The Vocabulary of Ultimate Success – Power Words – Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins
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What is the Vocabulary of Ultimate Success? How important are the words you use daily in your interactions and even the ones you say to yourself?
”A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words… the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual , and electrically prompt.” Mark Twain
Chapter 9 of Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins is:
The Vocabulary of Ultimate Success
The chapter opens with…
“Words… They’ve been used to make us laugh and cry. They can wound or heal. They offer us hope or devastation. With words we can make our noblest intentions felt and our deepest desires known.” Anthony Robbins, Awaken the Giant Within, 200.
Yesterday I wrote a post entitled: Pattern Interrupt – Break Your State and referenced the changes and shift I have made in my life by constantly taking a step back and assessing if my thoughts, feelings and words are serving me or disempowering me.
One way to direct your thoughts and feelings is using empowering words in your vocabulary – even though it may not shift your emotions immediately, over time the emotion behind the words will become more and more significant.
It is about creating a habit of changing your vocabulary and just like any other habit in your life, it gets easier over time.
“Simply by changing your habitual vocabulary–the words you consistently use to describe the emotions of your life–you can instantaneously change how you think, how you feel, and how you live.” Anthony Robbins, Awaken the Giant Within, 202.
Anthony Robbins further writes… “If we want to change our lives and shape our destiny, we need to consciously select the words we’re going to use, and we need to consciously strive to expand our level of choice.” (207)
What are some examples of transforming your words to powerful emotional triggers – what is the vocabulary of ultimate success?
Let’s be clear, this is not about LYING to yourself – if you are angry, and you say “I am so happy!” – I doubt you will feel any different. In fact, you might get more angry…
This is about choosing better feeling words and shifting your vocabulary but taking control of it – and like written above – selecting your words with more conscious thought and direction.
For example, this is from the chart on pages 216-218 of Awaken the Giant Within:
Negative Emotion/Expression…..Transforms Into
I’m feeling… to I’m feeling..
angry to disenchanted
afraid to uncomfortable
anxious to a little concerned
confused to curious
These are just a few examples, but you see that it is not a matter of JUST changing your vocabulary, but rather of directing emotion in a way that still makes sense to your rational mind.
With time, as you shift to better and better emotional words, your habits will improve and you will be more aware of your daily words – you can use vocabulary in a powerful way by anchoring your feelings
More on what anchoring means in a future post…
What will your vocabulary of ultimate success be?
Words mean slightly different things to all of us – due to our differing experiences, you must find your own power words.
“Words form the thread on which we string our experiences.” Aldous Huxley
Please let me know what your POWER WORDS are in the comment field below – I’d love to know!
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