Dr. Noah St John explains afformations, questions that rewire your brain better than affirmations. A study found 75% of people using affirmations get more frustrated. Instead of saying "I am rich," ask "Why am I so rich?" to trigger your brain's automatic search for answers.
Hidden habits of highly successful people are far more powerful and more important than the habits we can see. But the problem is they don't even know what they're doing. They're unconsciously doing these things. That's why they can't teach us. What is this magic formula that will make you rich? What we're talking about today is afformations, not affirmations. It's afformations. And yeah, this is a new word that I invented. I actually invented it 25 years ago. The difference between affirmations, the old method, And my new method called Afformations is actually very powerful. One of the things that I like to do with my audiences is I like to say, okay, now we're going to do an affirmation. We're going to do the old way, just like they taught us, right? So everybody say, I am rich. And everybody goes, I am rich. You know what happens next? Everybody starts laughing. I go, what are you laughing at? Well, they say, well, I'm not rich. And I go, but you just said you were. And they go, yeah, but I don't believe it. See, now isn't that interesting? Isn't that the problem? Because we say these positive statements and that's what we've been told to do, right? That's what they told us to do. But yet most of us don't believe it. In fact, In fact, a scientific study actually showed that 75% of the people that use the old affirmations way actually end up more frustrated than before because they don't really work. So imagine if you had a phone that didn't work 75% of the time, right? Would you keep using that phone or would you probably trade it in? Right? I'd trade it in. Yeah. Exactly. Well, so that's what millions of people have done with going from affirmations to my Afformations method. So what's the difference? An affirmation is a statement of something that you want to be true. So classic example, I am happy. I'm rich. I'm successful. 25 years ago, I actually discovered this distinction, which is that the human brain actually works using questions, not statements. In fact, I can prove it to you right now. Let me ask you a question. Why is the sky blue? Because God made it that way. Okay. See, now just look at what you just did. What just happened in your brain is you automatically search for the answer, right? Even if you don't know the answer, right? But you actually, your brain instantly and automatically started to search for the answer to the question, right? By virtue of the fact that I asked you a question. So that That is actually called the embedded presupposition factor of the brain. And that's just a fancy way of saying, when you ask a question, the brain searches for the answer. This aha moment was, was I realized, wait a minute, why are we going around making statements that we don't believe when the human mind responds automatically to something even more powerful and more simple, the power of questions? And so then I said, well, how would we do that? So if you use the old statement, for example, like saying, I am rich, right? And your brain goes, yeah, right. Right. I literally call it the yeah, right response because your brain goes, yeah, right. I don't believe it. And that's one of the reasons why so many people feel frustrated because they're They're saying something they don't believe. So I said, well, wait a minute. If that's the old statement, what would be the new question? And then I said, why am I so rich? Why am I so rich? Now, when you ask the question, why am I so rich? What starts to happen in your brain? I'm looking for solutions. Exactly. You're searching for the answer. So actually what the difference is between the old affirmations way and my new Afformations method. So Afformations are empowering questions that instantly change your subconscious thought patterns By virtue of the embedded presupposition factor of the brain. And the amazing thing about it is you're already doing this anyway. Everybody's already doing this. There's 2 problems. Number one is, of course, most people don't know they're doing it. And number 2, most people are actually going around asking very disempowering questions. For example, why am I so stupid? Why can't I do anything right? Why does nothing ever work out for me? Why can't I lose weight? Why can't I get a date on Saturday night? Why is there more month left at the end of the money? Right? And when you ask lousy questions, what do you get? Lousy answers. Right? Right. And that creates a lousy life. So So now using my AFFORMATIONS Method, you can actually change the questions you're asking, change the embedded presupposition factor of your brain, change your habits, and that's how you change your results and change your life.
