Kati:

Thank you Stephen,
You make some wonderful correlation…”Being Drunk on Negativity…” My other favourite was in the beginning of the year “Addicted to…”.
I must agree with Jimmie’s comment above. Nothing ever stays the same. One of my favoutire quote is Ioda’s comment from Star Wars, “…there is no such thing as maybe. Either you do something or you don’t…”. It is true in any application such as either you are positive or negative.. either you love yourself unconditionaly or you don’t.. either you are proactive or reactive… and so on.
Looking forward to your Monday’s “gem”. Keep up the good work.
Have a great weekend!

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Samuel Hill:

Hi Stephen,

This is another great insight. Each day I give myself a grade on the type of thoughts that enter my mind (positve or negative). Presently, I am working on a strategy of visualization and imagination to replace my conscious efforts in controlling my negative thoughts.

Keep up the good works and have a great weekend.

Thanks,

Sam

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George Jefferson:

Stephen,

Thank you for the insight re:negative intoxication.Stephen you inspire me.I took the time to watch The Secret and What The Bleep Do We Know.Stephen let me put it like this … What I am doing is working.I appreciate John Assaraf for turning me on to you.What is really exciting is this powerful desire to learn more about the mind and brain.Before I watch my Laker’s play on Sunday … I will be digesting and taking notes on both those extraordinary DVDs again.In addition Stephen … I will be remaining in contact and communication with you.Having the ability to see the sun on cloudy days always is confirmation that I am on the right path.

Maintain Good Health

George

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Thomas Ham:

If you are drunk with negativity once a while supposed thats ok. If you are consistently drunk with negativity then your life would likey mirrors that of real drunk. Perhaps a Negativity Anonymous would help in a situation like this.

Negativity is aint bad in itself, it bring a balance to one life. On the extreme we have carefree optimism ( was this something that created bubble in the stock market )

So at the end of the day, knowing the terrain your life is in, the place you want to go and how to get there will bring the balance.

Then again, we have people caught up in an entire life in a balancing act of negative and positive reasoning.
Twitter: TheConfidentPC

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Jerri:

Your talk backs are awesome! Really gives me something to think about. As I listen, I take notes and then post them at work where I see them daily…because that’s where I sometimes struggle with my issues that cause me to think negatively. It gives me the chance to look, if I am having trouble, at what I can change about it, or where my thought patterns are taking me…then I can choose to change it or not.

Thanks again! It’s awesome!

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Jeffrey Harper:

I agree, another great talkback! I’d like to comment on the topic of dealing with negativity in our thinking. It seems like it’s a constant battle when positive change is coming slow and though we may have times when we feel really good about what we’re doing they can often be punctuated by very negative feelings. I believe that it’s extremely important to minimize those low periods because they can really set us back from acheiving our goals. It’s like if you have a little bit of water in your gasoline and you’re trying to win a race. You can be the number one car and have a big lead on the number two car, but when you start to try to burn that water in your engine all at once you can be limping along the side of the road. I think the best way to avoid having negative thinking compromise our actions is to constantly seek out positive and motivational input such as Talkback and any other type of positive motivational tapes or cd’s you can get your hands on and listen daily.

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Lisa Lomas:

Hi Stephen,

Your so right. I may of missed your point a little but I think the negativity can drown us out and pop our enthusiasim. I believe some negativity towards marketing is some just join too many programs and do not have the good amount of time to commit to one project. We (they) end up drowning. Focus training can help with this negative side effect in my opinion.

I wish you every sucess & thank you for sharing
talkback.

Thanks again, always great!

Lisa Lomas
Twitter: lisalomas

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Jen:

I always thought that the reason I was ‘stuck’ in my life, the reason I feel like I’m going no where was because of some blockage, something preventing me from moving forward. Now, after listening to this, I’m wondering if my blockage is just negativity. Not something else, not something that happened in the past, my upbringing, circumstances etc just simply my negative thoughts. Interesting.

