Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It by Ethan Kross. Ethan holds a a PhD in psychology from Columbia University. He is professor of psychology and management at the University of Michigan.
In addition, Ethan is the Director of the Emotion & Self Control Laboratory. He is published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The New England Journal of Medicine, and Science.
This is certainly mandatory reading. The praise attributed to Ethan’s effort is far and wide. And worth every endorsement. Within the opening chapters you will learn why so many have made critical praise to Ethan’s research. He warns that giving in to negative self-talk (what Ethan defines as Chatter) will certainly tank our health, alter our moods, place strain on our connections both at work and at home. Ultimately Chatter will cause us to fold under pressure.
In fact, Ethan is delivering his message in plain english. Actually I really enjoyed his little league baseball bat story. We all have a voice in our head. And yes, we all talk to ourselves. More often than not we find our inner critic. Ethan expands upon the silent conversations we have within ourselves. So, within the opening chapter we begin to understand why we talk to ourselves.