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#127 Ethan Kross - Chatter. The Voice in Our Head and How to Harness It

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Challenge Is the Inverse

Study by lindsey stream and marksere at buffbunflor university looked at distant self talk. They found that when people use their own name t before a stressful task, they're more likely to coach themselves through the problem rather than be critical. This kind of distanceis helps promote a challenge state over a threat state. And i think speaks to the potential benefits that these linguistic shifts and distant self talk can have for people.

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