On The PositiveMentalAttitude with Gary DiGrazia Jr

Remove negative thinking…No more “I’m tired”

Try not to believe that you get tired, don’t get enough rest, can’t get to the gym etc…These are not ideas that you WANT present in your life correct? Then don’t put any faith into them. Going to the lake, listening to music, these solutions are all great, but the point is that they are creating solutions, which means they are creating problems. Solutions only exist where there are problems. The thing to do is, preventive maintenance all the time, so when we go to the lake it’s for fun, not to decompress. First, end allowing thoughts like…”I am tired, I didn’t get enough rest”. If you feel a little tired, say to yourself, “a 20 minute break to clear my thinking will do me good”, go and sit in your car, close the door to your office whatever gives you 20 minutes of privacy and relax your body and feed your mind positive thoughts and empower your will. Practice affirmations, everyday. Remove all the thoughts that create “problems” in your life. First identify what your problems/don’t wants are for you in your life and then form the affirmations around those to remove the thinking related to the creation of these “problems”.
Some women say ” I have kids and can’t take 20 minutes” or another person may say “I work 9 to 5″. I say to them, surround yourself with affirmations. Find a way that puts you in position where you see, hear or say positive affirmations. When the time comes that peace and quiet arrives, that’s when we give the affirmations a break for the day and allow the natural positive thinking function on its own.

This type of mental reinvention is the foundation of personal development, without the right mindset able to evolve consciously forever, it doesn’t matter what guru we study, what books we read or program we enter, mentally we breakdown and either quit or start over with something else.

By re-conditioning our thinking, affirmations are empowering us to function this way, the way we WANT to function, all the time and also attracting more people, events and situations we WANT because it’s what we are thinking about and how we feel.

When we really want something, why do we sabotage ourself

I did this all the time, and at times still catch myself falling victim to this nasty circle of self defeating ideas. There would be something that I really wanted and the thoughts that would dominate my mind would be in direct opposite of what I wanted.  I then would fail at receiving my goal/want/desire.

For example, while I was playing college basketball, I’d dream of being the guy that takes that last game winning shot, the time came for me quite often, and I was so in fear of NOT hitting the shot, that the negative thoughts dominating my mind would make that the reality. Sure, there were times I was successful, but in most cases we tend to think the opposite of what we really want when the opportunity comes out of our fear of failure.

The idea of having success with this opportunity was so great, that I didn’t want to risk losing this thought by failing at the real event.

Another great example was while I was selling real estate, I spent a lot of time studying and educating myself on the upper end, multi-million dollar home market, and wanted to take listings worth a few hundred thousand in commission. Because that was my dominating thought, I attracted the opportunity but then thought myself out of my success. “They aren’t gonna want to list this 2 million dollar home with me” The universe replied, “Your wish is my command”.

When I began to practice self-talk, empowering self-talk ‘affirmations’ my life changed.

As Dr.Wayne Dyer taught me, “Change your thoughts, Change your life”. Boy is that the truth.

Since, I do not participate in any negative activity. I do not allow negative thoughts into my mind. I become 100% emotionless when negative energy is near and I do what I have to, to eradicate myself from the situation and remain on the positive.

I’ve been practicing affirmations daily, everyday for a little over 3 years now and I have no intention on stopping. Why would I, my whole quality of life have changed for the better, I control my thoughts, and create my experiences. Why would I want that to change?

We tend to sabotage ourselves out of the fear of the unknown, what is on the other side scares us into remaining right where we are. Right where we are may not be totally what we want, but at least it’s predictable. We get comfortable with predictable. But, nothing is easy. The easy road in life will always end up hard, and the hard road will always become easy.

How much is it worth to you to live life at the level of abundance, joy, love and quality that you know you truly want. Not what you settle for, but what you dream of? The pain that you endure to experience this in the literal world is nothing in comparison to the payoff. And is really nothing in comparison to living the rest of your life accepting the mediocre.

Live the life you truly want. Talk to yourself and talk yourself into it.

In the game of life: Do you want to be a Champion or 2nd place?

“Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game.”
- Florence Scovel Shinn
We all have areas of our life that we want to improve. Everyone does, if someone is telling you that they do not, then they need to improve on personal honesty. The first step in improving any area of life is to first become aware of what it is that’s lacking or what we would like to change or improve. This takes harsh honesty. The person that can look in the mirror and get the frank truth is the champion, not worrying about what others will think or say, just doing what is asked of ones self to improve.  The person that is self-conscious of what others will think or say are not taking the strides necessary for improvement. The person that is “getting it done” regardless of what others will think or say is the champion. This is the person that is improving and who will achieve the goal set out before his/her self. This person is taking action and striking off into a new direction. This “striking off in a new direction” is important. We all have heard the phrase, ” can’t continue to do the same things and expect a different result”. If you are seeking something different in a certain area then you must strike off in a new direction to find something new. We tend to justify ways around doing something different, and that’s fine if you are okay with 2nd place. But you’re not in this for second place. Those that worry themselves about other peoples perspective of them tend to be content with where they are. It’s predictable and with prediction comes comfort, we know what to expect and that makes us feel ok, and just accept life for whatever it is and not taking control of our own life to make it just how we want it. We all are more than capable of being a personal champion, yes you are, I don’t care what you think or what reason you give to say other wise, but you are a true champion. We all just have to get to the starting line. The starting line is like I said before, look in the mirror and tell the truth to yourself.  That’s where we start, from there the race in on. It does get hard on us at times, but does that mean we quit? I’ll answer that question with another question, Do champions quit? We can do it. We all have the power of the universe within us. Nothing in our outside world can stop us. Only we can stop our self by not believing in our self.  We can do anything that we believe, and what you believe is up to you no one else. A life champion is honest with themselves and does the work to make the improvements that win the game, 2nd place finds ways to lick their wounds, justify why it’s ok to accept things for what they are, even if it does not bring abundant joy, love and happiness into their life. You are not 2nd place, I believe in you, I believe you are a champion.

