Gold Nugget Coaching

Last time I showed you how to spot your “life-limiting negative self assessments that drag you down.” They are a form of self-sabotage that can get in the way of your career advancement, erode job satisfaction, deepen middlescence doldrums and, in fact, undermine every aspect of your life.

If you’re thinking, “That’s not me, I don’t do that.” Perhaps you don’t. But if that’s the case, you’d be defying the odds and about 3,000 years of evolution!

So let’s look at how you can deal with the potentially devastating effects of negative self assessments.

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I was leading one of my regular group coaching calls recently in a conversation about how we sabotage ourselves without even realizing it. Self sabotage can undermine any or all of the things that are most important to you, such as relationships, jobs, careers, financial well being, physical health, and more. It can definitely worsen middlesence doldrums.

And it often happens without your even being aware of it. It can just feel like life sucks and you don’t know why. You just wish it would be different. Well things can be different if you just stop sabotaging yourself. And one way to do this is through language.

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There are times when we get so overwhelemed with a problem that we can’t seem to find our way out. I often see this when people are worried about a problem or situation that’s important to them, such as a challenge at work, their career, or in their personnel life.

Just when you most want to see things clearly, your thoughts just go around and around: What if this happens? What if that happens? What if I do X and they do Y? What if they do A and B and I do J, K and L?  On and on it goes.

Many times, you wind up even more frustrated and confused than when you started, and mentally exhausted. Here’s an easy and invaluable tool you can use to cut through all that mental chatter, CALM DOWN, and tap into your own wisdom.

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