Linda Brown • 8 years ago
While talking to my Mother on the phone one time (about 10 years ago now but I am now 54 yrs) I happened to loudly proclaim "You Idiot..!!"
She said, "Who are you calling an idiot Linda.??"
"Oh sorry Mum, I was just talking to myself..!"
She then said to me in an irritated, annoyed kind of voice, "DON'T YOU DARE TALK TO YOURSELF LIKE THAT..!!"
"Don't You DARE Talk to Yourself Like that EVER Again..!!"
"Oh, OK..!"
That statement was so profound that whenever I called myself "names" again I would and STILL do, say back to myself ,
"Don't You Dare Talk To Yourself Like THAT! "
In a room with successful executives: "I bet I'm the only person who feels like I don't have my act together" // labeling // It's normal to feel insecure sometimes. It's just a feeling, like indigestion or heartburn. It's just temporary, and will go away.