Affirmations to Fuel Your Success

Create & Use Affirmations That Work for You

“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.” — Buddha

Everyone has special traits and gifts. Everyone has something unique and special to offer to themselves and the world. We sometimes forget just how special we are. This is particularly true of people that are perfectionists or who feel they can be better or do more (conversely, feeling not good enough or not successful enough).

“I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.” — Mohammed Ali

Positive affirmations can affect your self-esteem, they can help you feel better about yourself. But like everything else, quality is more important than quantity. You have to believe in your affirmations. They have to speak to you personally, about you personally, they have to reflect who you are and who you want to be. I recently listened to a recording of affirmations by a famous motivational speaker that really irritated me. I don’t know if I was irritated because I didn’t believe the affirmations tape myself, or because it sounded like a second grade teacher talking to a child. There was new age music in the background as the affirmations were repeated; they went something like this,

“I am wonderful because I am part of the universe. You are wonderful because you are part of the universe. I am beautiful because I am in the Cosmos. You are beautiful because you are in the Cosmos…”

Affirmations only work if you believe in them or their potential to be reality. Affirmations only work if you have faith in them. Fairy tales, once upon a time and happily ever after, do you believe in them? My personal favorite fairy tale is Cinderella and I love any movie that has a Cinderella story in it. I spent years and years fantasizing about my Prince, my happily ever after, I imagined it endlessly, I fell asleep to Cinderella stories I made up in my mind, truth be told, I still make up Cinderella stories to fall asleep to. Reality is far different though, and no matter how many times I repeat to myself that I am a princess or Queen of the world, no matter how many times I say I will have a happily ever after, I don’t really believe it. It is a fantasy, and certainly no basis for creating positive affirmations about my life or me.

Positive affirmations need to be personal. Positive affirmations are not fairy dust. Positive affirmations are fuel, but like all fuel, it must be the right fuel. You cannot run an auto on jet fuel. Your affirmations need to fuel your belief in yourself, and they need to be created especially for you, your own special fuel, the fuel that you know will make you go farther and faster. There are literally hundreds of options for affirmations and it is best to create your own.

Affirmations can focus on anything and everything in your life, your beliefs, your hopes, desires, and dreams. Do not use affirmations you have not created yourself. First, someone else’s affirmation has no strength for you unless you personally believe it is fully applicable to you. Second, other peoples’ affirmations can make you feel worse, rather than better about yourself. After all, if John Doe can affirm that he is eminently lovable and rich, why can’t you?

Your affirmations have to be your affirmations and yours alone. Affirmations cannot be graded and no one can tell you what your affirmations should be. Affirmations have to be believable, you have to have faith in your affirmations and you have to understand that an affirmation is saying yes. Say yes to life through your affirmations and make your affirmations your own. Positive thought, positive affirmations work. To affirm is to believe, to recognize the truth of something. However, beliefs are hard to quantify, and very often, not based on fact. You have to do a bit of self-brainwashing. If you have grown up always thinking you are “less-than”, you have to convert that to a “more-than”.

Assuming, as some studies show, that the brain does not really recognize time, you have to see yourself as you want to be, be that person, and do what is necessary to prove that your belief in yourself is founded. It is a process, see it, be it do it. Affirmations work because the more determined you are to make changes, the more you express your desire to make changes and see things positively, the more things work for you.

Positive affirmations reprogram your thought patterns. You essentially are replacing old or dysfunctional beliefs with a new belief system. When you consistently reinforce a child’s confidence and self-worth by telling them they are brilliant, they actually believe they are brilliant, or vice versa. The same is true of your conscious and subconscious mind. You are establishing your own inner support and reinforcement system with positive affirmations.

Affirmations can change and evolve. They can reflect who you want to be and believe you can be or who you actually are today. Affirmations are not magical thinking, they are not fantasies, they are thoughts and beliefs that are or have the potential to become reality. Affirmations should be in the present tense, even if it is something you do not yet have. This may sound contradictory but it is key to actualizing your affirmations.

