Positive Affirmations Failed Me (Avoid this From Happening to You)

I’ve been picking some really weird pictures lately. Yesterday, it was a lion and today, it's a bulldozer. Hahaha.

They all tie into what I'm saying though. Let me explain...this may take a second to make sense, but you'll get it. I promise.

A few years back, I went in head first into the laws of attraction books, and the "thoughts become things" ideology. It felt so liberating to think that anything I imagine can become my reality. I enjoyed thinking like that until I realized IT WASN'T WORKING.

I would imagine living anywhere I wanted and going wherever I wanted, and it didn't become my reality. People would say, "It's because you have to believe it from deep down in your core" or "You have disbelief", but I remember when I was a kid and I didn't have a disbelief in my imagination. Things still didn't come into existence solely because I desired them that way.

Do Positive Affirmations Work?

Yes and no. Let's talk about the "no" first. Positive affirmations don't work when:

• You have habits that you haven’t begun to implement that will make the dream a reality
• You don’t follow thru and execute those habits until the compounding generates a result
• And, You don’t use the positive affirmations as fuel to stay on course

I don't know why, but it seems like many of the Law of Attraction circles seem to miss the mark on talking about habit change and habit formation. Why is that?

What We Have to do to Get What We Want

In order to get what we want, we have to be honest with ourselves. Sometimes, we will tell ourselves excuses to "dumb down" our dream to what we think we'll be "able to accomplish". In other words, your confidence isn't where it needs to be to fully execute on the dream, but what you don't realize is if you stopped using the money excuse, the time excuse, or other excuses like that, you'd actually open yourself to dream.

Take a second and think about:

• What would life be like if you didn't worry about money or time?
• What would your family be like?
• What would your income be like?
• What would your wealth portfolio be like? Would you have real estate? How much would your websites be worth? Would you have licensing deals where people use your logo (because you've established a reputable brand)?
• What would your spirituality be like? Would you help the poor more? Would you help the uneducated or sick more? Would you help more people? Would you visualize, pray, meditate, read content that made you focus on your purpose?
• What would your recreation be like? Would you travel? Would you learn a language?
• What would you look like professionally? Would you be the best affiliate marketer? Would you be the best healthy lifestyle blogger? Would you be the best niche site builder?

Now, once you're clear about what you want, then the next step...

Can you think any bigger?

Sometimes, we struggle with big thinking, which is why I love to listen to big thinkers like Elon Musk whose thinking about implementing changes that impact large populations. If you don't challenge your thinking to stretch, you might be stuck with small dreams when you're capable of much more.

For example, if you said, I'd like my income to be at $50,000/yr and for my husband and I to argue less, it's commendable, but try imagining even further. Write down that step because it's likely that will be a milestone along the way, but if you stretch your thinking even more, you'll start to notice opportunities every day that will take you to the milestone goal and even further!

What's stopping you from getting there?

We all like to say "Google isn't ranking me" or "Facebook banned me", but in all reality, those are tools that help us to grow our social circle at a faster pace. The other tool we have is our cars, our feet, our phones, our business cards, and our boldness. We have to take initiative and not allow excuses to hold us back from getting from where we are to where we want to go.

Identify the excuses you're telling yourself and practice correcting yourself when the excuse pops up.

Where the Bulldozer comes in -- Bulldozing Past Limiting Beliefs

Once you realize how many times your excuses are causing you to redirect into mediocrity, then it's time to bulldoze thru them. Identify them and override them! Yesterday, I wrote about making the decision to stop making money excuses, and today, I'm challenging you to bulldoze thru all of your excuses.

My Questions for You

• Are you committing to bulldozing past your excuses?
• What word of advice do you have for those of us who have made our minds to bulldoze past our excuses?
  

Other recommended resources:

• 67 Self-Limiting Beliefs
• Darren Hardy's Compound Effect and Habits that Shape Yoour Affiliate Business
• When do you Stop Giving the Money Excuse?
• My Video Case Studies and Training with my Income, Traffic, and Learning Lessons