BE YOUR OWN CHEERLEADER

So what can you do today with your current income to make a positive change? Before we get to the business of making more money, we first have to start by having more positive conversations with ourselves. There is a lot of power in affirmations because words can be extremely commanding. They help to disarm the negativity that's a fact of life. We don't often have other people cheerleading us on and telling us what we'd like to hear on a daily basis. It's up to you to tell yourself those things. I encourage you to wake up every morning, look into mirror, and say all the nice things you wish someone else would tell you. Self-affirmation is as simple as telling yourself "I can!" Go crazy and mix descriptive affirmations with forward-thinking phrases: "I'm intelligent. I'm creative. I'm successful. I will prosper. I'm beautiful. I will achieve my dreams. I will work at what I do best. I'm accountable and responsible for my own destiny. I'm blessed. I will preserve a healthy body. I'm spirited. I will be my own boss someday." Once you are convinced of these things, you can then convince other people, and the world will open up to your dreams.

If you don't look at yourself differently, you can't achieve anything different. In life we don't get what we want ; we get what we are. You may be familiar with the theory that words influence our behaviors, which then become habits, and all of which lead to our destiny. I wholeheartedly believe in this theory. I think it's a reality. Positive words become positive behaviors and habits that then carry us to the destiny we so crave. If we stay caught up in the negative, we will arrive at a destiny we don't care for.

A pianist can learn how to read and play music, but without physically practicing and keeping those fingers in shape for the keyboard, she can't play well and get through a tricky tarantella smoothly from memory. The same happens in life. Positive affirmation helps us keep our brains trained and in shape from a psychological perspective to think positively, which then affects our behaviors. If you can act in a way that effortlessly supports your dreams and goals, then that's what I call success. @blossomwise