Visualization - why we should all be doing it

The importance of creating a clear mental image of your desired goal.

How the subconscious mind works -
All of our results have and are being dictated by our subconscious
Our results in life will always be congruent with the beliefs that we hold at a subconscious level.
These beliefs - more often than not are self limiting
Installed as a child
Inherited from our parents
Operate from a level that we are unaware of.
In order to change our results we need to  change our beliefs about ourselves
Maxwell Maltz - Psycho Cybernetics
Our subconscious is a cybernetic device
This means our subconscious, through whatever course of action we take will lead us to the destination that we have stored in our minds.
How does this happen?


The beliefs we hold at a subconscious level influence our conscious thoughts which influence our actions which influence our results - SIMPLE!


When we change our beliefs we influence the whole chain of command from the deepest level.
E.g. A student that is told they are only capable of a D grade may achieve an A in one exam but will gravitate back because of the  belief that has been installed that they are only capable of a D
In order to be an A student that person must have the belief that they are.
Effectively the majority of us are running on subconscious beliefs that are stopping us for reaching any kind of self potential.
These beliefs work constantly in the background influencing your conscious thought in order to be upheld.
Most of the time without even realising. How does this happen?


The beliefs we hold at a subconscious level influence our conscious thoughts which influence our actions which influence our results - SIMPLE!
When we change our beliefs we influence the whole chain of command from the deepest level.
How can visualisation help this?
Our subconscious has no ability to distinguish between what is real and what is not.


The language of the subconscious is images and feelings
If we close our eyes and imagine with feeling then to our subconscious it is real!
By visualizing we can change the self limiting beliefs that do not serve our interest and replace them with empowering beliefs
Our subconscious will strive to make that belief a reality
through changing the thoughts that arrive in our conscious and thus influencing us to take different action and as a result creating a new reality based on the new belief
What to visualise
Decide what you want, what you want to be, whatever it is, and then hold that in your mind as if it has already happened.
Try to use all your senses to emotionalise the images.
Here’s an example - You want a new car
Picture every detail, listen to the engine, feel the leather on the steering wheel,
Smell the air freshener, experience every detail.
Here’s another example:
You want to earn crazy money..
See your bank statement with the balance you desire, imagine eating in the expensive restaurant you could never afford before, taste the food, listen to the conversation, look at the decor.
Picture your dream 5*  holiday, feel the sand under your feet and the sun beating down on you, listen to the sounds and absorb every detail.
21 day of repetition and it's done!
A repeated action for 21 days becomes an ingrained new habit.

As stated before your subconscious cannot differentiate between these emotionalised images and real ones.
In  a very short period of time your subconscious will be working with these thought in the background and doing everything it can to bring them to reality through the process of conscious influence - action - reality creation.
Build Self Confidence
This is not only important for material purposes.
Self limiting beliefs and lack of self worth hold us back in all areas
Picture the person you would like to be
Love, confidence, abundance, self worth - create the image and really allow yourself to feel that.
With a little time and practice old beliefs will begin to be replaced with the new and your subconscious will go right to work to make that your default reality.

Daily Affirmations

We've all heard of daily affirmations.  We're supposed to either say these positive quips to ourselves daily or read them daily.  
After so many days of doing this, our mindset is supposed to change and we are supposed to believe what these affirmations tell us.  How many times have you heard talk of the affirmations and thought to yourself, "that will never work" or "that's pretty cheesy"?  

I'm here today to tell you that they will work.  When you first start saying daily affirmations, it's sort of a fake it 'till you make it mindset for a lot of people.  As you keep going, however, the Law of Attraction takes over and your world begins to change.  

My theory is that this change is two-fold.  First, you are asking to be blessed in the ways you're affirming and that opens your heart to accept those blessings.  Second, you're starting to see the ways the you are blessed rather than seeing the ways you're not blessed.  It's a magical thing that can happen.  

Today I invite you all to start your daily affirmations and tell me how it's going!  In my Mindset workbook, I talk about building a habit.  So do this with me.  Pick some affirmations below and say them everyday for 21 days.  Let's see how your world changes!

Source 
Karen Becker is an author, speaker and personal growth coach.  She has a Master's Degree in Counseling and applies these skills when coaching clients.

Self Confidence Affirmations From Think And Grow Rich

Today I'm going to be drawing inspiration from the book 'Think And Grow Rich' by Napoleon Hill. This book has been around forever, it's quite a famous book and has been described as "the essential guide to joining the worlds most successful people. 
Virtually every page of this book has some pearl of wisdom and today I'm going to be talking about the self confidence formula. 
In the book it states that taking an inventory of mental assets and liabilities you will discover that your greatest weakness is a lack of self confidence. It goes on to say that this handy cap can be surmounted through the aid of auto suggestions through the principle of taking positive thought impulses and writing them down.
These affirmations need to be repeated over and over until they become a working part of your conscious mind. 

So here is the five point self confidence formula that Napoleon Hill is recommending in the book.

1: I know that I have the ability to achieve the purpose of my definite chief aim in life. Therefore I demand of myself persistent, continuos action towards it's attainment and I promise to take such action. 

2: I realise that the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually reproduce themselves in outward, physical action and gradually transform themselves into physical reality. Therefore I will concentrate my thoughts for 30 mins daily upon thinking about the task of creating the person I intent to become, creating a clara mental picture of that person. 

3: I know through the principles of auto suggestion that any desire that I consistently hold in my mind will eventually seek expression 
though some practical means of attaining the object. Therefore I will devote 10 minutes daily to demanding of myself the development of self confidence. 

4:I have clearly written down a description of my definite chief aim in life. I will never stop trying until I have developed sufficient self confidence for it's attainment.

5: I fully realise that no wealth or position can long endure unless built upon truth and justice. Therefore I will engage in no transaction that does not benefit all of whom it affects.

So that's the 5 affirmations to help improve self confidence as written by Napoleon Hill in think and grow rich.