Affirmations are really controlled thoughts. Thoughts are instructions sent to your subconscious mind. Thoughts repeated regularly become beliefs. After a while you start to believe what you repeatedly think.

So for affirmations to really work you have to believe them. If you have an affirmation that doesn't work and is not getting results it may be because you don't believe the affirmation. You don't believe what you're saying. But you can get affirmations to work if you create the right affirmations, apply them correctly and use other techniques to help you believe the affirmations that you continually recite.

In order for the affirmation to work, your mind has to be able to accept it, believe it and this requires a reference point.  If you said: “I know how money comes easily to me” your mind would be able to accept this affirmation and you could begin to believe it. When you have a reference point that supports your affirmation - something that your mind can refer to in order to support the affirmation, it becomes easier for your mind to accept and believe the affirmation. 

For example: saying an affirmation like: I'm a millionaire, is difficult to accept unless you were once a millionaire as you might not have an inkling of what it is to be a millionaire. But an affirmation that says: “There are plenty of ways to make a million dollars and I've found the right way to make a million dollars” can be easier to accept because you can come up with many ways that many people have made a million dollars. This gives the affirmation a reference point that supports it. For example, you could list all the ways that people have made millions of dollars.

If you want affirmations to work - create the right affirmations. Make sure your affirmations are targeted and have a solid reference point. Your affirmations should be believable, so support the affirmation by giving it examples of how they can be accomplished.

How To Get Affirmations To Work

Affirmations are really thoughts and your thoughts are affirmations.

If you repeatedly say negative things to yourself or have negative thoughts, then you're really feeding your subconscious mind negative instructions and negative affirmations.

If you say an affirmation daily and then fill your mind up with negative thoughts and negative examples and have an overall negative attitude, your affirmations will never work. Your affirmations will have little or no impact unless you say your affirmations regularly throughout the day. Filling your mind up with negative thoughts and having an overall negative attitude will eliminate the power of your affirmations.

If you want your affirmations to have an impact and help you create the changes you want, then you'll have to change your attitude so that what you think is in line with what your affirmation says.

For example: If you want to get a new job and you say I've found a new job, you can't follow it up with a series of negative thoughts like “there are no good jobs out there / Nobody's hiring / I’m not suited to the job / the money’s awful” etc. That kind of attitude will lead to negative results - like not finding a job or finding a job that you don't like.

For the affirmation to work you have to have an attitude and thought process that is in line with what you want to achieve.

Writing your Affirmations

• Create affirmations that you can believe in.
• Create affirmations that you can support with a solid reference.
• Your attitude and mindset should be in line with your affirmation -
• Eliminate negative thoughts.
• Start creating positive affirmations that work and direct your subconscious mind to help you achieve your goals.
• Keep your affirmations short and simple.

Keep them in the present tense.

Affirmations are meant to direct your subconscious mind to create the life you want. But there are many other techniques that you can work with to help you direct your subconscious mind to create the life you want.
Saying an affirmation while working with other techniques will catapult your results.

One Huge step is to eliminate negative thinking. Fill your mind up with positive thoughts, think of possibilities instead of limitations, think of why you can instead of why you can't, and support others in their quest to make their lives better.

Give yourself some time to achieve your goals and create the changes you want.
Things won't change or improve overnight.

While the process will begin instantly - change will take time.

Often people give up just when they're on the verge of achieving their goals. Don't give up. If you feel like giving up, push yourself to continue a little longer.

Know that you are a remarkable human being. You have unlimited powers. You are capable of doing anything you want - as long as you direct your subconscious mind to help you achieve your goals and believe that you can - you will.

Learn to direct the power of your subconscious mind to help create the life you want.