The ‘father of motivation,’ once said, “we spend a big hunk of our lifetimes contemplating what we can’t have, what we don’t want and what’s missing in our lives. What we have to learn is to put our attention and focus on contemplating what it is we would like to attract, and not on what is missing.” -- Dr. Wayne Dyer.
First popularized by French psychologist Emile Coue in the 1920’s, self-affirmations are still essential practice for many psychologists, personal coaches and self-help gurus such as Louise Hay, Eckhart Tolle . Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer and Tony Robbins. But, do affirmations really make you happier, healthier and more successful?
The power of the mind
Well according to Coue, affirmations do work. Coue suggested that people with mental or physical illnesses could cure themselves by repeating his affirmation to themselves 15 to 20 times a day — “every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.”
Affirmations are a powerful tool — sentences repeated internally or externally that affect the conscious and the subconscious mind. Automatically, these words conjure mental images into the mind that inspire, energize and motivate. Repeating affirmations subconsciously is thought to influence behaviors, habits, actions and reactions. However, before you begin creating affirmations, it’s important to understand why you need positive affirmations.
The late Dr. Wayne Dyer believed strongly in “the power of I am.” Dyer believed that through most of our lives, our
It is not mentally not looking at circumstances with eyes that see only what you want to see”. In other words using Positive Self-Talk shows us the truth on real situations. For example: you were trying out for the school volleyball team and you messed up on bumping the ball, when the negative thoughts occur that is when the positive self talk will take place “ok I’m now going to focus on what I need to complete in order to make it on the team.” There is a way in which you can develop a positive self talk habit, there are 3 steps and the first one is “Mantra”, choose a mantra and find a positive self talk for example; “I feel strong”. This positive self talk will encourage you to feel motivated. The second step is “Practice Multiple Scenarios”after using the positive self talk from step one, repeat the line so you can practice having it sink in your brain. It will help you during real situations in sports a example for this step is “Anything can happen, and I’m definitely not out of this, Don’t let up”. Finally, the last step called “Creating A Positive Mental Image Or Visualization” this technique can help you create a visual picture on what you are doing and saying This powerful combination will create a positive message.
Motivation is something that we as human beings all possess. There is obvious levels of motivation, these levels make a substantial difference between a regular Joe and a multi-billion dollar executive. What drives a person to reach his/her full potential is motivation, whether good or bad. Sometimes tragedy as awkward as it may sound will provide
Motivation is a key driving force in most human beings and lies hidden to be discovered
The group participated in learning how to give themselves and others positive affirmations. The group was encouraged to give their selves positive affirmations daily. The group was given a handout on positive affirmations. The group played Bingo for recreation.
One thing that my father told me, actually a couple times, was “if you put in the work, no one can question that”. This meant a lot to me as I really thought about this and analysed it in my head. What he meant, or how I perceived it was, that you may or may not get to where you want to be in life, but nobody can question the work that you put in to get to where you want to be, or where you are right now, and this as with many other things was very, well, inspiring. That is, if you want to put it that way, and this is one of my very reasons for motivation and it helps me build confidence. Knowing this, I have high hopes that these lessons that I have learned throughout my time on this earth so far can benefit my well-being, as well as any of the peers around me, so that I can lead through my
Motivation to succeed: If you don't have a burning desire to succeed, you probably won't.
One of the main reason I feel that affirmations can cause you to be successful is mainly due to the reason that as I am utilizing this practice I can feel myself growing more confident about my dreams. I have always considered myself to be highly motivated and a person who is determined to achieve my dreams. The only problem was
“The Mystery of Motivation” appeared in the January-February 2017 article written by Gary Drevitch, who is a senior editor for Psychology Today. Drevitch a Yale graduate, currently resides in New York City with his wife and three kids. His previous work includes senior editor at PBS, Time Inc., Scholastic and Parade Publications, and is the former editor-in-chief of Grandparents.com and an AOL blogger on weight loss and nutrition.
One of the most powerful tools we can use to change our beliefs and our behaviors is the tool known as affirmations.
My chosen empirical articles, relevant course material, as well as personal experience have all produced evidence which supported the idea that practicing dispositional optimism would benefit me. I indeed have improved the way in which I attain a goal that I want to achieve. I plan to further establish this mindset while continually striving toward and improving how I realize my goals. Sustaining this optimistic mindset might be a difficult task; I expect to reap a constructive outcome
The client presented as well groomed. The client was in an anxious mood aeb stating, “I crossed them out triggers, it made me think of my dad while he was drinking and that makes me feel I want a drink.” The client shared that self-affirmation for him is to know what you believe about yourself. The client reported that both self-love and compassion are very important to have self-affirmation as you need to not shame yourself or hate yourself. The client discussed with the peers that he needs to have self-regulation to be able to know your thoughts, feelings, and actions. The client stated, “I have negative self-affirmation as my father used to call me fat, ugly, and annoying, while I have positive self-affirmation about having nice hair and
Do affirmations contribute significantly to success? Is there some magical affirmation secret of the ages which guarantees success? If there is, can we identify it and use it for our own success and achievement?
Sometimes it’s easier for someone else to motivate a person than for that person to motivate themselves, but I believe the theory discussed in the book “MIND OVER MOOD” that a person has to change the way they think in order to change how they feel. If they change their perspective on things their motivations will change too. Motivation to me is this - setting goals, hammering into your mind to finish what you’ve started, associating with motivated people and positive thinkers, and being persistent and patient.
Motivation can come from two sources, from inside of you and from outside of you. It can come from your hopes and expectations. It is from your desire to do something or to be someone, but not everyone is highly
Yet, I absolutely know from long experience that "true and enduring self-improvement ' can be achieved by well designed programs actually created for that end and which incorporates the specific psychological and physiological principles that I am going to try to illuminate here in this three part