Good morning and welcome to the increase your impact podcasts. I'm Justin Sua episode

1,821. My throat is a little sore, but the show must go on. We talk often about little

things that can make a big difference. And one of those little things are the words

that you say to yourself, your internal dialogue, your thought process when you face adversity.

What you think when you're facing a huge problem. I recently came across an article where

Tiger Woods was describing how his father would teach him the importance of speaking

properly to himself. And what he did is he would record his voice saying a number of phrases.

And these are the phrases that Tiger Woods as a young child would say into a video recorder

and listen to it over and over again. These are the, these are the phrases. Quote, I believe

in me. I will own my own destiny. I smile at obstacles. I am first in my resolve. I

fulfill my resolutions powerfully. My strength is great. I stick to it easily, naturally.

My will moves mountains. I focus and give it my all. My decisions are strong. I do it

with all my heart, close quote. Tiger goes on to say that he listened to these tapes of

himself so often that he wore them out over and over and over again. How's your self-talk?

If you had the chance to record your own voice so you can give yourself words and reminders,

what would you tell yourself? What productive phrases and principles and reminders would

you want to make sure that you program your mind with? And who knows? Maybe you go and

you try this. I will say that this doesn't guarantee success. I'm not saying it's guaranteeing

that you're going to go out there and perform at your respective sport or performance like

Tiger Woods. But it increases the odds for success. It puts you in the right mindset

and frame of mind to be able to do whatever you need to do to be successful. They don't need

to be overly positive mantras. They can be simple cues, simple reminders. Remind yourself

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