🧐 2. Focus on what you can control

Self-talk refers to your “inner voice”—the way you talk to yourself.

To rewire it:

1. Take stock of what your self-talk contains
2. Rephrase negative self-talk into positive ones
3. “Install” the new, positive self-talk with affirmations and visualizations

Self-doubt leads to a lot of self-sabotage, such as:

• Fear of getting started
• Analysis paralysis
• Fear of failure

After trying many things in the past 8 years, these 3 solutions stood out:

1. Rewire your self-talk
2. Focus on what you can control

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I'm on a mission to implement life-tweaking ideas for designing and living an intentional life.

For every concept I discover, I strive to find examples and stories from my own life. This new...

• Use positive, empowering frames
• Focus on what you can do about the situation, not outcomes

Personal examples:

• “I’m the most inexperienced person here.” → “I’m a go-getter; what I lack in experience, I make up for it using effort and persistence.”