Your Words Are Powerful
Choose your words carefully.
“I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.”
― Emily Dickinson
We never know how others will take our words... so you should choose them carefully. Words can hurt or heal. Words can cause a person to feel worse or better about themselves. Words can create discord or bring agreement. Words can strengthen or weaken a relationship. Words can push people away or attract them closer. The right words can lift a person to carry-on with life... to persist until successful.
Words are tools we use to communicate with others... and with ourselves. Similar to the words we use in communicating with others, our self-talk is also important. What words do you use when you talk about yourself or when you talk to yourself? Are they healing words? Are they words that give you or others strength? Are they words that lift you or others up... to be happier, healthier and more successful? You should choose your words very carefully!
“Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.”
― Confucius
It has been said that our words define our future. We use words to share our thoughts with others. Do you use positive words? Do you use words of love? Do you share thoughts of agreement, applause and appreciation through your words? You can choose positive words or negative words. You can speak words of criticism or words of understanding. You can speak to others through words of love, gratitude and caring. Your words can say you care... and that could make all the difference in the world to someone.
Think of the person you would like your child to become and speak to them with words that project that positive image. Think of the relationship you would like to have with your partner and communicate with them using words of love and understanding... as though your desired relationship already existed in every positive detail. Speak words of agreement with your co-workers to strengthen those relationships and increase your satisfaction and happiness on the job.
"It is easier to build up a child than it is to repair an adult... Choose your words wisely."-- unknown
Watch your self-talk. Speak to yourself in words that reflect a positive self-image. Author Maxwell Maltz, M.D. wrote, "Whether we realize it or not, each of us carries about with us a mental blueprint or picture of ourselves (self-image)." He explains that our self-image has been built up over time by our beliefs about ourselves. In short, we act like and talk like the sort of person we perceive ourselves to be. Our self-image, Maltz notes, "can be changed." Use words in self-talk that build your positive self-image and that reflect the person you want to become... healthier, happier and more successful in all parts of your life. Maxwell Maltz, author of the book Psycho-Cybernetics, was a plastic surgeon who found that changing a person's appearance did not always change the person's self-image as positively as expected. He found that by changing a person's self-image you could change their personality and behavior. He wrote, " The self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment. It defines what you can and cannot do. Expand the self-image and you expand the area of the possible." Use powerful words regularly to expand your self-image and open new possibilities into your life.
“There exists, for everyone, a sentence - a series of words - that has the power to destroy you. Another sentence exists, another series of words, that could heal you.” ― Philip K. Dick
Remember the power of your words and choose your words carefully!
Dr. Rick McMichael
― Emily Dickinson
We never know how others will take our words... so you should choose them carefully. Words can hurt or heal. Words can cause a person to feel worse or better about themselves. Words can create discord or bring agreement. Words can strengthen or weaken a relationship. Words can push people away or attract them closer. The right words can lift a person to carry-on with life... to persist until successful.
Words are tools we use to communicate with others... and with ourselves. Similar to the words we use in communicating with others, our self-talk is also important. What words do you use when you talk about yourself or when you talk to yourself? Are they healing words? Are they words that give you or others strength? Are they words that lift you or others up... to be happier, healthier and more successful? You should choose your words very carefully!
“Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.”
― Confucius
It has been said that our words define our future. We use words to share our thoughts with others. Do you use positive words? Do you use words of love? Do you share thoughts of agreement, applause and appreciation through your words? You can choose positive words or negative words. You can speak words of criticism or words of understanding. You can speak to others through words of love, gratitude and caring. Your words can say you care... and that could make all the difference in the world to someone.
Think of the person you would like your child to become and speak to them with words that project that positive image. Think of the relationship you would like to have with your partner and communicate with them using words of love and understanding... as though your desired relationship already existed in every positive detail. Speak words of agreement with your co-workers to strengthen those relationships and increase your satisfaction and happiness on the job.
"It is easier to build up a child than it is to repair an adult... Choose your words wisely."-- unknown
Watch your self-talk. Speak to yourself in words that reflect a positive self-image. Author Maxwell Maltz, M.D. wrote, "Whether we realize it or not, each of us carries about with us a mental blueprint or picture of ourselves (self-image)." He explains that our self-image has been built up over time by our beliefs about ourselves. In short, we act like and talk like the sort of person we perceive ourselves to be. Our self-image, Maltz notes, "can be changed." Use words in self-talk that build your positive self-image and that reflect the person you want to become... healthier, happier and more successful in all parts of your life. Maxwell Maltz, author of the book Psycho-Cybernetics, was a plastic surgeon who found that changing a person's appearance did not always change the person's self-image as positively as expected. He found that by changing a person's self-image you could change their personality and behavior. He wrote, " The self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment. It defines what you can and cannot do. Expand the self-image and you expand the area of the possible." Use powerful words regularly to expand your self-image and open new possibilities into your life.
“There exists, for everyone, a sentence - a series of words - that has the power to destroy you. Another sentence exists, another series of words, that could heal you.” ― Philip K. Dick
Remember the power of your words and choose your words carefully!
Dr. Rick McMichael
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