The 148,000 "NO'S"

by: Shad Helmstetter, Ph.D. from: "What to Say When You Talk to Yourself"

During the first 18 years of our lives, if we grew up in a fairly average, reasonably positive homes, we were told "No!," or what we could NOT do, more than 148,000 times!

If you were a little more fortunate, you may have been told "No," only 100,00 times, or 50,000 times--however many, it was considerably more negative programming than any of us needs.

Meanwhile, during the same period, the first 18 years of your life, how often do you suppose you were told what you CAN DO or what you CAN ACCOMPLISH in life?

A few thousand times? A few hundred?

During my speaking engagements to groups across the country, I have had people tell me they could not remember being told what they COULD accomplish in life more than three or four times!

Whatever the number, for most of us the "yes's" we received simply didn't balance out the "no's."

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