After reading Hal Elrod’s  – The Miracle Morning I incorporated affirmation into my morning routine. He talked a lot about the power of affirmations.

I knew something wasn’t right and I needed to make the affirmations have real meaning to me. 

I initially downloaded Hal’s PDF with his generic affirmations on them. Honestly it was a great starting point.

However, I found myself memorizing it and speed reading it – just to get through it. It really had no deep meaning for me.

It wasn’t personal to me.

It took me a while to figure that these affirmations s good as they were weren’t  really for me.

I had to start over and get really personal with what I wanted affirmed on a daily basis.

Here was my process: 

• Categories – Define the categories in my life that are important right now. I see this as being similar to David Allen’s area’s of responsibility. I wanted to think had about areas that I wanted to change or reaffirm for myself. I ended up with 5.

Here’s mine:

Career

Finances

Blog

Fitness

Family

Friends

• Assess  – One by one, go through each category and right down the biggest areas that need to be addressed. I also wanted to note what was working.

• Maximize – In a as few words as possible but not so few as to lose my message right it down.

• Keep it alive – I continue to edit it. I keep what’s important relevant to where I am right now.

• My quest – I ask myself these questions:

What am I going to be remembered for? I ponder this question and always answer it.

Then I ask myself Did I live an extraordinary life?  I always answer  YES!!

• Quote – I end with a quote. Right now it is:

“Who is mighty? He who has control over his own mind.”

Yes I still keep my affirmations in Evernote! It’s a great place to have them to refer to.

Affirmations are a great tool and making them tailored to you, makes them the most effective.

Small steps in the right directions is my goal. I want to constantly improve my self for all around me. This was another small but meaningful step for me. I know feel connected to my affirmations and they are easy enough to read in a spare moment.

Lastly I want to mention that I see affirmations as part of my goal setting process. These should be intertwined into what your goals are.

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