of telling myself those “lies”! I’ll give that a try and let you know what happens.

I can tell you that I refer to myself as a recovering perfectionist. I used to verbally berate myself over not having something perfect. I’m a musician and could play a piece 100 measures long and beat myself up over the
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By: Ken Kurosawa

Ken Kurosawa — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:12:04 +0000

That Napoleon Hill book is great. It should be a part of everyone who’s interested in improving their situation in life.
Good luck Srini!
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By: srinirao

srinirao — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:47:28 +0000

@Robby: Thanks for the insightful comments. No doubt we are our own greatest motivators.

By: Robby G

Robby G — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:11:45 +0000

Overall keeping a positive thought process is crucial because it motivates you to achieve what you keep telling yourself. Mind over matter, right? If you think positive, good things happen, if you continue with a down-spiralling thought process then you end up accomplishing nothing and getting depressed. Each one of us is the only person who can be the greatest motivator or the greatest enemy to ourselves. Nice post Srini… short and sweet. Cheers!