If you’ve ever spent 5 minutes trying to meditate, you know something most people don’t realize: that our minds are filled, much of the time, with negative nonsense. Messaging from TV, from the news, from advertising, and from difficult daily interactions pulls us mentally in every direction, insisting that we focus on or worry about this or that. To start from a place of strength and stability, you need to quiet your mind and gain control. For former NAVY Seal David Goggins, this begins with recognizing all the negative self-messaging and committing to quieting the mind. It continues with replacing the negative thoughts with positive ones.Quiet your mindOur internal monologue often reflects the superficial world we see on TV and social media.Negative self-talk is destructive. We focus on keeping up with other people instead of finding ourselves.The world’s noise is the biggest obstacle to hearing our own self-talk. We need to tune out external influences to clear space for a hea...