Richard Hogan: Negative thinking leads to self-fulfilling prophecy

"The self-talk that goes on in most minds is negative and destructive. It has been corrupted by all the feedback it has received over the years."

Richard Hogan: We are hard-wired to seek negative confirming bias about ourselves. But if we disrupt that, and change the story we have been conditioned to tell ourselves about who we are and what our capabilities are we have the potential to achieve anything.

As a systems consultant, I get invited to speak with firms about how they can improve wellbeing within their organisation. Last week, I had the privilege of talking with the staff of Moore accountancy. The host of the talk, Brian Hayes, asked me a very interesting question, ‘What would be the one piece of advice you would offer to improve our wellbeing?’ 

This is something I think about a considerable amount. I meet so many clients in my clinic who are really struggling with life. They have become trapped, stuck in a negative pattern of behaviour and they do not know how to get out of it.