Affirmation statements are short sentences you say over and over to impress their meaning upon your mind.
The reasoning behind affirmation statements is that if you say certain words to yourself over and over the universe will attract those things to you and you will essentially get something for nothing - what rubbish, that is not how the world, nor affirmation statements work....
Here is how affirmation statements really work in a practical, reasonable way…
Now first of all I do believe affirmation statements work, but not in the way commonly touted. Richard Bandler whose work was a major turning point for all this stuff (he is the founder of NLP) himself says that many people have a tiny voice in the back of their heads.
Now I want you to sit back and listen to your thoughts for a moment, just stop reading this page and look at the thoughts racing through your mind. Do it now.
OK. What did you find? If you are like me then you heard many short monlogues, worries, concerns, I am hungry (I get that one a lot), work, all normal day to day things. A lot of these are negative though, as in the thoughts aren’t about happy things.
The Thais have a saying You Think Too Much - this is not a positive thing for them and funnily this applies to almost all western foreigners here.
You can stop these worries and put your mind on track by doing several things.
Affirmation statements are one and day dreaming (visualisation techniques) are another. What these do is replace those worries with positive thoughts. By thinking about good things, like instead of worrying if your new business is going to fail you think about how good it will be to pull in those extra dollars this month.
You know how this works - you have seen it a mililon times, but if you are like me you need someone to point it out every now and then or it becomes a bit of a blur in day to day life.
Remember the last time you saw someone really stressed, were they fun to be around, did you enjoy their company, would you have bought life insurance from them? Now imagine that same person at a time when they were happy - if you were a potential customer which personality do you think would sell more insurance?
Same is true in all aspects of life. If I go out partying on the town on a high, feeling great, then I tend to have a good night out, I meet interesting people and I tend to come home with a phone number or two. If I go out when I am feeling down, guess what my night is like? Nowhere near as good, and I definitely won’t come home with a phone number.
Now affirmation statements are really simple - so simple in fact that you could even bounce out a few as you get ready for your night out
They are short statements that reinforce something good you want to come into your life. One thing though they have to be phrased right or they won’t work. If you say “I am rich and wealthy” and you’re not then that little voice will say “get stuffed you’re poor just look in your bank book” so the trick is to say something believable apparently.
The mystic personal development types tell you that by repeating these mantras such as:
You are much better choosing something in your own words, something that sounds natural to you, something that you would possibly say to a mate.
These people also belive that the Universe will magically shape energy and deliver their dreams to them without them making an effort. They call this Intention Manifestation, these people also believe in fairies and Santa Claus - they want something for nothing. Lazy.
Mainly I would suggest using affirmation statements that counteract that little nagging voice.
Richard Bandler suggests before going into an important meeting/date to concentrate on the “Ride of the Valkeries” by Wagner (opens a new window when you click so you can load it while you continue to read)
OK, so before you go into the meeting you play this through your head with huge thunderclashes playing for the symbols you imagine yourself powerful warrior walking through a battlefield lightning and thunder crashing about you the enemy is scared.
Now you do that, really do it, imagine it in your mind, see it all, but most of all feel it - feel the power in the music.
Go into your meeting with that same power and confidence and blitz it. Though not quiet an affirmation statement it has the effect that I believe is the power behind affirmation statements - shutting up or overpowering that nagging voice of doubt and worry.
So choose your affirmation statements in your own words, choose something that is going to shut up that little voice in your head and choose something powerful that you can FEEL through into your bones.
And the final most important piece is get off you backside and do things, action your affirmation statements, don’t just sit there and mumble little lies to yourself - your affirmations should empower you to go out and grab your goal with both hands, drag it to you and make it yours.
I got excited just listening to that music. It is a technique that works - get to it!
Newspapers, Popular Magazines, Fiction - Stop Wasting Your Time
Stop wasting time reading the latest news, the latest gossip magazines, the latest... the latest.... the latest..... they are wasting your life!
So many people read the papers and social magazines like an addiction, it is almost as bad as TV. My question is why do they read them?
There is no benefit they just waste your time for no (or very little) positive return. In fact that time could be better spent doing other things - like chasing your life goals or fulfilling your life purpose, or doing something you really enjoy.
Many people read the “News” to keep “informed” - informed of what? Everything bad that is happening in the world? Don’t worry about the train crash in India, or the flooding in Asia, it does not affect you and more importantly you cannot do anything about it by reading and worrying.
Send some money or volunteer if you really care about it.
The media only reports bad and horrifying things anyway, they rarely report good news - don't believe me? Watch the nightly news and keep a tally of all the good stories vs all the bad stories. It'll be 100 bad to 1 good. Filling your head full of bad things is even wworse than wasting your time
The quote from the Amway Speaker was in response to people saying they don’t have enough time in the day to build their Amway business and chase their dreams and this is true. The only bad news you need to know about is when the police are knocking on your front door.
It comes down to the individual - what is more important to you reading about Tom Cruises life (or the polished ready for consumption version put out by the tabloids) or getting out and living your own life.
Maybe Tom’s life is more exciting than yours. Perfect. That is great. There is a goal right there. Your life is not exciting enough for you. Now we need to ask the right question to get the right answer, something positive and that will provide a useful answer. “What can I do to make my life more exciting?”. Think about it. Make it an affirmation statement
This is simple business, just cut out those time wasting events in your life, for everything you do just ask yourself is this going to get me closer to my goals. If so then keep going. If not then step back and re-evaluate your behaviour.
As The Man said, if the news is bad enough that you have to worry about it then your friends, family, government or police will come and let you know besides that it doesn’t really matter so get on with your life.
The reasoning behind affirmation statements is that if you say certain words to yourself over and over the universe will attract those things to you and you will essentially get something for nothing - what rubbish, that is not how the world, nor affirmation statements work....
