As I wrote about on Sunday, last week I was reading the Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod. It’s an amazing book that suggests that by completing 6 habits first thing in the morning, your pretty much set up for a most productive day. The habits are:
- Silence (meditation)
- Affirmations
- Visualisation
- Exercise
- Reading
- Scribing (journalling)
By completing these tasks, you clear your mind, think about what you goals are for the day and start with a positive mind.
I loved this idea, and my current morning routine included completing my gratitude journal and watching TED talks, so to build in more habits seemed fairly easy. I’ve adopted Shaun Achors suggestion of making it as easy as possible to complete so have added a positive affirmation app to the gratitude journal and TED apps on my tablets. Going through the suggestions I came up with the following list of affirmations to start my day with:
- I am healthy and happy
- I am good at what I do
- I experience joy every day
- I make a difference to the world
- I am always improving
- I am creative and innovative
- I am a brave person
- I am taking charge of my life
- I am excited about doing new things
- Today, I will concentrate on taking one step forward, however small
- I am succeeding each day
- Everything is under control, I can do this
- I am a positive resource and people want to do business with me
- I can accomplish anything I set my mind to do
- I am organised and disciplined
- My concentration is improving every day
- I am focused on my goals and my values
- I can say no
- I am at peace with myself
- I am resourceful creative and whole
These are the 20 positive affirmations that I start the day with, but the app I chose (Positive Thinking) has many more. Choose the ones the most reflect where you are now and where you want to be in the future.
I’d love to hear what positive affirmations you use, so post them as a comment below.
Take care for now
Karen x