With Winning in Mind

by Lanny Bassham

If you catch yourself worrying just rehearse performing well and the worries will tend to disappear.

The permission to simply say no to negative thoughts and devote your attention to what you want to have happen is so empowering. I think women especially struggle to assert boundaries with negativity because we've been socialized to be "nice" to everyone and to tolerate everything, no matter how bad.

You have a ladder to cross. It is the ladder of mental control and it leads to your dreams.

"Control" is such an icky word, with its authoritarian connotations. I think this whole process is about learning to cultivate a loving relationship with your mind by choosing and reinforcing positive thoughts, rather than beating yourself up with negativity. When he writes "mental control," instead read "self-love."