words matter
The words you choose matter more than you think.
In last night’s Mindful Monday talk, I told a group of 20 teenage boys that the words they choose will impact their mindset.
I specifically highlighted the word “can’t”.
I hate the word can’t and have tried to abolish it from our family’s vocabulary. Saying you can’t do something is a guarantee that you won’t do something.
Instead of saying "can’t," I encouraged the boys to think about saying that they haven’t discovered how to do it YET—with "yet” being an important word.
If you choose low-energy words or negative words, it is another way to label them; you will most certainly experience low-energy outcomes in life.
Choosing higher-energy or positive words does not guarantee everything will go the way you want, but it puts you in a much better position to achieve your goals and experience high-energy outcomes.
Everything can be stated in either a low-energy or high-energy way.
And you get to choose the words you use.
Choose wisely, because your words matter greatly.
See you tomorrow and keep pursuing,
JC
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