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Struggling a little bit with keeping your 2012 New Year’sResolutions?
Yeah, me too!
Let me share an epiphany with you. Just yesterday, a good friendinformed me he had discovered Tony Robbins.
In case you’ve been living in Siberia the past three decades,Anthony “Tony” Robbins is an internationally famous Americanself-help author and motivational speaker who has written severalbooks and produced numerous videos on personal achievement andself-growth. He has taken his message of Life Transforming Lessonsaround the globe and is ranked by Harvard Business School as one ofthe country’s top business gurus.
In checking out Tony Robbins, my friend stumbled across Robbins’protocol for the use of Affirmations to make changes in your life.Merriam-Webster defines an affirmation as simply “a positiveassertion.”
That doesn’t sound all that impressive until you realize thatscholars and religious leaders have been using affirmations forcenturies. The earliest awareness of the power of positive thinkingcomes from the Greek sage and philosopher Epictetus, who in thefirst century A.D. said, “The thing that upsets people is not somuch what happens but what they think about what happens.”
Here’s what my friend did. He wrote down eight things that hewanted to change about himself and his life. He took that piece ofpaper and put it in the drawer of his night stand.
Every morning, he takes out that piece of paper and reads hisaffirmations. He has found that by doing so, his writtenaffirmations guide his thoughts and actions throughout the day.Furthermore, he believes that through this simple act, he ischanging both himself and his life.
Here are some simple rules to help you if you want to playalong.
Affirmations must be stated in the positive. “I want to lose 10pounds” becomes “I now weigh 140 lbs.” which would be 10 poundslighter.
Affirmations are more effective if you include your name. “I aman excellent writer,” is stated as “I, Cord, am an excellentwriter.” Sorry, couldn’t help myself.
Affirmations must be stated in the present tense. “I, Mary, willbecome vibrantly healthy,” becomes “I, Mary, am vibrantlyhealthy.”
Your affirmations must be specific. “I, Bob, am now wealthier,”changes to “I, Bob, am generating $2,000 a week in passiveincome.”
Finally, you need to add the word “now” to make youraffirmations more immediate. “I, Susan, deserve a lovingrelationship,” becomes “I, Susan, deserve a loving relationship,now!”
If your positive affirmation is too big a leap from where youare now, your mind might object. To counteract this you can changethe verb to an ongoing action, rather than a completed one.
You can also give yourself permission to succeed and ” perhaps,more importantly ” forgive yourself for any past failures you mayhave had in a specific area, such as weight loss.
Those who believe in and use affirmations have a saying ” “TheUniverse is a big Yes.” The premise is that the Universe doesn’tevaluate what you say. Its job is to automatically give you more ofwhatever it is you say you deserve.
If you habitually say, “I’m a penniless loser!” The Universesays, “Okay, let’s give him some more of that.”
On the other hand, if you say, “I’m a successful entrepreneurnow!” You get, “Okay, let’s give him more of that.”
In a nutshell, that’s the principle behind positiveaffirmations. Give it a shot ” I am.
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I wonder whether positive affirmations really work. I’m researching the subject in psychological journals but I haven’t found much scientific evidence (a few things, maybe, but not much). Have you? I’m trying to put a blog together about the matter at the moment. http://intelligentselfimprovement.blogspot.com Thanks
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