The sad fact is that most people will go through their entire lives never once knowing that they could have achieved so much more of their potential, and become more of the person they were born to be. But their own programs and their own negative words stopped them or held them back. This is true of everything of importance in people’s lives—their relationships, their work, their health and fitness, their income, their dreams . . . . What happens in our lives is a direct result of the programs that are directing everything about us.

The good news is that anyone who wants to change their programs can do so, and very successfully. We understand a lot more today about what each of us can do to take control and wire our own brains in the right way. We also have the benefit of the experience of tens of thousands of people worldwide who have listened to "'Truth-Talk"' and changed their programs for the better. We know how it works and we know exactly how to do it.

If there were two of you, identical in every way, and one of you listened to "'Truth-talk"' regularly, stayed with it, and got the very best programs, and the other you did nothing to change the programs you have now—one year from now, which of the two of you would you vote for? I know which one of you I would vote for every time. Of course, I would vote for the you who listened to "'Truth-talk"' and got the best programs.
Is your "'Truth-talk"' important? The "'Truth-talk"' you practice today and tomorrow, and every day from here on out is unbelievably important! It is the most foundational guiding force in your life.


The Self-Talk Solution

We are programmed from birth on, throughout our entire lives. During the first 18 years of your life, if you grew up in a reasonably positive home, you were told ‘no,’ or what you cannot do, or what would not work, more than 148,000 times. And that was when your programming was just getting started. It has been estimated that as much as 77% of all of the programs that are wired into our subconscious minds right now are negative or work against us.


Negative Self-Talk and How to Change It

From the moment you were born, every thought you’ve thought, everything you’ve said, everything you’ve seen, heard, or experienced, has been recorded in your brain. And everything you heard or said or experienced repeatedly has actually been wired ‘permanently’ into your brain.

In the brain, negative "'truth-talk"' wires your brain to work against you, and positive "'truth-talk"' wires your brain to work for you.

At one time, when the idea of “positive thinking” was first becoming popular, it had many critics. Some people believed that positive thinking was nothing more than wishful thinking. They said that thoughts had no substance, went nowhere, and weren’t really important. That was before we had computer imaging technology that would let us look into the brain while we were thinking.


Switch On Your Brain Workbook: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health

What we learned from the field of neuroscience is that people who think in the negative actually wire more neural networks into the right prefrontal cortex of their brains. That’s a part of the brain that causes you to doubt or fear or flee or hide—to not take action, and not solve the problem! I refer to this area as the brain’s “failure center.” Negative "'truth-talk"' actually wires that part of the brain to be stronger and more active.

On the other hand, people who think in the positive grow more neural networks in the left prefrontal cortex of their brains. That’s a part of the brain that helps you search for alternatives, find solutions, take action and solve problems. I refer to this area as the brains’s “success center.” People who think in the positive wire that area of the brain to be stronger and more active. Negative "'truth-talk"' physically wires your brain to fail. Positive "'truth-talk"' wires your brain to succeed.

The Bible has a tremendous amount to say on the consequences of your "'Truth-Talk'". What have you been saying? Maybe it is time to make some adjustments. There is no better time to start than today.

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So tell them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you the very thing I heard you say:
Numbers 14:21

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 18:21

Do you feel defeated and unable to obtain victory over the challenges of life? Temptation can be sneaky, striking when you least expect it. Mastering goals requires self-belief, dealing with risks, having determination, and taking action––and you’ll find all of these qualities and more life-changing ideas in Overcoming Temptation by Bruce Wilkinson. This book encourages positive “‘Self-Talk’” and has helpful ideas that will move beyond chance or luck to reach the heights of achievement you were born to attain.
Overcoming Temptation