Eliminating limiting beliefs through affirmations

                                I can do it!

I conducted a few mental skills trainings for student athletes since the beginning of the year. And I realised that these teens are a very talented lot with great skill in their respective sports but they just have some limiting beliefs that hinder their progress. They do not realise the importance of the mental aspect of their game.

Similarly, for non athletes, limiting beliefs can himedr one from making progress in many ways. For example, you might have the fear of making an all important speech that could land you that promotion. Or you have a fear of asking that wonderful person out on a date or an outing. These limiting beliefs occur due to past incidents that programme our mind. They programme our mind in such a way that whenever we experience such a situation again, our mind is 'used to' the results being delievered in a certain manner. For example, if your Art Teacher use to tell you that you are 'hopeless in art', you would be less confident of producing a good artpiece due to this previous 'negative programming'.

So, in order to counter this, always try to use positive statements or affirmations to re-programme your mind to thinking positively. This would enable you to overcome any limiting beliefs and eventually, you will start seeing positive results from your actions.

A few tips on using affirmations in order for it to work effectively:

- Use 'I am' and 'I can' statements
For example, 'I am able to produce great art work' or 'I can complete my math assignments easily and quickly'.
- Repeat the affirmations regularly.
You might be asking, how regularly is 'regularly'? Well, it differs from person to person. Some people feel 10 times might be sufficient while others might feel 80 times works better for them. See what works best for you.
- Do it just before you go to bed and just after waking up.
This si to help lock it into your subconscious.
- Try to be as relaxed as possible before stating your affirmations.
Again, this helps it to be locked into your subconscious more easily.
- You could also make a poster of your affirmation. Just write down your affirmation and colour and decorate the entire piece of paper/cardboard. Put it up where you can see it everyday or most of the days.
This reminds and re-enforces the positive statements/actions.

By practising self affirmations you are continually verbalizing & visualizing what you desire. When done with intensity and repetition, your mind will treat it as reality and you will begin to develop a new belief.


So go ahead! Believe and achieve! Have a great day!