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Chapter 9
- Realize now the Power that your words command if you simply choose them wisely.
- words you habitually choose also affect how you communicate with yourself and therefore what you experience.
- People with rich vocabs have a multihued Palette of colors with which to Paint their experience.
★ - instead of "hate", simply "Prefer Something else"
- by changing the words you consistently use to describe the emotions of your life — You can instantaneously change how You think, feel, and live.
★★★ - If you get upset, you lose control. If you lose control the other guy wins.
- use "Peeved" instead of "angry" because it's funny.
- The label (word) we Put on our experience becomes our experience.
- what was "a bit challenging" becomes "devastating".
★ - If we want to change our lives and shape our destiny, we need to consciously select the words we're going to use, and we need to constantly thrive to expand our level of choice.
- words shape our beliefs and impact our actions.
- words sway human emotion in yourself & others.
★ - If you don't have a way of representing something, You can't experience it. (ex. take "bored" out of vocab)
- Get rid of words that disempower you.
- The new word needs to cause you to break emotional Pattern.
"I hate" to "I Prefer"
"Angry" to "disenchanted"
"Pissed off" to "tinkled"
"disappointed" to "underwhelmed"
"Frustrated" to "challenged"
"exhausted" to "a little bit droopy"
"confused" to "curious"
"afraid" to "uncomfortable"
"overwhelmed" to "maximized"
"Pain" to "discomfort"
"stressed" to "busy"
"Mad" to "Peeved" or "annoyed"
Feel "unstoppable" instead of "determined"
Feel spectacular, incredible, killer, brilliant, ecstatic, marvelous
- words can Produce illnesses; words can kill.
- Take control
