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SELF-TALK

MAKING MISTAKES

HANDLING STRESS

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What words describe you?

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Negative/Garbage Thoughts: “I’m a slow runner.”

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Positive Thinking “I’m not a very fast runner, but my personal speed is getting better.”

Negative/Garbage Thoughts: “I can’t believe they cancelled the school dance! That stinks.”

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Positive Thinking “Oh well, at the least the dance is rescheduled. Maybe we’ll even have warm weather and more people will come since it won’t be freezing.

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Sometimes Positive thinking is known as:

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Thomas Edison is reported to have tried hundreds of times before he got the lightbulb to work. At one point, he was asked by a reporter about all his failures.

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Edison responded, "I have not failed 700 times. I've succeeded in proving 700 ways how not to build a light bulb"

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Proved 700 ways

not to build a lightbulb

Messed up 700 times

I am bored!

I can figure out

something new to do!

I can’t do this math!

I can’t do this YET!

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MISTAKES AND FAILURES

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What can you do if you have GARBAGE THOUGHTS?

Replace it with a positive thought

Take that garbage thought

Throw it away

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What feelings did you have

when you made a mistake?

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HOW CAN YOU HANDLE STRESS?