Happy Sunday Everyone:
A good buddy of mine sent an interview/podcast/video to me yesterday. The person being interviewed was Trevor Moawad. He’s a professional coach. He coaches some of the biggest names in sports as well as executives. Biggest name we’d all recognize is probably Nick Sabin (Coach for Alabama). The talk was about two facts he has researched:
1. Anything you say verbally is 10X more powerful than anything you think but don’t say.
2. Negativity has a multiple of 4 to 7x compared to positivity as being more powerful.
3. If 1 and 2 are true, it means if you verbalize a negative thought its 40-70X more likely that negative thought will occur or cause a result that won’t be good for you, vs. not saying it at all.
I guess in a sick kind of way It was refreshing for me to hear it. I’ve always thought I was just more negative than positive. I’ve always felt that I learned more from the negative events than the positive ones and this would suggest there is actually science confirming my thoughts. He also acknowledges for him personally, and for a lot of other people (including me), “being positive” isn’t something that people want to hear either. The world is falling down around you i.e. health, divorce, job, whatever….and someone says “just work on being positive”, probably not something you’re going to hear, acknowledge, or work to implement. The answer for him, and the point of this Sunday Thoughts for me is to simply work on stopping the verbalization of negative talk to myself and others. To be aware of when I’m doing it.
He sighted 2 examples that should make any of us stop and think:
1. Billy Buckner-8 time gold glove winner for the Red Sox. Said an interview 12 days before the World Series “The dream would be me for me to win the World Series, the nightmare for me would be to lose the World Series by having the game winning ball go through my legs”. This error actually happened causing him to lose the World Series.
2. Pete Maravich. interview at 26 said “I don’t want to play in the NBA for 10 years and then die of a heart attack at the age of 40”. He played in the NBA for 10 years and died of a heart attack at 40.
His point around all of this isn’t that everything we say becomes a reality. His point is simply if you want to start the trend to be more positive and have more good things happen to you a good place to start would be to stop verbalizing negative thoughts. I know I haven’t done this one justice and I’m late for a baseball game so I’m providing the link if you want to give it a listen, I would highly recommend you do. Link is https://youtu.be/5lCeWtXPKko
On a positive note and from a few weeks ago, I finally got the selfie with my early morning friend (attached). Terry is her name. I kind of wish she’d left her glasses on for the picture but she asked if we should take them off…who was I to say “no”. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.