Due to its simplicity and relative effortlessness, many reject and criticise the efficacies of self-affirmations. You cannot achieve greatness by simply visualising and reciting them out loud. Life is never that easy.

Personally, I religiously recite my self-affirmations every morning and have been practising it over 6 months to date. In outright honesty, I don’t even know if I am performing my affirmations “correctly” or not – nor that matters. The positive effects that I have personally experienced are good enough reasons for me to keep continuing with refining and reciting my affirmations.

I don’t believe, nor do I expect to achieve my goals by simply reciting my affirmations – there’s a difference between a visionary and a day-dreamer. But every morning as I recite my affirmations, I am able to form a clear picture, a goal and purpose in my life. This benefits me tremendously as I become more aware and conscious about myself and the surroundings.

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Affirmations, just like mission statements, are very personal things. Before asking whether self-affirmations work or not, the first real question to ask yourself is, “What do you want to get out it?” In my opinion, affirmations, visual boards and auto-suggestions should be utilised to help yourself become more focused, both consciously and sub-consciously – not as a tool to grant you wishes that you never work for.