That story brings a smile, because it pokes fun at a common type of self-defeatist thinking. How often have you heard yourself say:"Nothing ever goes the way I planned." "I'll never make that deadline." "I always screw up."
Such inner speech shapes your life more than any other single force. Like it or not, you travel through life with your thoughts spell gloom and doom, that's where you're headed, because put-down words sabotage confidence instead of offering support and encouragement.