Positive Affirmations: Develop Self-Esteem, Stop Negative Thinking, Find Life Purpose & Live Your Dreams

By Dr. Michael Ericsson

Positive Affirmations: Develop Self-Esteem, Stop Negative Thinking, Find Life Purpose & Live Your Dreams

If you want to Master Self-Control, Stop Social Anxiety & Stress, Build Good Habits & Get More Friends, then this is your book!

This book consists of proven tips and techniques on how to solve self esteem issues, like feelings of being not good enough, of being inferior, and of being unworthy.

It will help you build a strong, optimistic view of yourself for life. This is for all of you who have problems getting along in life. You may be a victim of bullying, abuse, lack of confidence, or something even more serious. This is your book.

What You'll Learn in Positive Affirmations: Develop Self-Esteem, Stop Negative Thinking, Find Life Purpose & Live Your Dreams...

How to Master Your Communication Skills
How to Get Rid of Procrastination
How to Achieve Your Goals
How to Increase Your Self-Confidence
How to Practice Mindfulness
How to Become Present and Productive
How to Become a Great Leader That People Will Follow
How to Develop Emotional Intelligence

What You'll Also Discover Inside...

Set smaller goals. I don't mean that you should not reach for the stars, however, I do know that to get to the stars you need to first get into the atmosphere. Feeling good about yourself is a constant process. Confidence does not just happen overnight. When you look at your life goals consider breaking them up into smaller, stepping stones to the end result. This way you can have a constant flow of positive reinforcement as you achieve the steps along the journey of life.

Communicate with positive and confident people more. Positive individuals are not trying to pressure you. Choose or modify your social circle, as it directly affects your self-esteem. There is a right phrase - "Lives with the cripple, learns how to limp".

Appearance is everything. When you look good you feel good. Simple. If you are walking around looking like you just got out of a rubbish bin, you probably won't be too confident about yourself. We all know how you feel when you walk out of the hairdresser, you walk a bit taller, you walk with purpose. So look after yourself and dress your best and you will feel your best. You know your superb features to show them off!

This book will help you to build your self esteem.  

Improving yourself takes time and effort. You have to be willing to make the changes and be committed to taking action rather than just reading about them.   

The next step is to put to work the steps written in this book and see your life change for the better. Remember, you can do this. Your life is in your hands—so make it great.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dr. Michael Ericsson
• Release date: Aug 24, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386666882

Book preview

Chapter 1 –  How to Wake Up Early, Energized and Motivated Everyday with Morning Routine

Have you ever seen the sun rise, opened your window and breathed in that fresh morning air, or even sat down for a while savoring your favorite cup of coffee down to the last drop without even carrying about anything? If not, mind you dear reader, these are just some of the simple things in life you surely missed out on.

Mornings are lovely and wonderful. Every morning speaks of a new beginning, of a new hope and of a new you. As you start to face reality, give yourself some alone time. Take some time off from all the stuff that keep you awake at night. Take time and enjoy a daily cup of happiness.

Happiness is not measured by how hard you laugh but by how happy your heart is. Happiness, therefore, is an act of love and an act of purity. Being able to appreciate even the smallest things in life is happiness itself.

So go see the sun rise, breath in that breezy morning air, or enjoy that cup of coffee. Whatever it is, it would surely be your own fresh cup of happiness.

Here are some simple things you should definitely try:

Say a Prayer

Prayer is the best way for starting your day right. When you start and end your day with a prayer, you will have a peaceful heart and a peaceful soul. Your prayer does not have to be lengthy and full of sugar coated words. Just pray to be thankful for another opportunity in life and to pray for strength to hold on through all the challenges you are currently facing and for all the challenges that are to come. Pray with an open heart and surely you will be heard!

Work that Body

Once you’re finished exercising your spirit, why not exercise your body? Exercising is one way of keeping your body healthy and in shape. Health experts believe that there are many benefits you can gain when you exercise. Here are some: You get energized and surely you’ll shake off that lazy feeling. You’ll have an increased metabolism which pretty much helps you become more resistant to common sicknesses. You would surely decrease the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and other risky things that pop up. Those are just some of the benefits you would get when you work that body. So, start working that body and show the world what you have benefitted from exercising.

Don’t forget to Eat

Experts say that breakfast is the most vital meal of the day, so don’t miss breakfast. It is important because it helps give you the energy you need to start your day and because it is linked to many health benefits. Also, eating breakfast helps you feel less tired and helps keep you concentrated on the tasks you need to accomplish within the day. You may be conscious about your body which is why you may be focused on dieting, but you still need to eat breakfast every morning.