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James Pinto:

Well to be able to tell you where I’m going, I must tell you where I have been. I was raised in a broken family, my mother, and father separated when I was 12. The judge gave me a choice who I wanted to go with, I chose my father
1)Because of my Grand mom (my Dads mother) she was my saving grace until she died in 1977, more about that in a minute.
2)Because my mother tried to kill my sister I by running us down with her car! Speaking of drunks her whole side of the family except for my uncle Bill, and Ed were womanizers, drunks, murderers, and a whole host of other things.
So at twelve I spent a great deal of my time with my Grandmother, she was wonderful to me, I loved her so much, she was my angel even today I know she looks out for me……….. When she died I lost my best friend in the whole world. I hated my father for the way he allowed her to live with coal heat, no hot water, and she was crippled. Now after she died he became a mental abuser, out of high school I helped him to build a million dollar company, which he sold out from under me in 1993. He told me I was a loser all my life! That without him I would be a piece of shit like my mother. No matter how hard I tried I couldn’t please him. I remember at 7 years old he took me to a viewing told me to go up and kiss the dead guy, I didn’t want to go, so he drug me in a room and told me when he is lying there like that it’s going to be my fault. I was mentally abused since I was a child programed to be a failure. Now on top of that my wife that I am still married to took over where my father left off, but she didn’t put a gun to my head several times like he did, but she is just as negative and pessimistic as he was. I became friends with my mother at the end of her life she accepted the Lord and died in my arms at 67 pounds from lung cancer. I spent my life savings 110,000.00 keeping my Dad out of a nursing home, because he asked me to so the 24 hour 7 day a week care ate it up within two years, I failed again, because I still had to put him in a nursing home to which I went everyday, I bathed him, shaved him, washed his clothes, cooked meals for him, and made sure that he didn’t want for anything in his last days. I gave him a military burial he was a World War II vet. So I go and do what I know which is trucking, remember I built his trucking company for him, cleaned his house, washed his clothes, cut his grass, but still had my own home. So………………………….
Let’s talk about negative intoxication it should have my picture next to it. I thought when I put him and my mother in the ground that it would all go away and it does until someone treats me as they did or screws me over. I know what I want to do, but I just don’t know how to get the capital to start it. I want to be a personal development coach/speaker. I have an opportunity to get the training I need, just not the funds to make it happen. I have over 4,000,000 safe miles behind the wheel and more that 4000 hours of listening to Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, Earl Nightingale, Bob Proctor, Brian Tracy, Jim Rohn, Zig Ziglar, and the list goes on and on. I know that there are people out there that went through worse than I have, but these courses have helped me tremendously. I know that I can’t work for anyone, but I would like to train HS, and College young men, and women so they can have a better life then I did. This is my goal to bring it to these kids that are out there killing each other everyday! To help them to channel that negative energy into a positive outlook, something they can be proud of. I know what I want, but I am intoxicated with fear, doubt, lack of self confidence. I fight a war in my mind everyday, sometimes I win, but most days I lose. So this is my confession and my drunken stupor that paralyzes me most days of my life…….IT’S OVERWHELMING

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Mark Collard:

Hey Stephen, and fellow talk-backers!

It’s all about choice. What ever you think about, you have chosen to think it. At all times, we have a choice. So, if you are feeling overwhelmed, and negative, and depressed, etc, etc… blah, blah, blah, guess what? You asked for it. You chose to “be” that way.

In every moment of every day, we have a choice about how we are going to be (remember, we are human BEings, not human doings). It does not matter what happens to you – only YOU can determine how it will affect you, which is what Stephen is talking about most of the time in his little chats.

I really hope this talkback has had an impact on folks.

all the best, Mark

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Georjina:

Busted! This hit home in more ways than you can imagine. My normal way of handling things is ‘leave it alone and it will go away’. Well, it’s not working for me and I’ve known it for some time but never felt the push to change it. Thank you for calling me out – I’m busted!

For me it starts with making better choices and it starts now. First on the list, find a mentor and be open to really hearing the things that I suspect but didn’t want to hear.

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