18 Most commonly used excuses

18 Most commonly used excuses
&
The Affirmations to assist you in making a conscious
effort to elevate your beliefs and
empower your life

(Created by : DR. WAYNE DYER)

It will be difficult: I have the ability to accomplish any task I set my mind to with ease and comfort.
It’s going to be risky: Being myself involves no risk. It is my ultimate truth, and I live it fearlessly.
It will take a long time: I have infinite patience when it comes to fulfilling my destiny.
There will be family drama: I would rather be loathed for who I am than loved for who I am not.
I don’t deserve it: I am a Divine creation, a piece of God. Therefore, I cannot be undeserving.
It’s not my nature: My essential nature is perfect and faultless. It is to this nature that I return.
I can’t afford it: I am connected to an unlimited source of abundance.
No one will help me: The right circumstances and the right people are already here and will show up on time.
It has never happened before: I am willing to attract all that I desire, beginning here and now.
I’m not strong enough: I have access to unlimited assistance. My strength comes from my connection to my source of being.
I’m not smart enough: I am a creation of the Divine Mind; all is perfect, and I am a genius in my own right.
I’m too old (or not old enough): I am an infinite being. The age of my body has no bearing on what I do or who I am.
The rules won’t let me: I live my life according to Divine rules.
It’s too big: I think only about what I can do now. By thinking small, I accomplish great things.
I don’t have the energy: I feel passionately about my life, and this passion fills me with excitement and energy.
It’s my personal family history: I live in the present moment by being grateful for all of my life experiences as a child.
I’m too busy: As I unclutter my life, I free myself to answer the callings of my soul.
I’m too scared: I can accomplish anything I put my mind to, because I know that I am never alone.

Affirmations – a better quality of life

Affirmations have been in practice for hundreds of years. A pharmacist in the early 1900′s tested the idea of positive thinking when issuing med’s to his clients. With some, he would hand them placebo pills (sugar pills) and tell them a story, like how he hasnt heard good things about these pills and that they should come and see him right aways if they don’t see any improvement, and then he would take that same story and change it around, giving out the sugar pills and telling his clients that these are the best on the market, and the he has seen these pills work miracles, that they are affective and that they work quickly, this test was astounding yet predictable. Of course the people who we told the horror stories would hold that idea in their mind and this way of thought would lead to only negative results, which it did, when they returned to the clinic, in some cases in worse shape than before, and remember these were only sugar pills, this downgrade in health was caused by what they were thinking in their minds. The people who were told the story of great success were on a road to recovery. I’ll remind you, they were sugar pills. Two groups of people, two different stories, same pills, two different results. How can this be? Because everything, YES EVERYTHING, is created out of thought. It all begins with what is going in with our thinking.

A lot of the time, people of great faith get upset with this fact. This makes no sense, this is not a practice of religion, this is a practice of self-love and worth.

Affirmations change lives, they do so because it’s our thinking that creates our feelings, and it’s our feelings that are emitted out into to universe and returned back to us in the form of people we meet, situations we find ourselves in, circumstances and events. If you are in a self-defeating thought, then those are the sort of events, situations, circumstances and people you will attract into your life, it will continue to keep you on this ride bringing more things into it to make you feel the same, because that’s they way you feel. Change the way you feel by changing the way you think, and do it with affirmations. With the practice of affirmations, you can mold your thinking to shape your life according to the goals and dreams you hold onto. Isn’t this a no brainer? Duh, yes it is, but then way do so many people procrastinate getting affirmations involved into their life? Well, that’s easy, practicing affirmations everyday is a hard practice to sustain. They get boring and mundane and most people simply give up or continue to start over and then stop and start over and they do this again and again and never experience any result.

Sure, writing out your affirmations everyday will make a big difference, but is that something that you can sustain for the rest of your life? If so great!

I believe that there is a solution to this problem standing in your way of living the life that you dream of and deserve. It’s a digital affirmation tool called MindJamz. With MindJamz you can take your affirmations and embed them into your favorite music, as long as you continue to change-up your music, just like you already do with your iTunes playlists, your practice of affirmations never will bore you and you can sustain this practice and change your life, one song at a time.