The Power of Speech

So I heard a cool saying from my Graduate Assistant (GA) the other day.  For Those of you who don't know what a GA is, they are graduate students working on a college campus as a para professional.  They are supervised by people in director positions like myself. 

The relationship is usually a mentoring flavor.  The GA works, gains experience and knowledge from.  Well we were talking about his goals, etc.  I asked him aboutit how he was going to accomplish one of his more "lofty" goals... He replies with stern confidence: "Well sometimes you need to just speak things into existence".  I was floored.  He reminded me of the power one can have against there own doubt.

Sometimes you just need to say something out loud.  "I will get to a healthier weight, I will pass this test, I am going to read more, etc. etc."  If you can hear yourself say things, maybe you will hold yourself more accountable. 

"Sometimes you need to speak things into existence" - Thanks Courtland for reminding me that words are stronger than my doubtful thoughts.  There's no need to: