Author Login | Popular Articles | RSS Feeds | Sitemap

Home | Self-improvement | Positive-attitude


Practice Self Talk and Postive Affirmation Statements in Your Life

By: Bill Piker

Positive self-talk means purposely giving yourself positive reinforcement, motivation, and recognition- just as you would do for a friend. Congratulate yourself when you do well, and remind yourself of your abilities, accomplishments, strengths and skills. Keep a to-do list, check off accomplishments, and review your progress periodically.

Make self-talk work for you. When you habitually say to yourself has a very profound impact on your self-image, your self-esteem, and your performance as well as eventual success. Remember that your subconscious triggers physiological responses to match the pictures and thoughts that you have of yourself to make them happens. Make this work for you by keeping your self-talk positive.

For example say to yourself either â€oe I did a good job on that changing a friend’s oil even though I took a quart and ½ for myself â€oe or â€oe I did a good job of not paying a good friend the cost of supplies for the efforts he did for me â€oe.

Stop negative self-talk. You may well be quick to nag yourself because your mother wanted you to more than perfect. However, negative self talk can be damaging because your subconscious believes what you say to your when you repeat that negative talk in your mind over and over. How is your subconscious to know otherwise? If you catch yourself using negative self-talk, stop and rephrase. Eliminate the negative words. Focus instead on the best course you can take and do it.

Make positive communications a habit. Focus on the positive in goal statements, self-talk, and all communications. Compare the following phrases, and notice how the positive words convey confidence, commitment, and enthusiasm.

For example instead of â€oeI will try” substitute the phrase â€oe I will â€oe. Instead of saying to you â€oeI should do â€oeinsert the phrase â€oeI will do â€oe. Try saying â€oe I want to â€oe or â€oe I choose to” instead of the more common â€oeI must â€oe.

Focus with affirmation statements. Affirmative statements are positive self-statements or reminders to help you achieve goals. They are positive messages with a punch â€oemental bumper stickers” of sorts to motivate your subconscious mind to work for you.

Here are guidelines to help you to use the powerful tool of affirmative statements as vital mental reminder technique.

1) Make the statements personal to yourself. Not arbitrary or generic. Use the phrase â€oeI” , your own name , or you

2) Keep affirmations short. How can you use the affirmations if you cannot remember them?

3) Phrase your affirmations positively. The mind accepts as truth the words that you give it. Use positive words only as affirmations. Leave out any negative words. For example say â€oeI will not be nervous during my interview with the warden â€oe. Rather say â€oe I will be calm and self-assured during my interview”

4) Include a positive emotion. A phrase that triggers a positive emotion strengthens the affirmation. For example â€oeMy goals are valuable and it excites me.”

5) Phrase affirmations as fact. Phrase a goal as though it is happening even if you have not achieved it yet. Your subconscious believes mental messages and works to make them a reality.

6) Say your affirmation at least 6 times a day. Repetition is life. Repetition enhances self-confidence, acts as a reminder, and stimulates your subconscious to help you achieve your goals in life.

It cannot be overstated the impact that positive self talk and affirmative statements can help you towards the vital goals that you have identified in your life. Remember that without goals even if you work hard you are like a ship without a rudder.

These powerful tools of positive self talk and positive affirmations can more than help speed you along to your chosen goals.

Article Source: http://www.articlesnatch.com

About the Author:
Bill Piker old dog!'s Blog http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog/slideshow.html?p=3&id=ROjOVC8wIv9KijBAErka http://www.aceemploymentservices.net

