Time and Attention

87: Self-Talk

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On this episode, we briefly chat about Chris’s new book and then dig into the main topic: self-talk. Topics covered include:

  • Chris’s next book, How to Calm Your Mind;
  • The proportion of our internal monologue that’s negative;
  • How self-talk can get in the way of productivity;
  • How universal having negative thought patterns is;
  • How meditation helps tame negative self-talk;
  • How to not zero in on negative thought patterns;
  • The idea of “task-unrelated thought”;
  • How learning to focus helps combat negative self-talk;
  • How gratitude and keeping an accomplishments list help combat negative self-talk.

    • Links mentioned in this episode:

    • My next book: How to Calm Your Mind

      • You can listen (and subscribe) to the podcast below!

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