But...affirmations when applied as in CHAPTER 8 in the book

Becoming Rich Inside and Out
-Your 10,000 steps for the mind. 

They truly are MAGIQUE. 

Hello, you!

Let's talk about affirmations. Affirmations are NOT magique. They do not work.

Just because you wrote them all over your walls and yelled them into mirror — nothing has to change. Because, the truth is nothing has changed internally for it to change externally. Let's dive deeper...

LET'S START WITH THE HONEST MOMENT

Have you ever stood in front of a mirror and said — "I am a money magnet"

And heard — almost immediately — a very loud voice in your head say:

"No you're not."
"Sure you are."
"Who exactly do you think you are saying that?"
"You're broke"  

And then kept saying the affirmation anyway — because you read that you're supposed to — while privately disbelieving and feeling more and more distant from the affirmation.

WELL, YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

"Affirmations didn't initially help me reprogram my subconscious. They felt empty. I wasn't believing what I was saying cos' — the obnoxious roommates in my mind were proudly reminding me of why I shouldn't believe them. Their voices were much louder than my conviction to believe what I was saying."
- Suchitra Sivasankaran, Founder Inside & Out. 

This is a piece from chapter 8 in the book

Becoming Rich Inside and Out Journal
-Your 10,000 steps for the mind. 

SO WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING?

Here is what social media and pop culture have led us to believe about affirmations:

Say the words. Feel the shift. Watch the magic happen.

And here is what is actually happening:

You have spent days, weeks, months, sometimes years — telling yourself the exact opposite of what you are now trying to affirm.

I'm not good enough.
I always mess things up.
I don't deserve this.
Who am I to want more?

Those thoughts have been running on repeat. Deepening the neural groove. Hardwiring the pattern.

And then you stand in front of a mirror and say "I am worthy" — and expect your brain to instantly update its entire operating system.

But the brain has no proof. The brain has heard and seen you act like "You aren’t worthy". So the inner critic comes out to MOCK your new affirmation. 

You cannot overwrite a deeply ingrained belief with a sentence you don't yet feel in your body. Just like you dont do one ab workout and expect yourself to be a disciplined human with 6 pack abs. Seems absurd to even think that right? Why is it hard to apply to the mind then?

The affirmation isn't broken. The order of operations is.

That is not a manifesting failure. That is a sequencing problem. That is why affirmations usually don't work.  

HOW IT DOES WORK: THE LAW OF ATTRACTION.

The Law of Attraction is real. 

It does not respond to words spoken without conviction. It does not reward repetition without feeling. It cannot be hacked with a morning routine that looks good on Instagram but doesn't reach the subconscious.

What it actually responds to — is belief.

You have to BELIEVE in what you are saying firstly, to attract it.

Well... How do you believe in something that you have seen no prior proof of and your inner critic is firmly wired to call you out, sabotage your efforts to now attract differently? 

We have the tool. Are you ready to Start Choosing You?

THE THREE STEPS THAT ACTUALLY WORK

STEP 1 — BELIEVE IT

Find a moment in your life — you did embody the affirmation you wish to attract.

STEP 2 — BEHAVE IT

Take that image and now use it to behave like its who you are — whenever you want to channel that affirmation.

STEP 3 — BECOME IT

Repetition and discipline helps you become it and viola — it's now on it's way to be your new way of life !

Visualise what you want to become.

Realise the beliefs, habits, and patterns that are holding you back.

We have created just the tool for you to rewire. Are you ready to attract what you deserve?

LET'S TRY THIS VISUALISATION TOGETHER

Since we said "I AM A MONEY MAGNET" let's try that one.

Step 1:
Close your eyes. Think of a time you experienced life like you are a money magnet. Perhaps I wanted a candy bar and a relative of mine arrived unexpectedly the same day with 10 bars of the same candy. 

Step 2:
Attach a feeling to the image.

Stand in that moment. Feel it fully. Get into that energy.

Let your nervous system remember what it felt like to be that version of you.

Step 3:

Now — from inside that feeling — state your affirmation. 

Feel the difference? Your nervous system now believes it, behaves like it and feels there's full potential to become it. 

That is the difference between an affirmation that bounces off the brain — and one that begins to rewire it.

You saw the back of the book in the above image. Here is the front of the book. There's a reason for the front and back cover being different. 

The physical journal — hardbound, linen fabric, artistically designed pages, built with deep intention and purpose — is ready to be yours now. 

Because your inner world should look and feel as good as your outer world does!