Soundtracks

Why is it so easy to repeat negative soundtracks about myself internally and so hard to repeat positive soundtracks about myself externally?

Have you ever collapsed into bed with a long, incomplete to-do list? You feel like a failure in those moments because you mentally review all the things you didn’t get done. What if instead you could listen to a new soundtrack and tell yourself, “What a day! The best part is that I left myself a lot of fun things to work on tomorrow.”

If you want your soundtrack to stick, your symbol must be: Simple Personal Visible

You need to see your symbol, especially in places where you’re prone to overthinking.

“My life is dope.” —Kanye West

The flip side of criticism is curiosity. The flip side of saying no is saying yes. The flip side of declaring why it won’t work is discovering why it could. And finding the flip side is an action you can do in any area of your life.

As time passed, the details of what they remembered morphed. And not just a little bit. Hirst found on average “a 60% decline in memory consistency. Meaning 60% of the answers changed over time.”

Spare change adds up.

Or they could slap colorful stickers on each rejection letter that say “Good work!” and “Fantastic!” Then they could store all those rejection letters in a binder to help them remember that “rejection isn’t failure, and it’s not the end of a dream.”

A great way to get out of your head and into your world is to do a task you can actually finish.