How to Combat The Negative Voice In Your Head

When I travel around the world sharing strategies to achieve peak performance in business and life, I always ask audience members,

What’s the NUMBER 1 thing that stops people from moving ahead in life?

Consistently, I hear being shouted out…

MY MOTHER,

MY BOSS,

FEAR!

Now taking it out on your boss for not achieving your goals is an ABSOLUTE EXCUSE, ESPECIALLY taking it out on your mother (apologize to her right now!)

It is true though that fear is the foundation of many of our excuses to reach new levels of success. This fear of failure, disappointment, embarrassment is cultivated by external voices (our bosses, colleagues, family) and within ourselves.

And when that negative inner-voice is continuously entertained, you are

ENTERTAINING YOUR COMPLAINER.

Every time you decide to set a bigger goal, your complainer kicks into overdrive.

Hasn’t this been true for you when taking an action outside your comfort zone?

The complainer is always good at giving:

Opinions
Evaluating
Judging

The negative voice will talk you out following that gut-feeling you have to act on something. For example,

introducing yourself to a potential prospect– “you’ll embarrass yourself,” “they won’t be interested in your service,” “just grab your coffee and go.”
working out at a new gym — “you don’t know what you’re doing,” “people will stare,” “I’d rather sleep than get up and go there.”

Then, you find yourself back to your old habits again

To Unleash your Inner Champion, you’ve got to make
NEW HABITS that
TAKE YOU to your GOAL.
Your NEW level of success!

Moving into the new decade of 2010 is one of the most memorable times of my life. My businesses experienced amazing income explosions, so I was busy with that, but I also tasked myself with some major personal goals.

Write a book
Run a marathon
Plan my wedding with my wife ___

That year, I decided to NOT honour that complainer voice and that is the same year I had major breakthroughs in my company, relationships and I reached a new level of peak performance.

My Inner Champion was unleashed BECAUSE the negative voice of

“Why are you doing that”

“You’ll make a fool of yourself”

“It’s not going to work”

was DISREGARDED.

I rebelled from internalizing those complainer thoughts and instead listened to that inner-voice I had at the very beginning that said to me

“Do it”

“Try this”

“Talk to that person and get their feedback”

Honor your inner-voice (that’s often times more quiet than the complainer voice) to INTERRUPT THOSE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS.

That’s your goal this week for this Motional Monday. Choose to NOT honour the complainer voice

Complainer thoughts are natural and will continuously pop-up as it’s our body’s way of protecting itself from harm, disappointment, and negative feelings.

The mind then focuses on the past and replays the harm done in the past which INFLUENCES your thoughts of the future (anxiety) and (lack of) actions today.

So not only HONOR YOUR INNER-VOICE, use the following strategy to
COMBAT THE COMPLAINER VOICE.

Every time the complainer kicks in and says something negative that feeds into your fear,

say this out loud.

“Thank you for sharing that information with me but I’m going to do it anyway”

… I’m going to run that marathon this year

… I’m going to set boundaries with my boss (or mother :p)

… I’m going to launch my new business idea

… I’m going to make more quality time with my family

This states you are committed to reaching your goals. Saying it out loud declares your CERTAINTY and CONVICTION which SILENCES the complainer, negative voice, inner critic.

Once that is confidently declared, keep going…

“Although I don’t have the time,” “Although I don’t know how to do it,” (what your complainer is saying)

“I WILL DO IT ANYWAY.”

It may seem like a daunting task to actually write your business plan, set those meetings with prospective buyers, but actually SHOWING UP is a major step many fail to take and remind yourself that YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT along the way.

#everythingisfigure-out-able

Call this more than an affirmation statement, this is a
BOLD DECLARATION STATEMENT!

You CAN shut down that little negative voice and you CAN choose to NOT honor it.

And in that moment,
YOU CHOOSE TO HONOUR YOUR DREAMS

YOU CHOOSE TO FOCUS ON YOUR COMMITMENTS,

ASPIRATIONS,

VISIONS of your PEAK PERFORMANCE LIFE.

LISTEN to you INNER-VOICE,

YOUR INNER CHAMPION AT HEART.

Because every time you choose to focus on your dreams, you are honouring the champion inside of you.

Wishing you all a blessed day and that you’re closer to unleashing your inner champion.

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The World’s People’s Champion,

Edward R. Munoz

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