Have you used Affirmations and did they help?

[alexandra108]

Someone just taught me about using daily affirmations to help me stay positive because I am very moody and a perfectionist, and unfortunately, my mood absolutely affects the way I run my business and ultimately its financial performance. I would like to ask those who are self-made millionaires and/or have successfully built and sold at least one company: Have you ever used affirmations? Did they really help? If you did, how long did it take for them to work? Thanks so much for answering.

[jeremylorino]

I absolutely believe in affirmations. The way it works for me is I sit down with my friends over a period of weeks and discussed what we want to accomplish. Eventually you stop discussing and contemplating these moves. You may forget them but after a certain time they are burned into your sub-conscious.

This is how it worked for my first property that I bought. We sat down for a couple minutes a day and talked about our potential investments. It digressed to a weekly thing then we would just bring it up every once in a while. A year after that we bought our first property.

It helps to surround yourself with success. I abide by the 80/20 rule with my friends and have cut my contact to those 20% of friends that think like me and want to end up in the same place. This is just as effective as affirmations; it's just a different type.

Lately I have been running photoshop-ed pictures of my bank account and brokerage account with the desired amounts. I run these pictures as a screen saver along with other pictures of desired cars, houses, and what ever else I want.

It helps with motivation and mindset. If you see it more often you will think about it more often. It's psychology 101.