Positive Affirmations – an Introduction

Are you among many individuals who desire to get rich and successful?

Have you tried seeking help from experts and successful businessmen who can reveal and share how they became successful? It’s a given fact that people want to succeed in their career and achieve their dreams but only a few are ready to take action to make it possible.

As they say, people only gain success when they are determined to make things happen and accept changes in life. It isn’t easy to embrace change but the changes you make in your life can create a strong impact and can be the most-awaited turning point in your life.

A Guide to Success

Many self-help books and study courses present tips and techniques on how to become successful in life. Famous personalities such as writers and speakers also share their life and how they excelled in their chosen path. Several factors can determine a person success and among the plenty of techniques shared, one that truly stands out is the use of positive affirmations.
All our thoughts and words that come out in our mouth are already affirmations. When we speak of affirmations, it is like we are declaring statements that we confirm as true. In our mind, there are predefined beliefs that we consider are correct and true since childhood. Not all these thoughts and beliefs are positive and most of them are negative thoughts.

We often have negative thoughts about life and this includes the problems we encounter that make hinders us from aiming for success. Do you think you can succeed if you are filled with negative affirmations? Can you possibly remove these negative thoughts or change them into positive ones. Of course it is possible! Through positive affirmations, all these things can change and you can achieve your goals fast and easy.
Now, what are positive affirmations and how can these help us achieve the things we want in life?

Positive affirmations are statements that we create in order to change the negative beliefs or thought we have in mind. These statements can reflect the things you want and can motivate you to perform an action for wonderful changes in your life to happen.

Positive affirmations can also help improve self-esteem and develop a more positive attitude especially when dealing with life’s difficulties. Through these positive statements, you can achieve the outcome you want. This does not only apply to achieving success but also getting the things you desire like a happy family, prosperous business or good health.

Influential Figures behind Positive Affirmations

The concept of positive affirmation started years ago and was started by the great motivational author Napoleon Hill. This famous American author is recognized as the “founder of modern personal success literature” and has spent years in finding out how the rich and successful individuals at that time achieved their success and fame.
Napoleon Hill started as a writer at the age of 13 and his interview with the richest man in the world, Andrew Carnegie created a huge change in his life. Carnegie instructed Hill to interview successful people in order to come up with a formula for gaining success. After years of research, Hill together with Carnegie came up with the “The Law of Success” which is a multi-study course for helping average individuals achieve their dreams and goals.

In 1937, Hill published a condensed version of the Law of Success and called the book “Think and Grow Rich”. Until, now, the book still got a great impact to the lives of the readers and followers of Hill. This book contains the 13 principles for success which includes creating a “Mastermind Group” and overcoming fears. Furthermore, this book contains daily meditations to inspire readers and on the introductory part, Hill introduces the “Carnegie Secret” which he stated to be “the foundation of all success”.

Bob Proctor – Proponent of The Secret

Among Hill’s millions of followers, one person who was greatly influenced by Napoleon Hill is the well-known Bob Proctor. Bob Proctor who is a personal development coach is one of the contributors of “The Secret” which paved way to the introduction of the other laws apart from the Law of Attraction which can help a person achieve the things they want. Proctor even wrote a book and released an audio-video program which he called “You Were Born Rich” to further inspire, uplift and teach individuals on how to change their way of thinking and how these changes can make their life better thus can lead them to success and getting their desired results.
Wallace Delois Wattles is another American author who also influenced and inspires Bob Proctor. In 1910, Wattles’ wrote the book “The Science of Getting Rich” wherein he explains and gave examples on how one can become wealthy.

One common thing that you can notice in the teachings of these great writers and speakers is the use of positive affirmations. They all firmly believe that through staying positive and thinking positively, a person can attract wonderful things in life and can achieve their dreams and goals.

How to Create and Make Use of Positive Affirmations

Well, going back to positive affirmations, what are the things we should consider when writing positive affirmations and how can we create them?

As mentioned earlier, positive affirmations are statements that express positive thoughts or ideas and these positive thoughts can take over the negative thoughts in our mind. It is like a computer that needs to be reprogrammed according to the like and desire of the user.  Thus, you can replace negative affirmations with positive ones.

To create positive affirmations, here are the 5 simple steps you should follow:
1.) Assess yourself and identify the areas of your life that you want to change or improve. It can be your career, family life, business or health.
2.) Write statements that reflect the things you desire or want in life. It should be written in present tense.
3.) Make sure that these statements are realistic, attainable and all positive.
4.) Remember to feel relaxed while writing. Find a comfortable place so you can stay focused.
5.) Declare out loud all these positive affirmations. Never miss a day reading your positive affirmations so you will be reminded of the things that you need to focus on.

Positive Affirmation – A Tool to Achieve Success

The more determined you are to bring about changes in your life, the higher possibility you can achieve your desired results. Keep in mind that it is not enough that you create positive affirmations but it is also vital that you are ready to accept and embrace the changes that will happen because these changes can help bring out the best in you and can make your life better.

Using positive affirmations is already proven by many successful businessmen to be very effective and if they were able to become successful so you will. Never let this chance pass by. Start putting things in the right perspective and do necessary action to make your dreams into reality. Don’t doubt the beneficial effects you can get from using positive affirmations as a tool to achieve success.