Shownotes
- We have a hard time with compliments or seeing the good in what we do because of what we have going on in our minds
- The mental noise that is always with us
- Every man struggles with the voices in his head
- We all have the battle of negative vs positive self talk
- What we want to do as men is focus our minds on a few key areas so we control the mental noise
- 3 things you can do to control the mental noise
- Decide Who Gets the Microphone
- Decide What to Do With Old Recordings
- Start Playing a New Soundtrack
Decide Who Gets the Microphone
- Who controls the microphone in your head? You do.
- As men we have to step up and decide what microphone we are listening to
- Who gets the power to speak into our life?
- If you don't decide you will go from voice to voice and never really figure who YOU are
- You need to build a foundation in your head and that starts with you deciding who you are and who you want to be
- Negative talk will affect you
- Negative influences will affect you
- You must take that authority as a man and work on controlling what thoughts go on in your mind
Decide What to Do With Old Recordings
- There are many other things that can live in your head
- You can have old recordings of things people said to your or did to you
- Abuse - physically, verbally, and so on
- Seeking acceptance from the "cool" kids
- Seeking affirmation from an absent father
- Seeking purpose in pleasure
- These old recordings have to be erased and replaced with a real purpose
Start Playing a New Soundtrack
- As a man, you have to decide what will play in your head
- You have to purposeful about what plays in your head
- Understand that it takes time and things won't change overnight
- You control the soundtrack in your head
- You can decide the thoughts that rule in your head
