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Talking to yourself makes a huge impact
On Saturday Night Live, a character named Stuart Smalley used to say, “I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and dog gone it people like me.” I’m not sure we’ve ever had a better introduction to the show...ever! Today we discuss the benefits of talking to yourself and how it can positively impact your relationships.
An articles in the NY Times by Kristin Wong “The Benefits of Talking to Yourself”
- Talking to yourself can impact you positively when it comes to relationships
- Two types of talking to one’s self
- Instructional self-talk
- Talking yourself through a task
- Motivational self-talk
- “I can do this!”
- Instructional self-talk
- It doesn’t have to be out-loud, internal self-talk works too
- Ethan Kross, a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan
- They found that when their subjects talked about themselves in the second or third person — for example, “You can do this” or “Jane can do this” instead...
- Ethan Kross, a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan
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