< Go Back Using Positive Affirmations to Achieve Success... Posted: Apr 19, 2016 Using daily positive
affirmations is an excellent way of programming your mind to focus on what you
want to achieve. Sometimes called 'self-talk',
positive affirmations can be very powerful and effective.
Of course, self-talk
can be either positive or negative and everything you think about yourself and
every word you say to yourself is actually either a positive or a negative
affirmation of how you see yourself. It
doesn't matter whether you do or don't believe them to be true, your
subconscious mind doesn't question what you say or think about yourself - it simply
accepts it as 'true'. And this is an
important point to remember: your
subconscious doesn't differentiate between positive and negative self-talk. T his is how negative thoughts can easily
become self-fulfilling 'false truths' and why positive affirmations are used by
successful people the world over.
One
way you can create effective positive affirmation statements is to use the
following seven golden guidelines:
Always use the present tense.
Begin your affirmation statements with
the words 'I am'.
Follow this with a positive
description of what you want to be - making sure you affirm what you want rather
than what you don't want.
Include at least one positive emotion
or feeling word.
Ensure that your affirmation statements
are specific and unambiguous.
When appropriate, include a dynamic
action word (eg one ending in 'ing').
Make
sure your affirmations describe what you personally want, not what other people
want for you.
Finally, if you are
able to add words such as 'or even better' or 'or even more' to the end of your
affirmations you open up the possibility of achieving even more than your
stated outcome.
Constantly filling
your mind with positive images, sounds and feelings of what you want and
picturing it as if it already exists will convince your subconscious that it really
is true. And very soon it will be!
For
more ideas and help to achieve the life you really want
call me, Ralph Williams, on 01923 449664.
