Using Affirmations

Maybe you have used affirmations before. perhaps you wrote positive statements on cards and repeated them every day. Hopefully you stuck with it and got the results that you wanted. Howevevr, more often, we find it hard to take the time to read them every day, and without that constant repetition, we don't get the effects that we could get. This is why affirmation CDs and audios are so popular.

The idea of positive affirmations makes sense to anyone who has noted how depressed they get when they repeat certain thoughts or say certain things over and over. If repeating negative thoughts and beliefs "works" to produce a negative state, it makes sense that positive affirmations would work as well. Of course, with a CD, it doesn't even take time as with written affirmations. Push that play button and go about your business while constant repetitions reprogram your mind for success - that's easy.

However, what if you don't like the affirmations that you hear on the popular CDs? Or what if you don't want to spend a lot of money to buy eight different ones for eight issues you are working on? Then it may be time to make your own. Get a microphone for your computer and make a CD, or just use a tape recorder, and follow the guidelines below.

How To Make Affirmations

There are some "rules" for making good affirmations that are likely to affect your unconscious mind. The first rule: keep statements in the positive form. If you say, "I don't bite my nails," your unconscious mind - which has a hard time with negatively stated instructions - may take it as "bite my nails." It's better to say something like, "I take care of my nails with a nail clipper and nail file."

Another rule for making affirmations that work is to use repetition. You'll want to listen to your CD as often as you can (and at least once per day for three weeks), but it also helps to repeat the statements several times each on the recording. Here's a trick to make them even more powerful: use inflection with each repetition to create a slightly different meaning. Look at the following examples:

I create my future with actions I take now.
(The basic affirmation.)

I CREATE my future with actions I take now.
(Meaning your future is created, and doesn't just happen.)

I create MY future with actions I take now.
(Meaning it is your future.)

I create my future with ACTIONS I take now.
(Meaning your actions are what matter in creating your future.)

One final "rule:" Work on one area at a time. If you try to work on losing weight, motivation, quitting smoking and making money all at once - it's just too much to process. Start with one goal, such as "Improving my relationships," and make an affirmation CD for that purpose. Listen to that one for several weeks before starting the second one.

Positive statements - repeat them several times - use inflection to "squeeze" the most meaning out of each statement - listen to them often and consistently. This is how you make and use your own positive affirmations.

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