5 simple ways to make powerful affirmations that work

After working with affirmations myself for several weeks now I can tell you that they can be very powerful.

Remember every thought you have and thing you say you are affirming something to yourself.

Now lets make some powerful changes in your life, you are affirming things every second of the day as you think. Why not make sure those thoughts are helping you instead of hindering you!

Let's get started!

Here are 5 ways to have a powerful start with affirmations.

1) Write them in present tense.
- This one is very tricky. I suggest you write them all out and then have someone check them for you. I had created a list of about 100 affirmations and I double checked them. I then had someone else check them and they found several affirmations that were still not in the present tense! This is very crucial, you want to STATE THEM AS IF THEY ARE ALREADY TRUE!
Example - I will lose weight! or I will no longer eat unhealthy (WRONG)
I am losing weight! (OK)
I am at my perfect weight! or I enjoy eating healthy food! (PERFECT)

2) Write them with "feeling: words.
Anything that invokes emotion or passion when you state it or hear it will work that much better.
Example - I bought my own home (NON EMOTIONAL)
I enjoy living in my new home. I love my new home, it's beautiful! (EMOTIONAL)

3) Focus mainly on changes about yourself or perception
Example - Instead of saying something like "My house is organized" say " I am an organized person". Focus on you and your perception not your environment. If you would like to find a different job. Do not say " I found a new job." Say "I am making money doing something I love." or "I enjoy my job, my job is fulfilling and rewarding."

4) Record them in your own voice and listen to it daily
If you don't want to hear your own voice yet, there is plenty of software that allows you to enter text and they will create it for you. However it is much cheaper (could cost you nothing) to do it in your own voice. You can just make a short 5 minute recording at first and listen to it on your way to work.

Later you might want to record affirmations for different situations. I have different tracks, one for work (which I listen to before work), one for my relationships (which I try to listen to before I spend time with my boyfriend or even a lot of time with family), one for when I am on my way to the gym or I am hungry and craving fried food when I know I want to be eating something healthy, etc..

You can play with this but start out slow, don't overwhelm yourself or you might not end up doing anything at all!

5) Pick one main affirmation and write it everyday for 21 days.
This might seem small at first but it will make a huge difference. I will give you the first one I used. "I love my life". That affirmation has so much emotion behind it, it is very quick to write and say but is also very very powerful.

Write it 10 times a day for 21 days. Remember it takes 21 days to create a habit. You are not creating the habit of writing it, but the habit of your subconscious mind thinking it. That is our ultimate goal.



Remember don't worry too much about the details, I will show you ways to fine tune them later.

And remember as soon as you hear yourself thinking negative things, repeat one or two of your affirmations to yourself (doesn't have to be out loud). You want to affirm the good things and cancel out the negative things you think or say.

Just thinking the affirmations will change the way you see life.

Also you can leave a comment or message me if you have any specific questions.


"What we think, We become" - Buddha

Thirty day Challenge

I had posted a few weeks ago about the free thirty day challenge with Ed Dale and I wanted to give an update on that. Thirty Day Challenge

So far we are still in pre-season. We have had 6 lessons in pre-season and I am on the fifth one!

YAY, for me!

Ed Dale just introduced twitter and Twhirl. If you have twitter already you can reach me @Tiffylove

Here is one link to a video of Ed Dale's showing how to sign up for twitter, which is actually self explanatory at Twitter.com but if you would like to see a video on it Click Here.

The best way I can describe it so far with almost no knowledge of using it yet, is it appears and is used almost like an instant messaging system at first. However your posts are picked up by google, they can also be used like email and is like using an social networking site all in one, plus much more (this is my experience with it through Twhirl).

It has major advantages in internet marketing.

Once again if you sign up, you can add me @tiffylove

I would love to hear your opinion of twitter, however Twhirl just makes twitter a million times better. You can download twhirl at twhirl.org. First you want to create a twitter account.

Before I start posting more about the thirty day challenge and everything I will be learning I would like to post a few blogs on affirmations.

Affirmations have become a very big part of my life, I have a book I highly recommend plus some tips and techniques.

I will try to get that posted within the next few days.

Until next time.

Namaste,
Tiffany

How is my life still so busy?

No complaints here though.

Things have been great. I think I am barely catching up on sleep, plus I have been back to my gym routine.

I started my commitment to eating healthier as well, this past Monday.

I have been reading A LOT.

I also have been working on affirmations. I bought some software but it really wasn't for me, I think I mentioned it in another blog.

So I decided on just normal recording software.

I have my list of affirmations, and while writing them I was provided with evidence about how powerful they could be. I highly recommend taking time to do affirmations.

Through the process, I have learned quite a few techniques that will really have an impact if your interested in using affirmations.

Those posts to come.

Another new event, I bought my boyfriend a new camera for his birthday and decided to buy one for myself as well.

The camera is able to take pictures extremely close to the subject which has caused me to take a deeper look at things lately.

Kind of funny how things work, there are some pictures on my myspace page.



Namaste,
Tiffany

Affirmations in my life.

Believe it or not with all the work I have done and even with my beliefs I have never taken the time to do affirmations.

I believed them to be over rated.

Funny thing is we all do affirmations everyday.

Anything we tell ourselves over and over again, we are affirming..

(i.e. I am fat, I hate my job, I hate driving, I don't want to get up, I am never going to get.....(fill in the blank), nothing good ever happens to me, or what about this famous one: Just my luck......., and many many more!)

These things are getting affirmed every time we even think them.

I finally realized that it might be a good idea to counter react them with good affirmations!

Most will say "Duh" Tiffany.. But it took a while for me to see how crucial this is.

It is not simply a tool, its 100% necessary because we already do it.

I also am well aware of the fact that there are certain affirmations that work better than others as well as ways of doing them.

I know emotion behind an affirmation is like adding fuel to the fire. And visuals help enhance them as well.

If anyone has any useful information on affirmations or any suggestions, I am open ears.

The last few days I have spend countless hours researching software to help with this process. I am not just talking software that will tell you affirmations but much more.

Recording in your own voice, visuals, subliminal recording, masking, flashes of your computer, being able to add your own affirmations, etc...

I have finally decided on one but have just started playing with it today. The one I choose is one that is not very commercialized some how I feel when they are, its because they have some high commissions associated with it, so everyone promotes it.
Doesn't mean it is the best.

The one I chose that is not highly commercialized is called Dream manifesto.

I have a check list of what all of the different software has and I hope to get around to posting it here for everyone to make their own decision soon.

Update 6/18/08: After using Dream manifesto I decided it wasn't for me. I do however have to commend the integrity of the company. When I requested a refund as they offer, he first asked if he could help me in anyway. When I replied no, that the software was simply not what I was looking for, I received a notice of a refund within minutes. He still proceeded to write me and offer advice and help.
The only reason I say the software wasn't for me is because I wanted to make cd's of the affirmations and this software was more of a computer program. However the program is highly recommended by me if you are looking for something more along the lines of a computer program, with visuals, etc...

Much Love,
Tiffany

Thirty day Internet Marketing Challenge 2008

As you all know I have been actively seeking to learn and "master" internet marketing.

I have purchased several systems.

Read several books.

Spent hours and hours online seeking this special knowledge.

I came across something that I think is truly amazing. Ed Dale is doing his fourth year of ThirtyDayChallenge and the amazing thing about this is it is 100% free.

ENTIRELY

He even mentioned that all the tools you will need for this "challenge" will be free as well.

I joined today and already went through the first day of preseason.

Needless to say I have learned of several free tools that I have never heard of that so far, are impressing me.

I am using a new browser recommended by Ed Dale, called Flock.

So far I am impressed with the speed of this browser but it has only been a few hours.

We'll see how it goes!

And oh yeah!!! For the Thirty Day Challenge Ed Dale stresses teams tremendously.

There is a forum within this challenge to form teams and discuss the content.

I really love this aspect. I know I will get a lot further a lot faster with some supportive people by my side.

I have heard quite a few really good things from people who have taken the challenge in past years.

I am excited!

Namaste,
Tiffany