Show that Smile 

As you say your prayers and be intimate with the Creator, why not try to smile? Aside from being grateful for another day, smiling to a new day actually helps you start your day with a positive vibe. It helps you feel good and ultimately makes you happy. It eliminates all that stress in you and replaces it with a secured morning. So smile but don’t just smile; show the world your biggest smile!

Go Crazy

One of the greatest ways to have that extra special cup of happiness is listening to your favorite beat. Music helps calm your mind and helps you feel good about your day. It encourages you to be awesome and to be who you want to be. So turn the volume up, sing your heart out and shake that body to the beat of the music!

Simply You

Simple joys in life are worth more than the happiness you get from having fame and money. You may be rich and famous but somehow there would come a time that you won’t be happy anymore and all that fame and fortune would somehow cease to exist. Don’t miss out on all the things that make you happy. What matters most is how happy your heart is and how your happiness infects others.

Meditate

Meditation is a way for you to master peace and to lengthen your patience. It is a way of being one with the world and to feel the stillness of it all. It is a way for you to take a break even just for a couple of minutes. And by meditating, you get to harness your inner legend and be that inner legend within yourself.

Being able to have a daily drink of your own fresh cup of happiness in the morning surely makes you the happiest person that is awake. Add a dose of positivity and it will be a perfect mix for starting your day and having a great day ahead.

Chapter 2 - How to Uncover Your Passion

If you have already uncovered your talent, then it's time to discover your passion in this world. Passion is a solid feeling of enthusiasm for something or about doing something. Unlike talent, passion can be shared. Thus, individuals who have diverse skills can have the same passion. While those people who share the same passion, do not automatically have the same skills. A person can be passionate about his talent but also with other things in his life. However, a person's talent can't be automatically his passion. If your passion is your talent, you will have more potential for achieving your goals. There would be less stress and hassle. Doing something that is already second nature for you and adoring every minute of it would likely motivate you to achieve success than accomplishing something difficult and uninspiring.

So what are the ways to exploring your passion in life?

Meditate. Passion is a huge force. It is unseen when it's not propelling something forward, such as talent. Thus, passion can be more difficult to ascertain than talent. You might have several innate talents such as writing, dancing and carving. One of these skills could be your passion in life.  It isn't easy to decipher our multitude of wishes and dreams into passion or just short-term obsession. You need to think from your internal core. To be able to access your internal core, you will need to meditate. Find a place where you can be still and be at peace with your surroundings. Dive right down to your inner core to draw on your deepest and truest aspirations in life. Consider these questions:

a. What is my objective in life?

b. What occupies the majority of my time?

c. What do I love doing?

d. If I will get the opportunity to do one thing for the rest of my life, what would it be?

e. What would I do even if I don't get any compensation or received anything for it in return?

f. What is it that I do that animates me?

g. What makes me forget everything else except for what I am doing?

If you can answer these questions in all honesty then you'll discover important signs that will help you define your passion in life. You will need to really focus on your inner self, before you make an effort to answer these questions. If you're in touch with this self, you'd be able to understand the situation more clearly and answer these questions without bias.

Create a list of what you want to do. Before you start your list, you should consider things which you have dreamed of doing but never got around to. You might not have done such things because of some factors such as - you didn't have courage to do it; you lack the money for it; your family was against it; you were too afraid to fail hence you never even tried it or it was way beyond your comfort zone. In making this specific list though, you will need to include all those things you have imagined doing without consideration of the factors which have hampered you from doing it before. Look over your list in case you might have missed out on something that had interests you in the past. Include all you have dreamed of doing even if you think it's highly impractical, risky or vivid. Maybe it's not really your passion but who knows? While doing it, you might suddenly find your true passion in life, that something which ignites a raging fire in you.

Make an effort to experience at least five of those included in your list. At the soonest possible time, you should try to experience at least ten of those that you've included in your list. Personally experiencing it'll give you a hint of what really interests you, what lights you up more than anything else. Passion is what makes a usually calm person talk animatedly in regards to a particular subject; about his passion in life. You can never know what drives or excites you most if you have not done a lot of interesting things in your life. Have a firsthand experience of the probable things that would make your adrenalin going. Have a shot and who knows? You might realize just what it is that you would want to do for the rest of your life.

Go beyond your comfort zone. You might be so used to your kind of life and your environment that it hampers you from finding your passion. You have not had the opportunity to try anything new which is out of your usual category or have not traveled beyond your home-to-work route. Then it's