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Not all affirmations work for all people. Just because someone else swears by starting the day by telling themselves "the world is a better place because I'm here" doesn't mean it'll feel right ...
The character was popular enough to spawn a 1992 book, I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!:Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley.The book keeps in line with the concept of the character and is presented (tongue-in-cheek) as a legitimate day-to-day affirmation book.
Individuals with low self-esteem who made present tense (e.g. "I am") positive affirmations felt worse than individuals who made positive statements but were allowed to consider ways in which the statements were false. Individuals with low self-esteem who made future tense affirmations (e.g. "I will") saw positive effects. [7]
A dream board or vision board is a collage of images, pictures, and affirmations of one's dreams and desires, designed to serve as a source of inspiration and motivation. [1] The usefulness of vision boards has been endorsed by celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, [2] [3] [4] Steve Harvey, [5] and John Pierre. [6]
Self-affirmation theory is a psychological theory that focuses on how individuals adapt to information or experiences that are threatening to their self-concept. Claude Steele originally popularized self-affirmation theory in the late 1980s, [1] [2] and it remains a well-studied theory in social psychological research.
A Garden of Thoughts: My Affirmation Journal. Hay House Inc. (1989) ISBN 978-0937611678; The Totality of Possibilities (1989) Receiving Prosperity: How to Attract Wealth, Success, and Love into Your Life (1989) The Power of Your Spoken Word (1990) Self-Esteem: Motivational Affirmations for Building Confidence and Recognizing Self-Worth (1990)
Affirmative prayer is a form of prayer or a metaphysical technique that is focused on a positive outcome rather than a negative situation. For instance, a person who is experiencing some form of illness would focus the prayer on the desired state of perfect health and affirm this desired intention "as if already happened" rather than identifying the illness and then asking God for help to ...
Work motivation is a person's internal disposition toward work. To further this, an incentive is the anticipated reward or aversive event available in the environment. [ 1 ] While motivation can often be used as a tool to help predict behavior, it varies greatly among individuals and must often be combined with ability and environmental factors ...