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A powerful way to build confidence and achieve more of your potential is to revise any limiting beliefs (e.g., "I’m not smart enough," "I’m lazy," "I’m disorganized," "I never finish what I start."). Replace them with positive intentions or statements.

Fundamentally affirmations work because you are repeatedly telling yourself that you would like to feel or act a particular way or take on a certain character trait. This repetition subtly reminds you of this and you take steps in that direction. At first these steps are conscious however with time they become unconscious, hence affirmations are a way of reprogramming the unconscious mind.

Everyone uses affirmations either by taking control and consciously writing them down and choosing how they want to act, think or feel or by allowing their environment to affirm actions and dialog with potentially damaging consequences. If you do not consciously program your subconscious you are left with no choice but to accept whatever life throws at you, positive or negative. — bmindful "creating effective affirmations"

So where do you start?

If you are not already working with affirmations, start by listing the goals you would like to achieve in the next 6-12 months. From this list of goals, begin stating them in positive words as if you have already achieved them. Once you begin this process, have fun, and allow your intuition to guide you toward affirmations you might not have considered at first! If they sound right to you, and resonate with your heart, you know you are on the right track. — Affirming Spirit

My affirmations: