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by Ada M. Palles
 Some people roll their eyes whenever anyone mentions affirmations. But the only testimonial you'll ever need to know that it actually works is your own experience.
"It is the mind which creates the world about us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched." - George Gissing
We could go into a lengthy discussion about the brain's reticular activating system to explain why affirmations actually work, or we can have a mind-blowing conversation on quantum physics and the nature of reality, but there is a great deal of work on those subjects already. It is at the heart of the teachings around the Laws of Attraction.
"The mere act of observing something changes the nature of the thing observed." - Werner K. Heisenberg, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Perhaps it's more compelling to know that some of the most successful people in the world used affirmations to achieve their goals and dreams.
- Andrew Carnegie
- Napoleon Hill
- Anthony Robbins
- Scott Adams (creator of Dilbert)
If these giants of achievement believed in the power of affirmations, if it worked for them, then it's certainly worth the effort for the rest of us to give it a try.
"Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit." - James Allen
Tips for using affirmations:
- Keep them simple. One idea at a time.
- Work on only a handful of goals at a time.
- Always frame them in positive terms. Avoid sentences like
"I do not ..." or "I never ..."
- Phrase your affirmations in the present tense.
- Repetition is key. Use various methods and media to get the ideas firmly in your mind:
- Write down your affirmations.
- Speak them aloud.
- Recite them while looking into your own eyes in a mirror.
- Make a poster of your affirmations with pictures representing the ideas, and
- hang it on the ceiling over your bed.
- Create a scrapbook of your affirmation goals, collect pictures that fulfill your vision of achievement, and paste them in there. Browse your book often.
- Recite them quietly to yourself whenever you have an idle moment.
- Tape your voice reciting your affirmations and listen to that tape every time you work-out, while driving, and before you go to sleep at night.
- Stick them on your refrigerator.
- Allow yourself to feel certainty and excitement about the outcome.
And now, you are ready to start re-programming your life.
Below are examples of affirmations. For the most part, they are general, quality-of-life type of affirmations. If you have specific goals in mind, then your affirmations should be specific as well. For example, if your objective is to exceed your department's sales goal for that month – which will win you a bonus trip to Tahiti – then your affirmations should be highly specific. Such as, "I will achieve more than $100,000.00 in sales this month, and I will win the trip to Tahiti. I am going to Tahiti."
"To be healthy, wealthy, happy and successful in any and all areas of your life you need to be aware that you need to think healthy, wealthy, happy and successful thoughts twenty four hours a day and cancel all negative, destructive, fearful and unhappy thoughts. These two types of thought cannot coexist if you want to share in the abundance that surrounds us all." - Sidney Madwed
Example List of Affirmations
- I am prosperous. I always have more money than I need.
- I am lucky, and I'm feeling lucky right now!
- I am playful. I am fun. I know how to turn work into play and have fun in everything I do.
- I am an exciting and enthusiastic person. I take interest in people, and they are interested in me.
- I am responsible and dependable. I keep my commitments. I always do what I say I'm going to do.
- I am honest and trustworthy.
- I am compassionate and kind.
- I am loveable and loved. I am approachable and easy to love.
- I am thin. I easily lose fat. I always eat exactly the right foods I need to lose fat and stay thin.
- I am strong - physically, mentally and emotionally.
- I am energetic and energized. I am enthusiastic in everything that I do!
- I am always healthy. Every cell in my body is healthy and happy and energized.
- I am happy. I am a positive thinking person, and therefore full of optimism and hope.
- I take charge of my life.
- Life is sweet, and it's about to get sweeter.
- Something wonderful is happening to me today - I can just feel it!
- I love my life! My life is full of happy surprises, adventures and excitement.
- I always meet new and exciting people.
- I always find the best in others. I always bring out the best in others.
- I surround myself with upbeat and positive people.
- I like people and always focus on their good points and talents.
- I am always surrounded by the right people — people who are able and willing to help me achieve my goals, people who open doors of opportunity for me.
- I can depend on people to help me and treat me with kindness.
- I am safe. I am surrounded only by goodness and good people.
Opportunities come to me everyday.
- I am extremely creative.
- I am disciplined and focused.
- I achieve my goals and dreams easily!
- I am successful in all areas of my life.
- I am safe, secure and protected.
- I always see what is possible! In every situation, I see the opportunities for good, and put my energies in that direction.
- I love what I do. Every morning feels like Christmas morning, because I know I will be having fun doing what I love. I wake up energized and full of ideas and motivated to do the work that will make my dreams come true!
- I always have more than enough time. I use my time efficiently and time always conforms to my needs.
- I am always in the right place at the right time.
- Whatever I do, I always end up making money.
- Whatever I buy, I always get a great deal.
- Whatever I do is always fun and easy!
- I have a rewarding and creative life.
- I have a constant flow of new and interesting ideas.
- I have the strength and determination necessary to work ideas through to completion.
- I am powerfully positive in everything I think, do, and say.
- The Universe freely hands me work that I love to do.
- Love comes to me easily and naturally. I give and receive love easily and joyfully.
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