2 Goal Affirmations You Should NEVER EVER Use!
By Gordon Bryan
Right then, affirmations. In fact, GOAL affirmations.
Listen, it's no good rolling your eyes and saying 'Here we
go', I can see you from here!
Actually, here's a good exercise: If I ask you,. right now,
to go and fetch me your written list of goals, could you?
Yes? That's good!
No? That's bad!
And if not, put any cynicism aside for a while and read
on...
A goal affirmation is where you have a statement or goal
written down, and you read them to yourself at regular
intervals, usually morning and night. You also have one or
two of them as your 'mission statement', which you can reel
off at any time.
Do they work? Well, yes they do, actually.
How do they work? Blimey, what do you think I am, a
psychologist?
Basically it's to do with a big battle between the conscious
and the subconscious minds. Oooh it's a big bust up I can
tell you, its like 'Lord of the Rings' on acid.
The subconscious mind will believe what it is told by the
conscious mind, and unfortunately our conscious minds are
programmed by society to not fulfill our full potential.
Paradoxically though, the subconscious mind will not believe
certain things... This is important, and bearing that in
mind, you need to be very careful about how you word the
affirmations.
Personality affirmations need to be in the present tense.
Materialistic affirmations need to be in the future tense,
and time specific.
Ok, you know me, I don't like messing around, here's
examples...
GOOD - If you say 'I am a strong and worthy person', your
subconscious mind believes it, and will act accordingly.
BAD - If you tell it that 'by Dec 31st I will be a strong
and worthy person', oh dear oh dear.
This is no good, in fact it is damaging, because firstly you
don't suddenly cross a finish line and become strong and
worthy, and secondly it is telling your subconscious that at
present you are NOT strong and worthy, and it will act
accordingly!
GOOD - 'By Dec 31st 2003, I will have doubled my yearly
income'. Your subconscious will accept this as feasible, and
will work towards it, and direct you correctly, waking you
in the night with 'Eureka!' moments.
BAD - 'I have a million pounds in my account.' The
subconscious will recognize this as simply not true, and
will merrily ignore it.
You might as well say the moon is made of cheese in your
affirmations for all the good it will do you.
There! 4 examples, short and sweet, and I hope you can see
the differences. It's only little changes, but they can have
drastic effect on your success.
Using affirmations which are worded wrongly will sabotage
all your efforts.
Use them correctly and outloud, and you will get so much of
what you want, you will have to pinch yourself to believe
it!
Er, what was that - OUTLOUD???
Oh yes, you need to say them outloud. You may think it's
silly, and sure enough you will feel absolutely ridiculous
the first few times you do it, but I am telling you here and
now, it works, it is a psychological trick on yourself, and
is another essential piece of the big jigsaw. Or a Rubik's
cube if you like.
Yes, that's it, imagine affirmations as completing the blue
side of a Rubik's cube. Hhhm, I know I'm going off on one of
my wanders here, but bear with me. Self improvement, goal
achievement, wealth creation, the 3 things I feel passionate
about, it's all a big learning process.
2 steps forward, 1 step back, and then suddenly it all
clicks, and then like me, you'll be fit to burst, and
shouting it from the rooftops!
So be careful you don’t use incorrectly worded affirmations!
Copyright Gordon Bryan 2003
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