Never been a fan of affirmations; one of my spiritual teachers back in the late 1990's pointed out that our body wisdom is much smarter than words we speak. He said "If you're standing in front of the mirror saying affirmations you don't really believe, the person in the mirror KNOWS you're lying, so it won't work."
The best motivation tends to be to apply yourself consistently to something and seeing that it WORKS. Then, with that in mind, the affirmations start working because you're no longer lying to yourself.
Affirmations work best as confirmations to support something you're already on the way to succeeding at.
Wise words. They often fell off to me too. Only worked temporary and I often had doubt about the effect. It's like trying to add forced positive self talk to counter your negative self talk.
Actually Now that I think About it I’ve used the positive to counter the negative. I think it can actually help but it needs to be done with full recognition that you are working towards believing it and that the goal is to cancel out the negative talk, not to manifest anything.
Thanks for bringing that up, and inspiring an eventual part 2, but I already have up until 14 recorded 😂
I sure try to do something similar. Not just in my mind but also in real life. It's still a daily task for me though and it takes effort to be aware of the negative self talk going on quickly enough. Getting better and better at it though.
Less coffee, more rest ( sleep ) and more exercise make a difference.
I find doing things that generate excitement my best tool, which is why I got a PlayStation 3 this week! This PS3 is going to make me a million dollars just with how excited it made me!
BTW, forgot to add the YouTube link, just added it. If you have an account, the follow will help me out 😃