Author, speaker and founder of Upping Your Elvis, Chris Barez-Brown, says that the stories we tell ourselves shape our very being, and in just ten minutes a day we can be happier and more optimistic
Regardless of the story and the context, what we tell ourselves has enormous power. Many of our stories are well practised and rehearsed. They have been told many times to many people and our partners, families and dear, dear friends are polite enough not to draw attention to their repetition.
There are other stories however that might never see the light of day and yet offer profound impact on who we are and how we use our unique talents. These are the stories that we may not even be aware of and yet dictate so much of our daily reality. These stories live deeply within our subconscious.
This presents one hell of a challenge for us, as what we think is what we feel.
And with 95% of our processing happening in our subconscious; most of us have no idea about what’s truly important to us or why we're having a good day versus a bad.
All of which means most of us find using our talents in a meaningful way on what really counts day in day out is an impossibility. But there is a way for us to understand the stories we tell ourselves and to bring them out of the shadows of our subconscious and into the cold light of day.
In doing so you will get your head straight and start to understand how these stories impact the way you show-up. You then have a choice on how to deal with them, which unlocks a little bit of wizard like magic that puts you in control of how you’re living and working.
Talk It Out is a super simple human approach to understanding what's in our subconscious.
It can transform the lives of millions of people on this planet.
Each person started their day by doing a Talk It Out for just five minutes. What that practically means is talking into the app as you walk outside about your day and what is the most important thing for you to focus upon.
Why Talk It Out?
We call this your ‘Big Thing’. What people notice is that they have a lot of stories about their day and how they “should” be spending their time. After a while of walking and talking they get through their conscious stories and start to access the ones living in their subconscious.
It's obvious when you uncover something important to you because you feel it in every cell in your body. Energetically you get a mighty kick. That’s a clue that you’re honing in to your Big Thing. The Talk It Out app captures these moments for you, giving you absolute clarity on what your focus should be. Each person then ended their working day by doing the same thing, but this time reviewing how they did on delivering their Big Thing.
And those interviewed all experienced an enhanced focus on what matters most. Our ambition is to provide the Talk It Out app to anyone who needs it on the planet, for free. We are determined to help people’s well-being regardless of their situation. But we need help to do this. We need to now test it with more organisations to see how it fares in different contexts.
The more data we get the more we can make sure we reach the people who need support with their wellbeing most.
And so, we’d love to test it with you, the wonderful Marketing Society members. And best of all, it won’t cost you a penny, but you can get results like those above for you and your people.
If you have at least 100 people in your organisation and you’d like to help them to get their heads straight, be more productive and just feel better - we would love to hear from you.
We’ve already got experiments running with Nike, AstraZeneca and Unilever so far.
