The Power of Your Words | Craig L. Manning | 2017
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- "Faith," said the Prophet Joseph Smith, "works by words; and with words its mightiest works have been, and will be, performed." In this devotional, Craig Manning suggests the importance of using the right words when you are talking to yourself. Replacing self-doubt with power words can remove fear and increase performance in your life.
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"What is potentially the greatest lesson the Lord has taught me is that faith begins with how you talk to yourself.
From the Lectures on Faith we read:
'It is by words . . . with which every being works when he works by faith. God said, “Let there be light, and there was light.” Joshua spake, and the great lights which God had created stood still. Elijah commanded, and the heavens were stayed for the space of three years and six months, so that it did not rain. . . . All this was done by faith. . . . Faith, then, works by words; and with these [words] its mightiest works have been, and will be, performed.'...
One athlete I worked with using this method was a U.S. Olympic mogul skier who, seven months prior to the Vancouver Olympics, was on the C team and was not ranked very high. Her coach approached me and asked me to work with her with the hope that she might be ready to compete at the Sochi Olympics four and a half years down the road. I remember the conversation. The coach wanted to test the effectiveness of mental strength training. He said to me that this particular athlete would do what I asked and that she was my guinea pig.
The athlete worked hard on training her thoughts to be positive and proactive and on using relevant cues to purify her thought patterns. She did everything I asked. On November 19 she called me in tears. She had just made the last discretionary position on the World Cup tour. This was a subjective coaches’ decision to bring someone onto the World Cup team who had minimal professional experience.
As the season progressed through the early winter months, this athlete continued to develop her skills rapidly to the point that, by the time the World Cup at Deer Valley came around at the end of January, she was sitting in tenth place on the tour. She had achieved several fourth-place finishes to get to tenth in the world, but she had never finished on the podium.
One of the tools I like the athletes I work with to have is a power statement. A power statement is a tool to use when doubt comes at critical moments. It floods the mind with positive, strong thoughts and instantly squeezes out any negative thoughts and emotions.
After the prequalifying races, this athlete was in fourth place. She attended to all of the media obligations, family commitments, and so forth and then came over to talk to me. This is the conversation that transpired:
Athlete: “I don’t think today is my day.”
Me: “Really?”
Athlete: “There is a ton of media here and a lot friends and family. I don’t think today is my day.”
Me: “Yeah, you just stink, don’t you!”
Athlete: “What?”
Me: “Well, is that the right mindset?”
Athlete: “Oh, right. I need to remember my power statement.”
She told me after the event that when she had gotten on the chairlift to go up for her finals run, the doubt had gotten in again. She began telling herself, “It’s okay. No one expected me to do this well. My family will still love me.”
She then caught herself and said, “No! Today is my day! I am making it happen today!”
She told me she was feeling good mentally while being processed for her run. And then, while standing in line only two athletes away from her turn, the doubt came in again: “It is okay. No one expects me to-”
This time she was mad. She got out of her skis, walked out of the starter’s box, and yelled up into the mountain, “Today is my day! I am making it happen today!”
I could see her determination as she came back into the starter’s gate. She put on her skis and grabbed her poles with purpose.
This athlete ended up skiing faster than she had ever skied before. She was farther on the front of her boots, she got bigger air, and she finished tied for first place. Two days later she backed up her performance with a second-place win.
This athlete, who only six months earlier was called a guinea pig, went to the Vancouver Olympics as the number-two mogul skier in the world and as our top U.S. mogul skier. All of this happened because she applied the principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ." - Craig Manning
Craig L. Manning was a performance psychology consultant for BYU Athletics when this devotional was given on January 31, 2017.
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I have listened to this well over a dozen times over the years and I am going to dissect and use it to compete for Olympic skateboarding in 4 years. Mark my words.
GO for it!!!!
One of the best BYU motivational speeches. I needed this right now on my life.
Wow! I’ve listened to this over and over for 2 days now and shared it with my family. I just ordered his book and can’t wait to get it! Thank you so much for such a message!
Fantastic talk, thank you!
I love this devotional.... So true and so on point.
Wow, this is AWESOME, thank you!
Faith begins with how you talk to yourself
If this guy puts a book out I’d love to read it. Still want to know more about mental queues and how they quickened practices.
He has a book. It’s called “The Fearless Mind”
JUST what I needed to hear Brother Manning. So glad BYU TV had your talk on yesterday when I flipped the TV on. I will be looking for more of your stuff and attempting to apply it more directly to the things God wants me to accomplished at Gold medal level
12:32 Faith begins with how you talk to yourself
Hahaha my husband is an Aussie too (Victoria), he barely speaks English, as well :) haha
Love having a fellow Aussie speak, but the accent is soo weird hehe
1:07 “sorry I do have the wrong person”
Just imagine if the president was actually making a comment about how the Craig Manning that he knew, would never be so hesitant to accept a speaking assignment - therefore stating “sorry I do have the wrong person”. Ouch.