How To Self-talk And Increase Your Confidence And Success

  In his classic best selling book Think & Grow Rich, Napoleon
Hill says that whatever the man of mind can conceive and BELIEVE,
it can achieve. Hill emphasized throughout his book how important
faith and belief are in achieving any goal you set for yourself.

  So why is belief so important? Henry Ford said it best, "Whether
you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right!" In other
words, your level of belief affects your thoughts, decisions,
behavior and actions. It affects your attitude, the way you present
your ideas and the way you interact with others.

  When you are trying to achieve a goal, your level of belief can
become a self-fulfilling prophecy and make a big difference in the
results that you get.

  Let's say that you are going to talk to potential investors
about a project. If you believe it's not going to work and you
won't get funding, you are going to present your ideas in a much
different way than if you fully believe in your project and truly
believe you'll get the funding. The investors will likely pick up
on your attitude and that could make all the difference. So it
truly becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

  So how can you build and develop your belief?

  One way is to use self-talk to make positive suggestions to
yourself (Napoleon Hill called it 'Autosuggestion') and mix them
with positive EMOTIONS and FEELINGS as you do it.

  Napoleon Hill was one of the pioneers in describing the
importance of mixing in positive emotions & feelings while using
affirmations, self-talk or visualization.

  Hill said that a mind that is full of positive emotions, or what
he called a positive mental attitude, provides an inviting home for
developing belief and faith. In the same way, a mind full of
negative emotions and attitudes is a toxic environment that
destroys belief and faith.

  In Think & Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill walks you through an
exercise to create a "goal statement" describing in detail what you
want to achieve and what you are going to give in return for it. He
then advises you to read your statement aloud twice daily, once in
the morning and once in the evening while you visualize and imagine
the goal you want to achieve. He also recommends mixing in positive
emotions and feelings as you do this.

  This 'autosuggestion' exercise is a very powerful way to build
belief and confidence and I would highly recommend it to help you
achieve your most important goals.

 Rodger Constandse