Affirming Wealth Personally for You

by Christine Harvey

Phil Laut, the author of ‘Money Is My Friend,’ says that WRITING IS THE FASTEST WAY TO INCORPORATE IDEAS INTO YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS. He suggests writing affirmations about money in order to see what negativity you hold around a particular thought. Start out writing in the first person, such as “I deserve to be prosperous and wealthy.” Write it several times and jot down what your mind thinks. You might see negative thoughts such as, “NOT ME, or Oh yeah!, or Why am I doing this? Or I feel tired.”

Now that you know the negative thoughts your mind is producing, it’s time to get down to changing them to positive thoughts. Laut even goes on to say that this method of writing down all your negative thoughts will help you turn around anything in life, including depression. By writing down these negative thoughts, you bring them into the daylight for you to see. Laut points out that you’re likely to say, “No wonder I’m depressed, anyone with thoughts like that would be depressed.”

Now apply this to wealth. Once we see our negative thoughts around wealth, we might say to ourselves, “No wonder I’m not achieving the wealth I desire, anyone with thoughts like these would not be wealthy.” (In fact, you can substitute any facet of your life here; be it peace and tranquility, relationship, harmony, friends, and on and on.)

“The next step,” says Laut, “is to take the negative thoughts you were just thinking as indicated on your paper, and invert them into affirmations and then write the affirmations.”

3 SECOND FOCUS TIP - AFFIRMING WEALTH Think of your day ahead, and pick a time – let’s say a 5 minute window, that you can grab for yourself. Maybe over lunch, or while you are traveling, or just before bed tonight. Now, commit to dedicating that time to yourself, and to taking a pen and paper to that spot with you.

When there, jot down this statement: “I deserve to be prosperous and wealthy,” as Laut suggests. Next to it write down the negative thought that pops into your head. NOW YOU HAVE THE PRESCRIPTION FOR YOUR OWN PERSONALIZED AFFIRMATION! To create your affirmation, just remove the negative word, and insert the positive one. For example, change ‘Not me,’ to ‘Yes, me, I deserve to be prosperous.’ Now repeat that statement in writing, “I deserve to be prosperous and wealthy,” and next to it write the next negative thought that occurs. Now, write a phrase removing the negative and inserting a positive word. Repeat that process several times and Viola - you have your own personal affirmations, just right for you. Try this and see YOUR results.