Shad Helmstetter Quotes Page 3

“How we react to those things in life which we can do nothing about will always be the truest test of our own self-control, our own individual sense of self, and our ability to manage our minds and ourselves in a way that keeps us coming out on top and at peace with where we are. That is a part of maturity.”

“How you feel about your job, your mate, your family, your money, your health, your self, and your success, will determine how you behave in each of these areas. If your feelings are positive and productive, your actions will follow.”

“If you tell yourself that you cannot, what can the only outcome be?”

“If you tell yourself that you do not like your job – you probably won’t.
If you tell yourself that you are unhappy with your manager or employer, you probably will be…
Give yourself an advantage. Talk to yourself about your work and the people you work with in a way which makes your work work for you – and it will. You can decide to be happy with yourself and your job or you can decide to go home every night complaining about the things you don’t like.”

“If you want to manage yourself in a better way, and change your results, you can do so at any time you choose. Start with the first step. Change your programming.”

“In logical progression, what we believe determines our attitudes, affects our feelings, directs our behaviour, and determines our success or failure:

1. Programming creates beliefs.
2. Beliefs create attitudes.
3. Attitudes create feelings.
4. Feelings determine actions.
5. Actions create results.”

“Instead of waking up in the morning and telling yourself you wish you didn’t have to get out of bed, your new self-talk should tell you that it’s a great day to be alive—and it’s time to get at it.”

“It is no longer a success theory; it is a simple but powerful fact. Neither luck nor desire has the slightest thing to do with it. It makes no difference whether we believe it or not. The brain simply believes what you tell it most. And what you tell it about you, it will create. It has no choice.”

“No one will ever breathe one breath for us. No one will ever think one thought that is ours. No one will ever stand in our bodies, experience what happens to us, feel our fears, dream our dreams, or cry our tears. We are born, live, and leave this life entirely on our own. That 'self', and the divine spirit which drives it, are what we have. No one else can ever live a single moment of our lives for us. That we must do for ourselves. That is responsibility.”

“Of the many ways you can use Self-Talk in its various forms, you will find that all Self-Talk suggestions or phrases fit into one of four categories: Habit-Changing, Attitude-Building, Motivational, or Situational Self-Talk.”

“Our experiences, our acceptance of what we heard from others and what we told ourselves, became the foundation for the mental programming which directs us today.”

“Personal responsibility is the essence of self. I, for one, would rather not give that up. Why would we ever want someone else to do our thinking for us?”

“Repetition is a convincing argument.”

“Self-Management is the difference between living a life of fulfillment and purpose, and living out our years frustrated and incomplete, contained by the shortsighted limitations of our own disbelief. Self-Management is the final conquest.”

“Self-Talk is a way to override our past negative programming by erasing or replacing it with conscious, positive new directions.”

“Self-Talk is the key to making all positive thinking work. Without it, for most of us, positive thinking becomes “wishful thinking.” And wishful thinking is nothing more than saying to yourself, “I wish I could… but I can’t.” And “I can’t” is Level I Self-Talk – the kind that works against us.”

“Since most of those things we call problems are really only perceived as problems, the way you look at each of them determines whether they really are or not; you need only tell yourself to see them in a better way.”

“Success, ultimately, is up to the individual. It isn’t the pen—it’s the writer; it isn’t the road—it’s the runner that counts.”

“The day each of us was born, we were given that energy – minute bits of electrochemical energy which feed small but important messages to our minds. One day, when the energy jar is empty, those thoughts, combined together, will have created in our lives the sum total of every worthwhile thing we have done.”

“The easiest way to determine which of the people around you are the real winners at life and which are not, is to listen to their self-speak – what they say when they talk about anything.
Winners use self-speak to build an attitude that produces winning results. It doesn’t mean that winners don’t have problems. It doesn’t mean that every day for them is a perfect day. But look at their average scores in winning at life, over a few months or a few years. The better their self-speak, the better their score. The more positive their approach, the more successful the results. In time, positive self-speak becomes as much an automatic habit as walking, moving, eating, or sleeping. And when positive self-speak becomes a habit, so do the successes which the self-speak creates.”

“The more you think about yourself in a certain way, the more you will think about yourself in that same certain way!”

“Using Self-Talk to deal with loneliness or depression is one of its best uses and one of the easiest to put into practice. Because Self-Talk deals with you and what you think, it deals directly with the root of the problem.”

“Wanting to be a positive thinker isn’t enough. Making the decision to have a positive attitude isn’t enough. The human brain says: “Give me more. Give me the words. Give me the directions, the commands, the picture, the schedule, and the results you want. Then I will do it for you. Give me the words.”

“We are too busy fixing the train to realize that we are on the wrong track.”

“We are too busy staying alive to figure out how to live.”

“We control with our own minds most everything in our lives, including our health, our careers, our relationships, and our futures.”

“We have been trying to achieve our goals with our own onboard computer pre-programmed to hold us back!”

“What if you could now change that old mental programming? What if you could rewire your brain?”

“You can erase the old negative, counterproductive, work-against-you programming and replace it with a healthy, new, positive, productive kind of programming. And it’s easy. Erase and replace. All you have to do is learn how to talk to yourself.”

“You will become what you think about most; your success or failure in anything, large or small, will depend on your programming – what you accept from others, and what you say when you talk to yourself.”