Here is how affirmation statements really work in a practical, reasonable way…
Now first of all I do believe affirmation statements work, but not in the way commonly touted. Richard Bandler whose work was a major turning point for all this stuff (he is the founder of NLP) himself says that many people have a tiny voice in the back of their heads.
Now I want you to sit back and listen to your thoughts for a moment, just stop reading this page and look at the thoughts racing through your mind. Do it now.
OK. What did you find? If you are like me then you heard many short monlogues, worries, concerns, I am hungry (I get that one a lot), work, all normal day to day things. A lot of these are negative though, as in the thoughts aren’t about happy things.
The Thais have a saying You Think Too Much - this is not a positive thing for them and funnily this applies to almost all western foreigners here.
You can stop these worries and put your mind on track by doing several things.
Affirmation statements are one and day dreaming (visualisation techniques) are another. What these do is replace those worries with positive thoughts. By thinking about good things, like instead of worrying if your new business is going to fail you think about how good it will be to pull in those extra dollars this month.
You know how this works - you have seen it a mililon times, but if you are like me you need someone to point it out every now and then or it becomes a bit of a blur in day to day life.
Remember the last time you saw someone really stressed, were they fun to be around, did you enjoy their company, would you have bought life insurance from them? Now imagine that same person at a time when they were happy - if you were a potential customer which personality do you think would sell more insurance?
Same is true in all aspects of life. If I go out partying on the town on a high, feeling great, then I tend to have a good night out, I meet interesting people and I tend to come home with a phone number or two. If I go out when I am feeling down, guess what my night is like? Nowhere near as good, and I definitely won’t come home with a phone number.
Now affirmation statements are really simple - so simple in fact that you could even bounce out a few as you get ready for your night out
They are short statements that reinforce something good you want to come into your life. One thing though they have to be phrased right or they won’t work. If you say “I am rich and wealthy” and you’re not then that little voice will say “get stuffed you’re poor just look in your bank book” so the trick is to say something believable apparently.
The mystic personal development types tell you that by repeating these mantras such as:
- The universe is of abundance, the universe provides for me
- Let go and let god
- Peace and prosperity are mine
- Wealth, Health and Happiness
- The Hale Bop comet is coming to take me away to a better life -
You are much better choosing something in your own words, something that sounds natural to you, something that you would possibly say to a mate.
These people also belive that the Universe will magically shape energy and deliver their dreams to them without them making an effort. They call this Intention Manifestation, these people also believe in fairies and Santa Claus - they want something for nothing. Lazy.
Mainly I would suggest using affirmation statements that counteract that little nagging voice.
Richard Bandler suggests before going into an important meeting/date to concentrate on the “Ride of the Valkeries” by Wagner (opens a new window when you click so you can load it while you continue to read)
OK, so before you go into the meeting you play this through your head with huge thunderclashes playing for the symbols you imagine yourself powerful warrior walking through a battlefield lightning and thunder crashing about you the enemy is scared.
Now you do that, really do it, imagine it in your mind, see it all, but most of all feel it - feel the power in the music.
Go into your meeting with that same power and confidence and blitz it. Though not quiet an affirmation statement it has the effect that I believe is the power behind affirmation statements - shutting up or overpowering that nagging voice of doubt and worry.
So choose your affirmation statements in your own words, choose something that is going to shut up that little voice in your head and choose something powerful that you can FEEL through into your bones.
And the final most important piece is get off you backside and do things, action your affirmation statements, don’t just sit there and mumble little lies to yourself - your affirmations should empower you to go out and grab your goal with both hands, drag it to you and make it yours.
I got excited just listening to that music. It is a technique that works - get to it!
Newspapers, Popular Magazines, Fiction - Stop Wasting Your Time
Stop wasting time reading the latest news, the latest gossip magazines, the latest... the latest.... the latest..... they are wasting your life!
“If the news is bad enough they’ll come and get you” - Big Jim (Amway Speaker)
Why read about everyone elses life and try to live vicariously through everyone else, you don't have that much time to waste, you are going to die sooner than you think - go live your own life...
So many people read the papers and social magazines like an addiction, it is almost as bad as TV. My question is why do they read them?
There is no benefit they just waste your time for no (or very little) positive return. In fact that time could be better spent doing other things - like chasing your life goals or fulfilling your life purpose, or doing something you really enjoy.
Many people read the “News” to keep “informed” - informed of what? Everything bad that is happening in the world? Don’t worry about the train crash in India, or the flooding in Asia, it does not affect you and more importantly you cannot do anything about it by reading and worrying.
Send some money or volunteer if you really care about it.
The media only reports bad and horrifying things anyway, they rarely report good news - don't believe me? Watch the nightly news and keep a tally of all the good stories vs all the bad stories. It'll be 100 bad to 1 good. Filling your head full of bad things is even wworse than wasting your time
The quote from the Amway Speaker was in response to people saying they don’t have enough time in the day to build their Amway business and chase their dreams and this is true. The only bad news you need to know about is when the police are knocking on your front door.
It comes down to the individual - what is more important to you reading about Tom Cruises life (or the polished ready for consumption version put out by the tabloids) or getting out and living your own life.
Maybe Tom’s life is more exciting than yours. Perfect. That is great. There is a goal right there. Your life is not exciting enough for you. Now we need to ask the right question to get the right answer, something positive and that will provide a useful answer. “What can I do to make my life more exciting?”. Think about it. Make it an affirmation statement
This is simple business, just cut out those time wasting events in your life, for everything you do just ask yourself is this going to get me closer to my goals. If so then keep going. If not then step back and re-evaluate your behaviour.
As The Man said, if the news is bad enough that you have to worry about it then your friends, family, government or police will come and let you know besides that it doesn’t really matter so get on with your life.
