Affirmation to Negativity My inner talk is positive & helps me plan for the future

My inner talk is positive & helps me plan for the future


Watch two coaches on the same touchline. One shouts what went wrong, loudly, immediately, every single time. The other names the mistake once and then says what to do next.

Both are paying close attention. Only one of them produces a player who can still think in the last ten minutes.

Your inner commentary is running the same experiment on you all day, and it has a measurable effect on what you attempt next. A voice that only reports failures will eventually be given fewer things to report on, because you stop trying things in front of it.

Planning wants a coach rather than a critic. The critic has better material and gets nothing built.