Quotes from Shad Helmstetter

The right self-talk wires your brain to focus on finding solutions, taking action, creating more self-confidence, and giving you more peace of mind––exactly the mental states that help you get rid of stress.

The greatest stories about people, and what they achieved in their lives, are the stories of those people who chose to dream, and then went on to make their dreams come to life.  (Not surprisingly, there are no success stories written about people who have no dreams.)

Any motivation that comes to you from an outside source, no matter how exciting or powerful that motivation may feel at the moment, cannot be stored by your brain.

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

An integral part of developing healthy self-esteem are the values that are part of positive self-esteem itself––values such as taking personal responsibility for yourself, showing genuine compassion for others, making good choices, exercising self-discipline, using manners, being mindful, and having balance in all things.

Your brain grows and changes based on feedback. What you tell it, changes it. And while it's rewiring itself, your brain then feeds those new programs, those new pictures of yourself, back to you. It's a feedback "loop." What you put in, you get back out, in a continuous "neural activity feedback loop.

It is a fact of the makeup of the human mind that you become most how you describe yourself most. You live up to, or down to, the image you create of yourself in your mind. And what creates this picture of yourself that you carry in your mind? The number one source for the beliefs you carry about you is your self-talk.

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.

True leaders have their own selves firmly in control; they are in command of their actions, their feelings, their attitudes, and their perspective.

The key to failure is the repetition of a belief in failure. Negative self-talk is the repetition of a belief in failure.

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.

I enjoy exercising and I really like how it makes me feel. I like keeping myself in shape mentally and physically. I look good and I feel good; and daily exercise keeps me that way. I look forward each day to exercising my body, exercising my mind, and keeping myself fit and winning

what is called the "subconscious mind" is actually a result of the neural activity of the brain itself — your brain's neurons silently firing, without your control or awareness — rather than being a part of the activity of the "mind." In fact, the process can take place without the brain discussing it with the mind at all.

I am good at earning what I need, and more. I'm good at saving money. Every month, without fail, I put something aside. Each week, each month, and each year, I do what I need to do to become financially more secure.

The problem is that Negative Self-Talk Disorder is an unconsciously acquired disorder that becomes physically, chemically, wired into your brain. (It becomes an actual disorder––faulty wiring––in the brain.) If you do nothing to change it, it not only stays, it also gets progressively worse. It becomes a part of your programs, and follows the rules under which your brain operates.

you became a positive, productive Self-Talker

Each of us has three resources which allow us to get through any given day. Those resources are our time, our energy, and our minds (what and how we think).

our self-talk vocabulary, Level 4 is the kind of self-talk that is needed most. It is at this level that you are painting a completed new picture of yourself, the way you really wanted to be, handing it to your subconscious, and saying, "This is the 'me' I want you to create. Forget all that bad programming I gave you in the past. This is your new program. Now, let's get to work at it.

The world is made up of those who take control of their choices—and those who don't.  Those who succeed use this tool every day they live, from the moment they find it. What an incredible gift this tool is!  You get to make the choices that can change your life.   The

how often do you suppose you were told what you can do or what you can accomplish in life?

It's been my experience that many people who suffer low self-esteem allow it to go on because they believe there is nothing they can do about it; that's just life, and they believe they have to accept what life sends them.

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.

But that's not the answer. The person who receives better, healthier, more positive programs will, over time, virtually always do better than the person who receives unhealthy, negative programs.

When your brain receives repeated messages like those––messages that redefine how you feel about yourself and your place in this world––your brain begins to record them and keep them. They are like the words to a song that changes your life, and never leaves you.