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. This 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.