So I’m coaching an athlete the other day and came up with a great new practice to help you change your inner thoughts by first helping to identify them.
In my practice of coaching people to build their inner team, a question frequently asked is,
“What if I don’t know what my inner thoughts are?
Not surprising, considering so many different studies done over the last 20 years say the average human mind has approximately 50,000 thoughts in a day. Unfortunately, according to those same scientific studies, 80%, or 40,000 of those thoughts are negative.
With so many thoughts running through our minds, it’s often difficult to identify what’s going on up there. But one thing is certain, your thoughts, your inner voice is always speaking to you, it’s always saying something.
So is your inner voice helping you, or breaking you down?
Back to my athlete…
He was clear on the concept of wanting his inner voice to be helpful, but like many of us, wasn’t always clear on knowing what his inner voice was saying.
So here’s the practice I gave him.
I got it while watching Brett Ledbetter’s Ted X presentation on building your inner coach.
I had him imagine his team was losing and he just made a bad play. Then I had him visualize looking up at the scoreboard and instead of just seeing the score, picture seeing his inner thoughts flashing across the scoreboard for everyone in the arena to see.
Ledbetter’s point, is by externalizing our thought process, it can help us clarify our internal thoughts. Something about having others seeing your inner thoughts helps you to quickly alter them to be more positive.
I agree. I’ve been practicing it along with my client and it’s been working fantastically well. The idea of others witnessing my inner thoughts helps me get real clear on what I want those thoughts to be. From there, I’m able to rapidly choose a better feeling thought.
Give it a try, it might help you illuminate some of the darkness in your mind.
Oh, and be ready for your team to go on a winning streak.
Btw… The next Build Your Inner Team Class is Monday, February 16, 6:30PM. The agenda is manifesting using the Build Your Inner Team process.
Info below…
To Your Inner Voice,
Michael
Team Building 101
Build Your Inner Team to achieve more successful outcomes.
Your team consists of your…
T-Thoughts
E-Emotions
A-Actions
M-Manifestations
The agenda for this class will be manifesting, and how to achieve our ambitions using our thoughts, emotions and actions.
Please come prepared with…
- A notebook and pen to write with.
- One specific, measurable and achievable goal.
- Examples:
- To lose 15 pounds by May 31, 2015, instead of “to lose some weight”.
- To increase my business by 20% this year, instead of “to do more business”.
- To meditate 5 days a week, instead of “to feel more at peace”.
“With a Great Team Anything is Possible”. Michael Gross
When: Monday, February 16, 2015 @ 6:30- 8:00 pm
Where: The Center, Life in Balance, 43 South Main Street, Medford, NJ 08055
Cost: $20
Register: Phone: 609-975-8379
Email: Please include your name & phone #.
Michael Gross will instruct the class. He is a Certified Law of Attraction Life Coach who has coached hospitals, municipalities, businesses, Miss New Jersey and other individuals to better realize their objectives. Michael can be heard as co-host of the ‘Talk-N-Angels’ radio show Wednesday evenings 7-8 pm at www.talknangels.com.
