266. How To Be Awesome At Reshaping Your Identity With 5 Words

<p dir="ltr">Have you ever woken up late and missed the work out you had planned? And you say something like God I always do that. I’m so mad at myself. Think about the identity that you are putting on yourself.</p> <p dir="ltr">Now take that same example and your reaction is this… Wow… That’s not like me. </p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">I heard Ed Mylett say this, and it was such a massive lightbulb moment for me. </p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">The first response is telling yourself - yup, that’s who you are - you can’t get your hot mess of a self up on time for the gym. </p> <p dir="ltr">The second response is the opposite- it’s saying… wow, this is not aligned with the person I see myself as.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">This small reaction moment completely changes how this experience affects you and how you label it. </p> <p dir="ltr">In the first way, you may feel frustrated with yourself all day and an overall lower opinion of your ability to get things done as planned.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">And with the second response- you’re like… ok let’s pivot and carve out time at the end of the day to get it in because I’m a person that doesn’t miss workouts. </p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">This same method applies to so many areas of life that we are getting into today. </p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">And it’s just so simple - 5 words.  Wow, that’s not like me. </p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">And the reason why this works so insanely well is because we know that stopping negative talk is more powerful than increasing positive talk. </p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">You know, I love something that is easy to remember and apply to your daily life. This is one of those! </p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Whenever we make a mistake or make the wrong choice or fail, or lose it some thing… Instead of all the other negative things, we could say… What if we said… Wow, that’s not like me. </p> <p><strong> </str