On Monday 7thSeptember 2020 PropelHer’s Book Club discussed What To Say When You Talk To Your Self by Shad Helmstetter
In this summary of What To Say When You Talk To Your Self, I’ll be briefly summarising the book to help you make a decision about whether you should buy a copy of the book for yourself.
Before diving into this summary, it is important to mention that this book was originally written in 1986. The subtitle of the book is Powerful new techniques to programme your potential for success! Now whilst this book is written to help you be successful and that is still true, the techniques are definitely not new. However, I believe they are timeless principles that still work today.
In the beginning of the book, Shad discusses how the world of self-help and all of the research he has done into achieving success. He writes “if there are so many “keys” to success, why aren’t they working?”. According to Shad one of the problems is that most keys don’t result in a permanent transformation. In order for them to continue to work they need constant reinforcement. He then suggests that the solution in Self-Talk.
Next the book explains the important of Self-Talk, how we are all programmed with lots of negative thinking and the self-management sequence. Then Shad walks you through the five levels of Self-Talk. The fact is all of us practice self-talk on a daily basis, but there are different levels and our aim is to move from Level I to Level V. He then goes onto explain the five different ways you can use Self-Talk in your life.
The final part of the book Shad has written out detailed Self-Talk scripts for numerous situations. This gives you a chance to see exactly what a Self-Talk script looks like and it may be that you can find one that works for you. If not, they are still a great example for you to then be able to write your own.
There you have it. You now know what you can expect from What To Say When You Talk To Yourself by Shad Helmstetter.
Like the sound of What To Say When You Talk To Yourself? Why not buy a copy of the book and read it yourself?
What To Say When You Talk To Your Selfe was read as part of PropelHer’s Book Club. PropelHer’s Book Club is a personal development book club for ambitious women that meet up virtually and in London. Every month PropelHer’s Book Club reads a different book to help ambitious women concentrate on their personal development and professional success. You can see what else we have read so far here. If you would like to join PropelHer’s Book Club you can find full details here.
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