Affirmations for success can help you become extremely successful in anything you do. An affirmation is a statement that you repeat to yourself to embed it into your subconscious. Most of the time, affirmations for success are used for work, but can be applied to just about anything in life. The trick is to know how to effectively use them. There are several tips and tricks that can be used to this end. These are some of the best things to keep in mind when working on your own affirmations for success.

First, you want to ensure that your affirmations for success are based on current time. You don’t want your affirmations to be set in some distant future. To our subconscious mind, leaving an open ended time frame can have unexpected results. For example, if you use such affirmations for success as “I am successful.” or “I am good enough to succeed” you are setting up an immediate time frame in your mind. If you have an ambiguous time frame, your mind won’t be constrained for time. “I am going to be successful” can mean tomorrow or 15 years from now.

Always be sure to use the correct person in your affirmations for success. Commonly, the correct person is first person. What this means is that your affirmations generally start with “I”, such as “I am a successful person”. However, some people will tell you that you can actual replace the “I” with your name. This would mean that your affirmations for success would begin with a phrase similar to “You, Joe Menlo, are a successful person.” As long as it personally references you, it is the correct person.

Don’t limit your affirmations for success to once a day. Often, people who claim that daily affirmations don’t work are only using them in the morning as part of their daily routine. The best way to be successful with your affirmations for success is to repeat them to yourself often during the day. Not all of these repetitions need be vocal however. In fact, it can be a good idea to give yourself a variety of ways to reinforce your affirmations. When at home, repeat them to yourself while looking in a mirror. On your commute, repeat your affirmations for success in your mind. While sitting at your desk, take a piece of paper and write them out so that you can read the words. Later on in the night, you might take that piece of paper and read the words again. This repetition and variety reinforces your affirmations with as many senses as possible, helping to ensure their success.

One of the key points for using affirmations for success is visualization. Picture yourself living exactly the way you are talking about yourself. Imagine what you would look like if your affirmations for success came true. This will help your subconscious mind see your affirmations as tangible points. It can make the process of succeeding that much easier, since your mind already knows what it is looking for.

It can be very easy to come up with affirmations for success. Using them properly can be a bit trickier until you are used to the ideas you are trying to convey. Remember to use these key points when coming up with your affirmations for success and you will find that they come true so much easier than you would have ever thought possible.

Author's Bio: 

Richard is a Master Practitioner of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), Hypnosis, and Neurological Re-patterning™. He is also the co-founder of New You Life Coaching.

You can read his blog at http://www.richardaluck.com/