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“Things have a way of working themselves out if we just remain positive.” - LOU HOLTZ, College Football National Champion Coach and Member of the College Football Hall”
― Darrin Donnelly, Relentless Optimism: How a Commitment to Positive Thinking Changes Everything

“You don’t just owe it to yourself to be an optimist; you owe it to everyone around you.”
― Darrin Donnelly, Relentless Optimism: How a Commitment to Positive Thinking Changes Everything

“​Remember, when you begin rephrasing your self-talk from the old to the new, your old programming will try to talk you out of it. So when you get started, start first with the decision to not listen to the earlier negative program which tries to tell you that it won’t work. Remember, too, that your old self-talk is a habit. It feels natural and it feels comfortable, even if it is negative. By knowing what to expect, you will be ready to meet that old self-talk head on, override it, and begin building a new habit.”
― Shad Helmstetter, What To Say When You Talk To Your Self

“Deep inside the workings of the human brain, there is no actual ‘truth.’ The part of the brain that stores all of the messages you have received, accepts what it is told most often. It then plays back to you the strongest messages it has received. And it plays those messages back to you as ‘truth’ or ‘fact,’ whether the messages are actually true or not.”
― Shad Helmstetter, Negative Self-Talk and How to Change It