Sample Affirmations to Help Inspire You

• I am successful.
• I am confident.
• I am powerful.
• I am strong.
• I am getting better and better every day.
• All I need is within me right now.
• I wake up motivated.
• I am an unstoppable force of nature.
• I am a living, breathing example of motivation.
• I am living with abundance.
• I am having a positive and inspiring impact on the people I come into contact with.
• I am inspiring people through my work.
• I’m rising above the thoughts that are trying to make me angry or afraid.
• Today is a phenomenal day.
• I am filled with focus.
• I am not pushed by my problems; I am led by my dreams.
• I am grateful for everything I have in my life.
• I am independent and self-sufficient.
• I can be whatever I want to be.
• I am not defined my by past; I am driven by my future.
• I use obstacles to motivate me to learn and grow.
• Today will be a productive day.
• I am intelligent and focused.
• I feel more grateful each day.
• I am getting healthier every day.
• Each and every day, I am getting closer to achieving my goals.
• I am being transformed through the power of my thoughts and words
• I am constantly growing and evolving into a better person.
• I’m freeing myself from all destructive doubt and fear.
• I accept myself for who I am and create peace, power and confidence of mind and of heart.
• I am going to forgive myself and free myself. I deserve to forgive and be forgiven.
• I am healing and strengthening every day.
• I’ve made it through hard times before, and I’ve come out stronger and better because of them.  I’m going to make it through this.
• I do not waste away a single day of my life. I squeeze every ounce of value out of each of day on this planet.
• I must remember the incredible power I possess within me to achieve anything I desire.
• I belong in this world; there are people that care about me and my worth.
• My past might be ugly, but I am still beautiful.
• I have made mistakes, but I will not let them define me.
• My soul radiates from the inside and warms the souls of others.
• I don’t compare myself to others. The only person I compare myself to is the person I was yesterday, and everyday I am a better person than the day before.
• I finish what matters and let go of what does not.
• I feed my spirit. I train my body. I focus my mind. This is my time.
• My life has meaning. What I do has meaning. My actions are meaningful and inspiring.
• What I have done today was the best I was able to do today. And for that, I am thankful.
• One small positive thought in the morning can change my whole day.
• I set goals and go after them with all the determination I can muster. When I do this, my own skills and talents will ensure my success.
• Happiness is a choice, and today I choose to be happy.
• I am full of life and filled with possibility.
• I am ever-expanding yet whole; wise enough to know that there is plenty left to learn; humble and happy as I grow.
• I am grateful for who I am and can be.
• I am devoted to uncovering the gems that are already here.
• I am enough and I have everything I need to get to where I want to be.
• I am a magnet for the experiences I most desire.
• I am grateful for every gift that I’ve been given, have now, and have yet to receive.
• I am an alchemist.
• I am worthy enough to tune into the abundant nature of who I can be and what I can create.
• you want to see a miracle, give thanks for abundance until you start to believe it’s who you are.
• I Am Affirmations: Purpose
• I am a living, breathing example of the kind of world I want to live in.
• I am a powerful force for good in the world.
• I am on the right path. I am moving in the right direction.
• I am worthy of all things wonderful.
• I am being guided to what’s best for me and everyone else.
• I am powerful enough to live in accordance with my own values, desire, and truths.
• I am in the exact place I need to be to get to where I want to be.
• I am intentionally promoting a life filled with joy.
• I am a firm believer in my ideas.
• I am a survivor.
• I am always healing, and never alone.
• I am willing to see things differently, even if I’m not ready to yet.
• I am learning to let go of fear.
• I am learning to respect the process when I do not understand it.
• I am allowed to feel good about myself.
• I am not the negative thoughts I think.
• I am ready to release the stories in my head and forgive myself for believing everything my inner critic has ever said.
• I am willing to see the truth about myself, no matter how beautiful it is.

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Writing your affirmations can be a fun task, light some candles, go to the park, sit on your balcony.

1. Start with the big ones, the things you want to see yourself as :
   1. I am wealthy
   2. I am healthy and strong
   3. I am a successful businessperson, writer, singer, performer…
   4. I am a force in the universe
2. Work backward from the big ones to ways that these big ones are already true or will become true :
   1. I am wealthy because I have an excellent business plan, a talent for making money, a special skill…
   2. I am healthy and strong because I eat right and exercise
   3. I am successful because I know my business, I have talent for business, writing, singing, performing…
   4. I have an impact on others because I am kind, empathetic, generous, a teacher, a friend, mother, father, brother
3. Write down the affirmations that are part of you now, in the present
   1. I am kind, I am smart, I can sing like a bird, I am enthusiastic, young at heart, beautiful, strong…whatever the most positive things about yourself are that you want to reinforce.
4. Find ways to believe in your ideal affirmations, even if it means making them a little less lofty, for example, if wealthy seems like too much of a stretch in the moment, change “I am wealthy,” to “I am in a financial position to buy the things I want and need”. These are your affirmations, the things you believe and are saying yes to. Make sure you believe them.
5. If you find yourself saying “Not” at the end of an affirmation, or laughing at yourself because the affirmation strikes you as unachievable, rework it, write baby step affirmations.
6. Create a ritual for repeating your affirmations on a daily basis. For example, write a poem and memorize it, create a video and watch it each day. I often start day on my computer by going first to a page on my website where I have my all I can be, all I can do video and poem. Sing your affirmations, combine your affirmations with your morning or evening rituals.

Make positive “I” statements:

I affirm:

• that I am strong
• that I am beautiful
• that I am loved

I allow:

• myself to forgive myself
• others to be who they are
• myself to make mistake
• myself to be less than perfect

I am willing:

• to succeed
• to do my best in all I do
• to help others
• to help myself
• to work hard to reach my goals

I am:

• wonderful
• beautiful
• special
• unique
• healthy and happy
• getting wealthier every day
• calm and relaxed in every situation
• surrounded by love
• successful in whatever I do
• living in the house of my dreams

I believe:

• in myself
• in God
• in others
• in goodness

I can:

• do anything I commit myself to
• change
• succeed
• be whatever I want to be

I choose:

• happiness
• wealth
• success
• love

I create:

• beauty
• good relationships
• great art
• great work
• good feelings

I know:

• what to do
• how to_______________

I have:

• a wonderful, satisfying job
• unlimited energy
• good and loving relations with _______________
• the money I need
• I have expertise in ___________________
• the means to do what I want to do

Affirm Your Progress

Every day I am moving closer to my goal of _________________.

I am becoming more and more __________ each and every day. I am feeling more and more ____________each and every day. I am improving in ___________________each day and every day. Every day I am moving closer to my goal of _________________.

As you create your affirmations, you must believe in them and take them as your own, as part of yourself.  Every affirmation must be carefully worded and completely “cover the ground.”  State your affirmations in the present.  Remember that your subconscious does not grasp the concept of time. 

Finally, if you are going to use affirmations and have them work you need to do it with passion and emotion.  Put the strength of conviction in your affirmations and incorporate mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects into your affirmation performance.  Verbalize strongly and with emotion.  Stand tall or move around to increase the energy levels.  Focus on what you are affirming and visualize yourself being exactly as you are affirming yourself.  Stick to it, be consistent, and believe in yourself.

SEEBEDO Your Affirmations

SEE yourself as you are, as you want to be and as know you have the potential to be.

BE the person you affirm yourself to be.

DO the things required to be the person you see, the person you want to be.