A short YouTube talk by Brian Tracy explaining how positive affirmations shape emotional tone and improve life outcomes. Tracy gives practical guidance—repeat positive statements daily, neutralize negative thoughts, reframe setbacks as temporary and external, welcome difficulties as growth opportunities, and stay focused on goals—organized as five numbered recommendations and example affirmations.
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Talk to yourself positively all the time. Keep repeating I can do it. I can do it until your fears disappear. Hello, I'm Brian Tracy and today I want to tell you how positive affirmations can help shape your life in amazing ways. Your ability to stay positive and maintain positive thoughts determines the tone of your emotional life. The words you use to describe what is happening to you and to discuss how you feel about external events triggers the emotions of happiness or unhappiness that you experience. When you see things positively and constructively and look for the good in each situation and each person, you have a tendency to remain naturally cheerful and optimistic. Since the quality of your overall life is determined by how you feel moment to moment, one of your most important goals should be to use positive affirmations and every other psychological technique available to keep yourself thinking and talking about what you want and to keep your mind off of what you don't want or what you fear. Start every day by saying I like myself and I love my work. I like myself and I love my work. I like myself and I love my work. Throughout the day you can work at doing and saying the things that will eventually make the words a reality. With the help of positive affirmations like the ones in this article, you will eventually become the best and rise to the top of your field. The hallmark of the fully mature, fully functioning, self actualizing personality is the ability to be objective and unemotional when caught up in the inevitable storms of daily life and to stay positive. The superior person has the ability to continue talking to himself or herself in a positive and optimistic way, keeping his or her mind calm, clear and completely under control. The advanced personality is more relaxed and aware and capable of interpreting events more realistically, maintaining positive thoughts contrary to the immature personality. As a result, the mature person exerts a far greater sense of control and influence over his or her environment and is far less likely to be angry or upset or distracted. Keep positive thoughts consistent with your goals and keep your mind on what you want to do and the person you want to be. Here are affirmations you can use to help you stay positive and optimistic. First, resolve in advance that no matter what happens, you will not allow it to get you down. You will respond in a constructive way. You will take a deep breath, relax, and look into the situation for whatever good it may contain. When you make this decision in advance, you mentally prepare yourself so that you are not knocked off balance when things go wrong, as they inevitably will. Second, neutralize any negative thoughts or emotions by developing positive thoughts all the time. Repeat positive affirmations such as I feel healthy, I feel happy, I feel terrific. As you go about your job, say to yourself, I like myself and I love my work. Say things like today is a great day. It's wonderful to be alive. The law of expression says that whatever is expressed is impressed. Whatever you say to yourself or others is impressed more deeply into your subconscious mind and is more likely not only to be repeated, but to become a permanent part of your personality. Third, look upon the inevitable setbacks that you face as being temporary, specific, and external. To stay positive, look upon the negative situation as a single event that is not indicative or connected with other potential events and which is largely caused by external factors and over which you can have little control. Simply refuse to see the event as being in any way permanent, pervasive or personal slight on your own competence or ability, and maintain your positive thoughts as you move forward. Fourth, remember that it's impossible to learn and grow and become a success without the inevitable adversities and difficulties you must contend with and rise above in order to become a better person. So welcome each difficulty by saying that's good. And then look into the situation to find the something good or beneficial that it contains in order to keep yourself positive. Fifth, and finally, keep your thoughts on your goals and dreams and on the person you are working toward becoming and the things that you are striving toward. When things go wrong, temporarily respond by saying to yourself, I believe in the perfect outcome of every situation in my life. Resolve to be cheerful and pleasant and to use every temptation to respond negatively as an opportunity to grow stronger by using affirmations and talking to yourself and others in a positive and optimistic way. Now, if you enjoyed this video and feel it was valuable and helped teaching you how to include affirmations in your life, share it with your friends or anyone else who might benefit from this information. Before we wrap up, I'd like to leave you with a thought to share with your friends and co workers. Talk to yourself positively all the time. Keep repeating I can do it. I can do it until your fears disappear. Now I'd love to hear from you. So my question today is how have affirmations helped you accomplish your goals? Leave a comment below and I'll be sure to follow up with you. Thanks for watching. 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