Writing Coach Podcast 204: 🐘🐘 Don’t think of baby twin elephants
WCP204 🐘🐘 Don’t think of baby twin elephants
Once you start fact checking your mind, you’ll notice there’s a lot of stuff you’re telling yourself that isn’t true AND that isn’t helpful. This awareness doesn’t mean that the faulty thought won’t keep coming back.
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Once you start fact checking your mind, you’ll notice there’s a lot of stuff you’re telling yourself that isn’t true AND that isn’t helpful. This awareness doesn’t mean that the faulty thought won’t keep coming back. It’s usually counterproductive to tell yourself, “Don’t think that!”
You can instead decide ahead of time what you do want to think and practice it to help build a new neural pathway in your mind.
Today’s episode looks at one of the most detrimental thoughts that a freelancer can have when pitching stories. It’s so pervasive that you may not see it as a problem—or you may feel powerless to change it. Let’s unpack this way of thinking so that you can recognize it and make a plan for a new and more powerful way to get assignments with your ideal clients.
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