When
helping individuals within corporations to work effectively with their affirmations.
I remind them that they might sometimes feel resistance well up inside themselves,
when they are affirming any new behavior. When anyone in your team affirms
something, which challenges their comfort zone, they will initially feel
resistance. Their little voice will try to keep them trapped in their comfort
zone and they will try will to negate the positive change, which they are
attempting to introduce. This is a completely natural, knee-jerk reaction, but
they can learn to overcome it, if they are willing to keep repeating the affirmations,
despite the negative response from their inner self.
That
negative voice, which tries to tell them to stop as they are living in
fantasy-land, is merely natural resistance to change. The negative feelings
they will experience are the result of negative programming and an inert resistance
to be moved out of their comfort zones. The good news is that when they feel
resistance, they just need to understand that it is just a natural part of the
process and they must just learn to let go and press on with the affirmations
throughout the day, despite the negative feelings. Over time the clarity that
comes with consistent affirmation, will allow them to eventually embrace their new
affirmations and they will start to almost subconsciously carry out the new behaviors
required.
Remind
all your team members that when you start to affirm any new behavior or belief,
it is like shining a light into a very dark part of a room, there are bound to
be shadows. As they however continue to switch on the lights in the room, by continuing
to repeat their affirmations, for a period of about 60 days, the room will
eventually be completely lit. They must keep shining the light of their
affirmations into the room and switching on the lights by repeating their
affirmations and noting the negative voices and thoughts that arise. In doing
this, they are raising their automatic subconscious thought processes to the
conscious level. That’s the level where they have control.
Benefits of Encouraging your Team
Members to Use Affirmations Every Day
To
introduce affirmations which support their individual team members, to
introduce new behaviors, which are aligned with the overall vision of the team
or organization. Means a leader must first get absolute clarity about what he
or she wants to achieve, with their team or organization. This clarity will
then have to be clearly communicated to each individual team member, so that
they completely understand their individual role in delivering on the overall
vision, before any affirmation work can begin. The clarity of vision which is a
prerequisite, before any affirmation work can begin and the way this must be communicated
to everyone in the team, is the reason utilizing affirmations is so powerful.
Yes,
the affirmations encourage each team member to engage in new positive behaviors,
which support the overall vision of the team, which is exactly what any leader
wants from the individuals in their teams. The real power of affirmation
though, is found in the work required before every team member gets to the
point of understanding, where they know what new behaviors or beliefs to affirm.
As they dig to discover the new behaviors, which will support the overall
vision of the team or organization, they will get clarity of purpose and
develop a very clear understanding of what they need to do every day to ensure
their team succeeds.
Using This Clarity
to Support Performance
To
firmly place the affirmations, your team members want to introduce into their
subconscious mind and reprogram the limiting beliefs they have gathered
throughout their lives, they must make a strong commitment to repeat their
affirmations with real feeling every day. They must use repetition, association
(actually visualizing themselves in the action), and emotion to reprogram their
mind to accept the new reality or behavior they want to introduce with
affirmation.
As
they introduce these new behaviors and beliefs into their lives, it will feel
like they are turning the head of a horse to travel in the direction they want
to go. As they change their focus, rid themselves of the negative self-talk,
and reprogram their subconscious mind, their reticular activating system will
help them achieve the outcomes they want, with far less effort. The clarity and
focus from all team members, where everyone is pulling in the right direction
and everyone knows their individual role required to deliver the vision and
goals of the team, will see your teams achieve incredible outcomes. I can help
you get the clarity you need and to clearly communicate this to every team
member, so that you can begin to achieve the results you want.
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