| Especially in the western world millions of people of | | | | Affirmations combined with Visualization |
| average intelligence and education started with nothing | | | | The combination of both affirmation and visualization is |
| and were able to create successful lives. In terms of | | | | an extremely strong tool. If you can both say your |
| success, background and education are not deciding | | | | affirmations to yourself and visualize the achievement |
| factors. Your ability to continuously focus your mind on | | | | of your affirmation at the same time you actually |
| positive thoughts, however, is the key factor for | | | | multiply the effectiveness of both tools. |
| success. By positive thoughts we mean a focus on | | | | Success Conversations |
| what you’d like to achieve rather than what you | | | | Each day many of us spend a fair amount of time in |
| can’t see or don’t have in your life. | | | | transit from place A to B and back. Think about all the |
| There are several powerful techniques that you can | | | | time you either spend in your car or public |
| use immediately as you embark on your journey of | | | | transportation on your way to work and back, the time |
| having positive thinking patterns guide you to whatever | | | | you invest taking your children to school and back etc. |
| it is you want to achieve. The effectiveness of these | | | | You may want to use this time constructively to |
| techniques depends on continuous and repetitive | | | | increase your success consciousness by having |
| exposure to positive messages that trigger positive | | | | “success conversations” with yourself. You can |
| thoughts. | | | | do this by imagining a situation where you’ve |
| Create a positive environment | | | | already achieved your goal and now tell others about |
| First of all, it is important that you create a positive | | | | it. Say your goal was to lose 20 pounds and be in |
| work and home environment. What are the areas | | | | great physical shape. Your conversation then could be |
| where you spend most of your time during the day? Is | | | | “You know Mary, I just decided to lose 20 pounds |
| it an office, a kitchen, a study, a factory etc.? Is the | | | | and work out on a regular basis and it really didn’t |
| environment where you spend a lot of your time a | | | | take me too long to reach that goal. I now just feel like |
| motivating place filled with positive messages? Does it | | | | a new person and get so many compliments on my |
| inspire you to be creative and have positive thoughts? | | | | achievement.” Be creative in your success |
| For example, if you spend most of your day in an | | | | conversations. If your goal is to start your own |
| office in front of a computer, install inspiring | | | | business, imagine yourself talking to your employees |
| screensavers or desktop backgrounds. Decorate your | | | | about the stellar results your company just achieved, |
| walls with inspiring pictures. Have pictures of significant | | | | or see yourself giving an interview to a business news |
| and successful moments on your desk. All these | | | | reporter about the success of your company. |
| "things” around you affect your thoughts. Make | | | | “Success conversations” is a very powerful in |
| sure that the places you spend most of your time | | | | focusing your mind on success. Again, the key is |
| trigger positive thoughts. Once you’ve established a | | | | continuity and repetition. |
| positive environment, you’ll see these your positive | | | | Prayers |
| messages on a continuous and repetitive basis. | | | | Whatever your faith of spiritual orientation may be, |
| Expose Yourself to Positive and Inspiring Information | | | | prayers are excellent and proven means to materialize |
| A lot has been written about the effects of our | | | | your goals. By praying we are asking our creator for |
| thinking on our life. By now many people know that in | | | | help in achieving our objectives. Praying is most |
| some way or another, their thinking affects their life. | | | | effective because it is often connected with a strong |
| We hear things like: “Think positive. As you think, so | | | | faith or belief system. The actual belief in that “As |
| shall you be. You can choose to see the glass half | | | | you ask, you shall receive” will drive our thinking |
| empty or half full”. Does this sound familiar? And | | | | patterns and actions to the realization of our goals. |
| yet, how many people, maybe including yourself, have | | | | Since many people pray each day before they go to |
| you encountered who you would truly classify as | | | | bed, it is easy to establish a daily routine. |
| “positive thinkers”? Probably not too many, right? | | | | Talk to your subconscious mind |
| As soon as we get up in the morning we usually get | | | | Whichever of the above tool, or combination of tools, |
| busy doing things and let our thoughts flow freely as | | | | you chose to apply, from a timing perspective we |
| the day unfolds. The amount of information our brain | | | | strongly suggest that you also apply it / them right |
| processes in a day is unbelievable. Therefore, it is not | | | | after you wake up and before you go to sleep. Many |
| easy to constantly monitor our thoughts and make | | | | studies have proven that our subconscious mind is |
| sure they are always positive. We can make a true | | | | very receptive when we start relaxing before we fall |
| difference, however, when we consciously chose to | | | | asleep and right after we wake up in the morning. An |
| expose ourselves to positive, inspiring and uplifting | | | | interesting fact about our subconscious mind is that it |
| information. Minimize the time you spend processing | | | | unconditionally “believes” whatever we tell it. It is |
| negative information. Ask yourself what kind of books | | | | like a little machine in the background that just |
| are you reading, or what kind of programs are you | | | | executes commands without questioning them. |
| watching on TV. Are they inspiring, encouraging and | | | | Therefore, if we succeed in reaching our subconscious |
| positive, or do they expose you to information that | | | | mind with continuous, positive and constructive |
| decreases your energy level? | | | | commands, it will automatically start executing and |
| Affirmations | | | | focus on the materialization of our goals. |
| Affirmations are a wonderful and effective tool to | | | | Take Action |
| focus your mind on positive thoughts. The best way to | | | | Last but not least it is incredibly important that we start |
| use affirmations is to write down what you want to | | | | taking action toward our goals. Often times we simply |
| achieve. The important thing is that you write it in the | | | | think that our goals are so out of reach that we |
| first person, present tense as if it had already taken | | | | don’t even know where and how to start which |
| place. For example: “I am earning $ 50,000. I live in a | | | | then can lead to not taking any action at all. The good |
| red two story brick house with an ocean view from | | | | news is that it doesn’t really matter how big our |
| my bedroom window.” Be as specific as you can in | | | | goals are. The simple fact that we take action, no |
| your description. Read your affirmation(s) several | | | | matter how small, sends a very strong signal that we |
| times a day. | | | | are actually in the process of realizing our goal. In other |
| Visualization | | | | words, we are already moving in the direction of that |
| This technique is often used by athletes. It’s all | | | | goal. Remember “Every journey starts with one |
| about seeing yourself succeeding. Visualization is most | | | | single step” - Confucius. Let’ assume that |
| effective if you define a few moments each day | | | | you’d like to be independent and start your own |
| where you can be at a quiet place without distractions. | | | | business. This may appear to be a rather daunting |
| As you close your eyes, you visualize what it’s like | | | | task. However, even if you just start researching |
| to see your goal fulfilled. As you do this ask yourself | | | | about the market, or take a business class at your |
| “What does it look like, how do I feel about it, what | | | | community college, or think about a name for your |
| does it smell like etc.?” It is like a movie sequence | | | | business, there are always small but achievable steps |
| that you keep playing and refining in your mind until it | | | | where you can take action toward your goal. |
| becomes and feels real. Repeat this exercise several | | | | Remember, the “size” of your action does not |
| times each day. | | | | matter. What matters most is that you do take action. |