Fully 95% of your emotions are determined by how you talk to yourself and how you interpret events that happen around you. In this Fit Tip of the Week, you learn one of the critical skills for success, happiness, good health and high achievement in life.

CONTROL YOUR INNER DIALOGUE
Perhaps the most powerful influence on your attitude and personality is what you say to yourself, and believe. It is not what happens to you, but how you respond internally to what happens to you, that determines your thoughts and feelings and, ultimately, your actions. By controlling your inner dialogue,
or "self-talk," you can begin to assert control over every other dimension of your life.

DETERMINE YOUR OWN EMOTIONS
When you see things positively and constructively and look for the good in each situation and each person, you remain naturally positive and optimistic. Since the quality of your life is determined by how you feel, moment to moment, one of your most important goals should be to use every psychological technique available to keep yourself thinking about what you want and to keep your mind off of what you don't want, or what you fear.

DEAL WITH LIFE POSITIVELY AND CONSTRUCTIVELY
Much of your ability to succeed comes from the way you deal with life. One of the characteristics of superior men and women is that they recognize the inevitability of temporary disappointments and defeats, and they accept them as a normal and natural part of life. They do everything possible to avoid problems, but when problems come, superior people learn from them, rise above them, and continue onward in the direction of their dreams. The starting point in the process of becoming a highly effective person is to
monitor and control your self-talk every minute of the day.

THINK ABOUT YOUR GOALS
Keep your thoughts on your goals and dreams, on the person you are working toward becoming. When things go wrong temporarily, respond by saying to yourself, "I believe in the perfect outcome of every situation in my life." Resolve to be cheerful and pleasant, and resist every temptation toward negativity and disappointment. View a disappointment as an opportunity to grow stronger, and talk about it to yourself and others in a positive and optimistic way.

When you practice positive self-talk, and keep your words and your mental pictures consistent with your goals and dreams, there is nothing that can stop you from being the success you are meant to be.

ACTION EXERCISES
First, select the words you use with care. They trigger thoughts, images and feelings, both positive and negative.

Second, accept occasional setbacks and difficulties as normal and natural parts of life and decide to rise above them and carry on.

Third, talk to yourself positively all the time. Talk about things the way you want them to be rather than the way they might be today.

This tip was provided by GlobalFitness.com