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31 Success Affirmations – The Affirmation Spot for Wednesday October 19, 2011

Today’s Thought:

“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
~ Henry David Thoreau

Dictionary.com defines success as 1) the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors. 2) the attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like. That may be the technical definition of success, but I prefer Thoreau’s notion of success. He indicates that it is about what we might call today “aligning” with your dreams and moving confidently in their direction.

Success can mean anything to anyone. It need not be about wealth and money. Success could be living in a persistent state of joy or giving everything you have away to others or simply being the person you came here to be. You should consider carefully what it means to you so that you can align with your dreams and move in their direction.

Today I am sharing some affirmations written to help you focus your mind and align your actions with your success.

  1. Success is the natural outcome of me being truly me!
  2. Give me an inch of opportunity and I’ll convert it into a mile of success!
  3. Today I am sharing my talents with a world thirsty for what I have to offer. Success is mine!
  4. Today my talent and determination are a winning combination for success!
  5. As sure as the Sun comes up, my inner winner shows up and brings me to success!
  6. I am at the top of my game and success is mine!
  7. As I learn to celebrate my successes, they come one after the other!
  8. I am a success magnifier! As my success grows, so does the success of the people around me!
  9. Today my excuses for failure are replaced by my reasons to succeed!
  10. Today I handle my doubt and fears and become the success I know I am!
  11. I make as much success as I am willing to believe in. Today I believe big!
  12. Today is my day. My successes are expanding and magnifying.
  13. I am pushing forward to new successes. Success is now part of my DNA!
  14. Right here and right now I am punching my ticket to the top!
  15. Failure is not an option for me! I keep pushing forward to new successes!
  16. I pursue success! I achieve success! I become success!
  17. Today I am bursting through barriers on my way to a successful day!
  18. Today I am ready, willing, and able to take my success to the next level!
  19. My life is an ocean of opportunity. I am riding the waves to unprecedented success!
  20. The winds of hope and determination fill my sails, as I set course for another success!
  21. I am determined! I am committed! I am successful!
  22. My life is what I make of it and I CHOOSE to make it a successful place to be!
  23. When I expect the success, I always get it!
  24. Today and every day, I am supercharged for success!
  25. I listen to and emulate successful people. As I do, my successes multiply.
  26. My thoughts plus my actions equal my success.
  27. As I take the lead in my life and act with commitment and determination, success follows me everywhere.
  28. Today I bring my best and achieve complete success!
  29. My success is a choice not a chance.
  30. My belief creates opportunities and I convert opportunities into success!
  31. Today I use my failures to fertilize the field of tomorrow’s success!

Follow your bliss! Experience your bliss! Become your bliss!

Ray

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Are You Pole-Vaulting in Quick Sand?

Today’s Affirmation:

“I succeed by helping my clients succeed.”
(Click the affirmation to hear the mp3 version)

pole_vault1The image is rather humorous to imagine, isn’t it? Picture a pole-vaulter racing down the track and planting his pole in a vat of quick sand to launch. What do you think would happen?

Yet many of us do that every day. Our careers, businesses, and personal lives are a lot like a pole-vaulting competition. As we progress, someone keeps moving the bar higher each time. Have we set a firm foundation for success?

The pole represents the actions we take to “vault” over our goals. Our thoughts are the foundation we use to launch. If our thoughts are like quick sand – not empowering and supportive of our goals – then no amount of action is going to get us where we want to go. We have to have a solid foundation from which to launch our activity.

Unfortunately, establishing and maintaining success-generating thoughts is not a “once and done” proposition.

Henry David Thoreau once wrote:

“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.”

Here are some simple steps to help you create a firm mental foundation for your actions.

  • Add Thinking Time – Many people forget to account for time to think, imagine, and dream. When you start a new project or create an action or business plan add “thinking time” into your time line as the first step. Thinking before you act creates a firm foundation for success.
  • Empower Your Thinking – Now that you’ve added thinking time focus on creating the kinds of thoughts that support your plans, goals, and dreams. Elevate your strengths and abilities and reduce focus on negatives and naysayers. Harness the power of your thinking to propel you forward rather than hold you back.
  • Rinse and Repeat – Keep the positive, empowered thoughts coming. As you move forward, you may encounter doubts or headwinds.  Your thoughts are a critical buffer to keep you going. Many, many people give up as soon as the obstacles appear because their thoughts have not prepared them to handle it. Stay focused on your mental game to keep your edge and weather storms.
  • Grow and Change – Even power thoughts can be misdirected. The point is not to beat your head against an unmovable wall. That is stubbornness not success. An empowered thinker is constantly reevaluating and adjusting course to keep steering towards the goal. Sometimes the goal even changes through the process. Be adaptable and ready transition your thoughts to support the new goal.

Particularly in the current environment, your thoughts are your life-line to keep you going. Make sure they are rock solid and not quick sand. The bottom line is that the first step to any achievement is an empowered thought. The secret to sustained success is constant maintenance of your thinking.

Make getting your thoughts empowered, aligned, and on board the first step in every action plan or business plan you create. Don’t try to pole-vault in quick sand.

Think It! Believe It! Do It! Be It!

Stay inspired!

Ray

2009 Affirmation

“This year I am absolutely committed to being the person I came here to be!”

60% Say Depression Likely – The Affirmation Spot for Wednesday October 8, 2008

“Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.”
~ Brian Tracy

A weekend CNN Poll found that 59 percent of Americans believe a 1930s style depresssion is “somewhat likely” or “very likely”. As we enter the troubled financial waters ahead, we really need to watch our thoughts.

Remember the power of our thoughts can work for our benefit or our detriment. Our mental expectations can worsen an already difficult situation, if we are not careful. Certainly, we do not want to become delusionally positive and pretend there are not issues. That approach denotes the downside to positive thinking.

Rather, we need to keep our wits about us and remain calm. There are always opportunities for growth and advancement in any situation. There are lessons to be learned that may benefit us greatly down the line.

Most of all, we need to visualize a better outcome than depression. If our minds begin to settle on that outcome, we will find a way to make it come true. Beware of attempts to plant those kinds of images in your mind.

“Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt

If we believe a depression is on the way, we will have a depression. If we are focused on bringing about something more positive, that is what we will experience.

Our thoughts are critical in determining what is to come. Fear and panic are contagious viruses. Depressions are built on them and cannot occur in their absence.

Our life in the near future – as always – will only be as good as we expect.

“Our circumstances answer to our expectations and the demands of our natures.”
~ Henry David Thoreau

Stay inspired!

Ray