Hello Success-Seeker,

This issue of "Affirmations for the Mind" Tips and Techniques self-help Newsletter I will show you how to use affirmations for Self-esteem.

Also, stay tuned for a special announcement regarding a promotion Rene L. Messier is putting together for his book "Faith Skills". To do this Rene is putting together a special offer worth many times your investment in the book, stay tuned and I will get this to your within the next couple of days.

Also, if you haven't downloaded your copy of "As A Man Thinketh". You can do so by following this link, I do ask for a referral though.

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To your success and empowerment,

Jeff Staniforth
Web: www.AffirmWare.com.au

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1. The Affirmation Series - "Self-esteem"
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Each issue of the "Affirmations For The Mind" Newsletter will offer a selection of affirmations.

Today's affirmations are in the area of - "Self-esteem":

• I am happy
• People like me
• I am a nice person
• I am important
• I make a difference to the world
• I am motivated
• I like my work
• I am succeeding
• I am positive
• I am confident
• I manage my money well
• I am a responsible person
• I am in control of my life
• I am doing more of the things I enjoy
• I am achieving my goals
• People make me happy

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2. The Meditation Series
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This is the last article in the meditation series. We do hope you have enjoyed it.

If ever you need to experience first hand what the meditive state is like, don't forget about the free demo. Once at the site scroll down and select the "Demo" option.

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Each week we have been explore different aspects regarding meditation, including:

• What is meditation?
• What can meditation achieve?
• What areas of your life can benefit by meditating?
• What different styles of meditation are there?
• How often should you meditate?
• What is the best support "tools" for meditation?
• How to slow down your thoughts and meditate effectively?
• What is the best time and place to meditate + much more?

This week we will be discussing how to slow your mind and the best time and place to meditate.

The aim of meditation is to quiet your mind to the stage where the racing thoughts are not coming into your head. When you can find the quiet moment between thoughts, your subconscious can access your higher consciousness and connect into universal mind.

Find a quiet space. Use any of the tools to help you focus your mind and then let the thoughts come and go. As each thought comes into your mind, acknowledge it and then let it pass. Do not struggle with trying to stop the thoughts. The racing thoughts will eventually slow down. You may need to continue this process a few or even many times. Eventually with practice and patience, the thoughts will slow down, then gently waft in and out. The spaces between thought will become longer and you will find that the thoughts that do enter your mind may be more inspirational or spiritual. The endless clutter of stresses and jobs to do will leave and your mind will become peaceful and harmonious.

It is in this beautiful quiet space, that ideas, inspiration and healing occur.

The best time to meditate is usually first thing in the morning or just before you go to bed. Any time that you can find the time is beneficial and should be taken advantage of.

A quiet space that can be found will be beneficial. With practice it is even possible to meditate in a busy train or busy, noisy space. When you have mastered the technique you can focus your mind and slip into the meditative state whenever you need it.

Take the time to find the space to practice these techniques. Meditation can truly save and change lives and the way you cope with stresses. Many healing techniques are intensified and supported by meditation.

Thank you for sharing your time with us again.

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3. Improve Your Memory!
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*** A Quick Word Helps to Remember

Do you have a list you have to remember quickly? Take the first letters and form an acronym. For example - you have to remember to send Fred, Lisa, Ethel and Andrew cards. Yes, their first initials form the word FLEA. Imagine itching (your head?) because you have a flea - you know the first letters of their names.

Going to the supermarket? Bread, vinegar, ketchup, onions, tuna, olive oil- BVKOTO. Not too promising? Try rearranging them - you have TV BOOK. Think of a book jumping out of a Television and attacking you. Silly? Yes. But remember - the sillier the better, it will force it to stay in your head. Now you have all the letters. If you don't have enough letters to form a word - try to find one that comes close. PROMPT for PRMT, FAULT for FLT and so on. You already know the items you have to remember. What you are trying to do is create a reminder - once your memory is jogged, the words will come back. When you are devising the acronym, remember to picture the items visually in your head, visualization is a strong memory technique.

*** Forming A Story

If you have a longer list of seemingly unrelated items, that automatically becomes a good candidate for a story. For example:

Glass, Horn, Cat, Onion, Melon

These words may be unrelated, but that is the point - you can combine them easily with a story that will be outrageous enough, it will stay in you head - change the order if necessary - A cat is playing with a melon and all of a sudden it's repelled by the smell of an onion that was used to season the melon. The cat got all excited and ran away - racing through a glass window and landing inside a big French horn. It's silly and childish - but that's the point, it's silly enough to be remembered. Think the story through and the key words - cat - melon - onion - glass - horn - come to mind. Of course, it's unlikely that you'll ever have to remember a list of words such as this, but the point is not to be afraid to create the absurd. It works.

*** Longer Lists

What if you have an extremely long list of items to remember? Try breaking it down into more suitable sub-chains and apply the same rules as above. Better still - see if you can organize the list better. Put similar or like items together. Are you able to form acronyms from any of the items? Can you separate the list in such a way that the acronyms form words and then you can combine these words? Remember, the more ridiculous the thought - the stronger the impact and the better it will stay in your memory. It helps if either the acronyms or the associations you create can form mental images. What you can see in your mind is very strong and the stronger something is, the better you can play with it and the easier it will be to remember. What may be difficult at first will come with practice.

*** Relate the Facts

If a piece of information doesn't relate to you, then try finding something about it that does. For example, the human body has 60,000 miles of blood vessels. Kind of hard to believe? Think that means ten round-trip drives between Los Angeles and New York and it will take on meaning. Do you have to remember the physical dimensions for a room or a field? Compare it to something you know already. If you're a sports fan, chances are you can picture the size of the playing field. How does that compare to the space you are trying to remember - bigger smaller, would it fit into a football field - how many times?

Learn how you can instantly start to remember more with greater accuracy. A better memory and more fulfilling life await you! Includes a Memory Improvement Book and Memory Game Software.

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4. Truly a beautiful story!!
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And as she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children a lie.

Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. But that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he didn't play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. And Teddy could be unpleasant. It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then putting a big "F" at the top of his papers.

At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child's past records and she put Teddy's off until last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise. Teddy's first grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners... he is a joy to be around." His second grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle." His third grade teacher wrote, "His mother's death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best but his father doesn't show much interest and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't taken." Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is withdrawn and doesn't show much interest in school. He doesn't have many friends and sometimes sleeps in class."

By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy's. His present which was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper that he got from a grocery bag. Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one quarter full of perfume. But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist.

Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long enough to say, "Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used to." After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach children. Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would love all the children the same, Teddy became one her "teacher's pets."

A year later, she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling her that she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. Six years went by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he'd stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs. Thompson that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had in his whole life.

Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor's degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer --the letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M.D.

The story doesn't end there. You see, there was yet another letter that spring. Teddy said he'd met this girl and was going to be married. He explained that his father had died couple of years ago and he was wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit in the place at the wedding that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course, Mrs. Thompson did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with several rhinestones missing. And she made sure she was wearing the perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together. They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson's ear, "Thank you Mrs. Thompson for believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference." Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back. She said, "Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you."

-- Author unknown

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5. Quote Of The Day:
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"One's lifework, I have learned, grows with the working and the living. Do it as if your life depended on it, and the first thing you know, you'll have made a life out of it. A good life, too."

-- Theresa Helburn 1887-1959, Writer & Producer

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