Positive Self Talk

Once in a while, we should take a little credit for all the amazing things we accomplish in our daily lives. Maybe a lot of credit! We don’t do that enough do we? And by me, I mean women. Maybe there are some men out there who don’t give themselves the credit they deserve, but my husband is not one of them.

The other day he gave me a compliment, telling me how proud he is about my hard work at the gym. I said, “Really?” …questioning his kudos to me, and wondering if I could actually push myself even harder than I already do. Does this sound familiar to you? Sometimes I don’t give myself enough credit. My husband on the other hand, does. Not only does he relish and thrive off compliments, if they don’t abound (from me), he gives himself the credit he deserves instead.

“I am such beast!” he will exclaim to himself in front of me. This is a small sampling, a fraction of his self-compliments. Some may think, wow …he’s got quite the ego. Or …humble much? Humility is different. He has a big dose of humility when he spends his free time helping kids who want to achieve the same dream he did, which was playing professional sports. However, I would categorize my husband as supremely confident.

I am confident too right? Yes. Absolutely. I could not work in television news if I didn’t have confidence in my abilities. That confidence came with time and years of experience in the business. But here’s the difference. I realized not only do I not embrace compliments as well as I should, I also shy away from taking credit. I’m not going some shrink to figure out why, or how that came to be. I don’t care. What I care about is recognizing that I should take all the credit I deserve, and maybe then some.

My husband didn’t get to the NFL with negative self-talk. He got there with hard work, determination, ambition and a lot of positive self-talk. And he practices positivity to this very day. It’s one of an infinite reasons why I married him. He infuses more positivity in my life than I know what to do with.

Embrace it. That’s what I tell myself every day. So starting right now, I’m going to take credit for all the great things I do and have accomplished. I’ll give myself a mental pat on the back and say good job. And when I want to venture into the unknown, instead of doubting myself …I will tell myself it is possible, and if anyone can accomplish a goal, it’s me.

You should do the same for yourself. Tell yourself how awesome you are. If you don’t feel comfortable saying it aloud or in front of people, that’s okay. Silently say it to yourself. No one will hear you, but I can guarantee you …the more positive self-talk you do, the more we can accomplish, the greater we can be at this thing called life.

With that, I say to myself …and you: I’m pretty damn awesome.

XOX