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Contributing Author: Gabriel Nelson
An affirmation is a statement that you say to yourself to help you achieve a goal, overcome a problem, overcome a belief, or to change a behavior in your life. They can be used to help you in the short term or in the long run.
By saying them daily, or even thinking them in your head, you can direct your thoughts to becoming reality.
Affirmations are meant to positively motivate you to succeed.
For example, if you are a salesman and one of your goals is to sell $10,000 worth of product every week, you can create an affirmation to say on a daily basis to help you remind and motivate yourself to reach your goal.
An affirmation for the above goal can be:
“Today, I will have sold at least $2,000 worth of product.”
In essence, affirmations are a great technique for achieving your goals.
Psychologically, it helps your brain make the transition to what you want to be more quickly than if you didn’t use an affirmation.
The Role of Positive Affirmations on Improving Your Leadership Skills
Using affirmations is a great way to help up-and-coming leaders to reach their goals and to enhance leadership skills.
Affirmations can also help you mold a crystal clear image in your mind.
What if you don't believe you are leader material because you don't possess the proper skill sets of an effective leader?
Try saying this affirmation on a daily basis:
"I am a knowledgeable and efficient leader."
The above self-affirmation can turn your doubt into self-confidence to be an influential leader .
Here are two affirmation resources to improve your leadership skills and to work on your personal development:
How to Write a Positive Affirmation with 5 Simple Suggestions
What if you want to create your own positive affirmations personal to you? Try out the following five easy suggestions:
1.) It is important that you make your affirmation positive because a negative affirmation will have the opposite effect intended.
2.) Affirmations are written in the present tense.
3.) You must assume that your goal is true or has been fulfilled. There is no room for doubt.
4.) They should be targeted at solving a problem, behavior, or belief that you would like to change.
5.) Your affirmation must be believable and realistic.
3 Good Examples of Positive Affirmations
Here are three examples of positive affirmations to say to reach your goals as an effective leader:
1.) I am someone my followers can approach while feeling comfortable.
2.) I am not afraid to lead my company to greatness.
3.) People look to me for advice.
Here are a few more affirmation resources to help you on the way to achieve all of your goals:
- 124 Inspirational and Motivational Quotes
Affirmations should be used for any situation you would like to change.
Set up some goals and make affirmations for them.
It is recommended that you say them to yourself in the morning, before you start your day, for best results. You can also say them at odd times of the day as long as you are doing it in repetition.And finally, they are also used when the behavior, belief, or problem is happening or directly after it is happening.
The idea is to say them until you become them.
Affirmations are meant to help you overcome negative thoughts that can sabotage your well-being.
Affirmations help reprogram your thinking so that you can think and act positively towards your goals through visualization and repetition. In any case, affirmations can help confidence, lower stress, improve self-esteem, and they can help improve your life.
Try them sometime.
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