Why do you think this is the case? Who do you most often turn to when you're looking to share your negative experiences? Does talking to them make you feel better or worse?

In chapter two, Kross outlines a set of studies conducted in the 1980s and 1990s by Bernard Rimé in which he uncovered that, regardless of gender, age, culture, or geographical location, people are very strongly motivated to talk to others about most of their negative experiences.Have you ever experienced a time when chatter undermined your ability to perform well? Were you able to overcome your mental block? Why or why not? He began to throw wild pitch after wild pitch-something he had never done before-due in part to the stress he was experiencing. Despite having pitched at an elite level for nearly his whole life, Ankiel struggled during that high-stress game. During his first full year in the majors, at age 21, Ankiel was the starting pitcher against the Braves in game one of the playoffs. After an incredible high school baseball career, pitcher Rick Ankiel was drafted by the Cardinals.According to a study cited in chapter one, what people are thinking about at a given time is often 'a better predictor of their happiness than what they actually doing.' Did this surprise you? Why or why not?.In Andrew Irving 's study of New Yorkers' recorded internal speech, he observed that people's inner monologues 'often landed on negative content with utterly no transition, like a gaping pothole appearing suddenly on the unspooling road of thought.' Why do you think people are often drawn to the negative?.Do you recognize the influence of your childhood caretakers on your inner voice now? Why or why not? Kross explains that our childhood caretakers can have a strong influence on our internal voice as we develop.Were you able to work your way through it? If so, what tactics did you use? Were any of those tactics similar to those described by Kross? Discuss a time when you felt you were impacted by your own mental chatter.

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