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10 Things You Need to Stop Saying Out Loud | Jim Rohn Motivation
from Jim Rohn Motivation Daily · host Jim Rohn
There are things you say every single day that are doing damage you don't even realize.They sound innocent. They feel like simple statements of fact. You've been saying them so long you don't even hear them anymore.But every single time they come out of your mouth, they're shaping who you are becoming. Shaping what you believe about yourself. Shaping the kind of life you're walking into — and not in the direction you'd want if you stopped to think about it.Here's the truth: the words you speak about yourself are not neutral. They're not just describing reality. They're creating it.The brain you carry around in your head has been listening to your voice your entire life. And it has been taking notes. Every "I can't." Every "I'm not." Every "I always." The brain catalogs these statements and builds your identity around them.The stories you tell yourself out loud are the stickiest. Saying something in your head is one thing. Saying it out loud — where you hear your own voice declaring it — is another. The brain treats the spoken version as a stronger signal. A commitment. Something you're publicly agreeing to be.This seminar walks through 10 specific phrases most people say casually, without thinking, that are quietly limiting what they become. Stop saying them and watch what changes — not because the words are magic, but because the absence of those words leaves room for different words. And different words over time build a different person.CHAPTERS:0:00 The Words You're Speaking Are Building Who You're Becoming5:33 #1 — "I'm Not Good With Money"8:19 #2 — "I Don't Have Time"10:59 #3 — "I Could Never Do That"13:39 #4 — "That's Just Who I Am"16:23 #5 — "I'll Start Tomorrow"18:52 #6 — "I'm Too Old For That"22:36 #7 — "They Got Lucky"25:29 #8 — "It's Not Fair"28:01 #9 — "I'm Just Being Honest"30:38 #10 — "I'm Fine" (When You're Not)34:24 Drop the Words. Watch the Rest Follow.WHY THIS WORKS:You're not going to be a different person tomorrow because you stopped saying "I'm not good with money." But you won't be the same person in five years. And the version of you in five years who has stopped speaking those limitations into existence has options the current version doesn't have.The brain is loyal to the story you give it. Loyalty isn't always a good thing. Every "I can't" is a vote. Every "that's just who I am" is a vote. The votes accumulate.HOW TO START:Pick the three on the list you say most often. Just three.Catch yourself every single day when one of them is about to come out. Stop. Replace it with something more accurate, or with silence.Do that for 60 days and your inner life will start to shift. The version of you who has stopped saying these 10 things is going to be living a different life — not because dropping phrases is magic, but because the absence of those phrases creates room for different beliefs about yourself. And different beliefs sustained over time produce different actions. And different actions accumulated produce a different person.Drop the words. Watch the rest follow.—Inspired by the teachings of Jim Rohn.#JimRohn #Motivation #Mindset #SelfDevelopment #Discipline Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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There are things you say every single day that are doing damage you don't even realize.They sound innocent. They feel like simple statements of fact. You've been saying them so long you don't even hear them anymore.But every single time they come out of your mouth, they're shaping who you are becoming. Shaping what you believe about yourself. Shaping the kind of life you're walking into — and not in the direction you'd want if you stopped to think about it.Here's the truth: the words you speak about yourself are not neutral. They're not just describing reality. They're creating it.The brain you carry around in your head has been listening to your voice your entire life. And it has been taking notes. Every "I can't." Every "I'm not." Every "I always." The brain catalogs these statements and builds your identity around them.The stories you tell yourself out loud are the stickiest. Saying something in your head is one thing. Saying it out loud — where you hear your own voice declaring it — is another. The brain treats the spoken version as a stronger signal. A commitment. Something you're publicly agreeing to be.This seminar walks through 10 specific phrases most people say casually, without thinking, that are quietly limiting what they become. Stop saying them and watch what changes — not because the words are magic, but because the absence of those words leaves room for different words. And different words over time build a different person.CHAPTERS:0:00 The Words You're Speaking Are Building Who You're Becoming5:33 #1 — "I'm Not Good With Money"8:19 #2 — "I Don't Have Time"10:59 #3 — "I Could Never Do That"13:39 #4 — "That's Just Who I Am"16:23 #5 — "I'll Start Tomorrow"18:52 #6 — "I'm Too Old For That"22:36 #7 — "They Got Lucky"25:29 #8 — "It's Not Fair"28:01 #9 — "I'm Just Being Honest"30:38 #10 — "I'm Fine" (When You're Not)34:24 Drop the Words. Watch the Rest Follow.WHY THIS WORKS:You're not going to be a different person tomorrow because you stopped saying "I'm not good with money." But you won't be the same person in five years. And the version of you in five years who has stopped speaking those limitations into existence has options the current version doesn't have.The brain is loyal to the story you give it. Loyalty isn't always a good thing. Every "I can't" is a vote. Every "that's just who I am" is a vote. The votes accumulate.HOW TO START:Pick the three on the list you say most often. Just three.Catch yourself every single day when one of them is about to come out. Stop. Replace it with something more accurate, or with silence.Do that for 60 days and your inner life will start to shift. The version of you who has stopped saying these 10 things is going to be living a different life — not because dropping phrases is magic, but because the absence of those phrases creates room for different beliefs about yourself. And different beliefs sustained over time produce different actions. And different actions accumulated produce a different person.Drop the words. Watch the rest follow.—Inspired by the teachings of Jim Rohn.#JimRohn #Motivation #Mindset #SelfDevelopment #Discipline Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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