How to Use Fear of Failure as Motivation?

In this episode I talk about negative self-talk. Self-talk is a term that we can use to refer to our inner voice or our inner speech. It is basically the internal dialogue that we have with ourselves. This dialogue can occur in many forms, for instance, it can be positive or negative (e.g. “I will win” vs. “I will lose”).

Behavioral scientists have their own opinions about negative self-talk. However, in this video I do not address the science behind it. Instead I present one of my favorite examples of negative self-talk. Namely, I discuss Mike Tyson’s technique to use negative self-talk as a motivator.

I use Mike’s example to focus on three questions: When can negative self-talk be useful? When is it better to avoid it? And how to master the negative to positive transition?