148,000: That’s How Many Times You Were Told “No” By Age 18
How Positive Self-Talk Can Counteract Your Negativity Bias, Smash Limiting Beliefs, and Rewire Your Brain
6 min readJul 28, 2022
The average person is told “No” 148,000 times before they become an adult. That’s a stat from the book What to Say When You Talk to Yourself by Dr. Shad Helmstetter, one of the leading…