| Print | Ezine Ready | |

Recent Positive-Attitude Articles

  • Step outside your mind By: Anne McShane - Your mind can be the best friend you can have and, strangely enough, it can also be your worst enemy, if ever there is one. It can be your best friend provided you use it well: it allows you to scale incredible heights. It could be your biggest enemy, because even without you ever realizing, it can create impenetrable walls around you. These walls change the quality of your life for the worse. It might seem somewhat hard to believe, but it is true.
  • Let TRAVEL THERAPY help you find your way! By: TRAVEL THERAPY - The idea behind TRAVEL THERAPY is to pick a destination based on what you're going through in life. Stressed out? Going through a breakup? Looking to reconnect with family and friends? TRAVEL THERAPY can help you find your way! The TRAVEL THERAPY concept was created and trademarked by Emmy award-winning travel writer and television reporter Karen Schaler. Schaler came up the idea after working as an embedded war zone correspondent in Afghanistan in 2007. She has gone on to create a TRAVEL THERAPY website at www.traveltherapytrips.
  • Clearing A Space By: Takeyah - This time of the year is full of renewal, rebirth, growth, development, restoration, and cleansing. Along with the rest of nature, you tend to feel vibrant and inspired to clear things out and get a new start. It is a great time to clear away the past and plant new seeds for your life! Here are a few easy ways to meet your cleansing needs: The Space Within You Fuel up! Think about creating your own cleansing experience to get rid of excess waste. Take advantage of all the great whole foods during this season.
  • Worthwhile Ways to Kick Boredom Out of Our Minds By: Mark Christian Walters - What do the many different people stuck in the middle of an afternoon bumper-to-bumper traffic have in common? The answer: a lot of wasted time and that all too common yet never wanted feeling of boredom. Because of its commonness, hardly any of us places any significance in the feeling called boredom, which sets in as silently as it comes. As such, each one of us has developed our own way of dealing with it.
  • How to Improve Your Positive Attitude with Affirmations By: Andy Bolton - What holds you back from achieving your dreams—or even daring to take them seriously? The first step toward success is self-motivation. There are a number of ways to help support the journey toward its accomplishment. It may not be easy to accept this, that we find otherwise quiet and retiring people jump from having nothing to experiencing abundance through the power of affirmations. Affirmations open up your mind to possibilities. Anything that may have been previously out of your grasp, comes within touching distance. But first you need to believe it is possible.
  • Affirmations and How Best To Use Them... By: Andy Bolton - Positive affirmations are powerful tools to help you manifest what you desire into your life. Everything that exists is made up of energy in the form of radiating wavelengths. The denser the form, a rock for example, the lower the energy levels, at the other end of the spectrum there exists things that have high levels of energy. These high energy level forms are things like light, colors, and thoughts. Yes, thoughts!
  • Poker Tips: How to Improve Your Poker Playing Skill By: Ellie Schneider - Whether you are playing Texas Holdem or any other poker variation, taking part in friendly poker games or virtual poker tournaments, these following tips will surely make a better poker player out of you: Fold: in other words, do not play each and every hand just for to experience poker action. Holding to a low starting hand is probably the most common poker beginner's mistake. Take the bother to learn poker starting hands and know when to foldem and when to holdem. You cannot believe the amount of money losses it will save you.
  • The Power of Beliefs & Positive Attitude By: Joel Yeo - Beliefs formed a big part of our lives. Successful people have always believed that they can be and will be successful in their life. Many of us have seen Michael Phelps won 8 gold medals in a single Olympic. That has created a history for himself. Many have envied his feat and the first thing in their mind will be, “Wow, how I wished I could be like him.” Have you ever wondered what could you achieve in your life? What will you do if you couldn’t fail?
  • Bingo Numbers Nicknames: Guide to Bingo Calling By: Brad Wilder - Many of the numbers in the bingo game are given nicknames. The bingo numbers nicknames have two purposes: The first purpose is to verify and emphasize the call. Bingo halls are often crowded and loud, when the caller adds a nickname to the called out number, it helps the players make sure that they have heard the correct number. The second purpose of the bingo numbers nickname is to add some humor to the repetitive procedure of calling out the numbers. There are two general types of nicknames: nicknames that rhyme with the numbers.
  • Gambling for a Living: How to Become a Professional Gambler By: Eden Katz - The concept of becoming a professional gambler appeals to many amateur gamblers. Many of them are taking it seriously, relocating to Las Vegas or Atlantic City and spending their days around the blackjack or poker tables or at the sportsbook or race book. Most of them return home broke and disappointed, few of them actually make it. Becoming a professional gambler is not as easy as it seem. Being a talented poker or blackjack player with a background of notable winning is not always enough.

Search Ebay

Still can't find what you are looking for? Search for it!


Submit Your link to the Open Link Directory Project

Copyright 2005-2008 MJE Sales, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Proud member of the ArticleCkr Search Network Search Network!
ArticleSnatch.com is free for both publishers and authors to use and is supported entirely from advertising revenue.
Use of our service is protected by our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.