• Recognize that self-talk is neither practical nor productive.
• Recognize that self-talk is your worst energy and time waster.
• Recognize that self-talk is talking about concepts, ideas, and images of human beings, but never human beings themselves.
• Recognize that self-talk is dehumanizing, because it talks about you as behaviors, comparisons, and things, not as a living being.
• Recognize that self-talk adheres to no consistent, logical, or rational processes; but, instead, follows chaotic, desperate, and erratic processes.