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While I was at a recent seminar put on by Peak Potentials, I heard an phenomenal speaker by the name of Noah St. John.  After I heard him speak, I picked up his two books: Permission To SucceedAfformations A Powerful Tool to Reprogram the Mind and The Secret Code of Success: 7 Hidden Steps to More Wealth and HappinessAfformations A Powerful Tool to Reprogram the Mind.

**Noah St. John just commented on this post!  He asked me to share the link where you can check out the first three chapters of his Secret Code of Success Book.  It is available at NoahStJohn.com**

One technique that Noah shared was so powerful that as soon as he finished speaking, I immediately started using it and felt a shift as soon as I did.

That technique was Afformations.  Afformations are affirmations, but stated in the form of a question.  When Noah came up with Afformations he named them based on the latin “Formare” which means “to form or give shape to”.  Affirmations are based on the root word “Firmare” or “To make firm”.  When comparing the two, traditional Affirmations felt rigid and Afformations felt more open.  The reason for this is that Afformations are in question form, so the mind has almost no resistance to it.

Afformations A Powerful Tool to Reprogram the Mind

Try the following experiment:

Say the Affirmation “I am rich” three times and notice how you feel.
Now try the Afformation “Why am I rich?” and notice the difference.

Which felt better?

You may want to go back and forth between the two to really feel the difference.  For me, Afformations feel much more open and creative. Sometimes I receive a concrete answer or answers, but sometimes it feels more like a subtle shift.

To start using Afformations, use Noah’s four steps.

1. State what you want: a goal, large or small
2. Create an empowering question that assumes that you already have the thing that you want.
3. Give yourself to the question: get the question (Afformation) into your consciousness, by repeating it multiple times per day, writing it down and carrying it with you…you get the idea.
4. Take action based on your new assumption from step #2

To use Afformations to reverse limiting beliefs and negative self talk:

1. Write down the limiting belief or something negative that you catch yourself repeating in your head
2. Write down the opposite of what is being assumed as true in step #1
3. Create an Afformation based on this new assumption

Example:
If you feel like not enough people need your product or service a good afformation could be:
“Why is what I offer so valuable to others?”

I suggest picking a handful of Afformations to work with and really focus on them for the next 30 days.  Do whatever you can to get them deep into your system.  It could be reading them in the morning, evening, referring to them at key times of day, etc.  What matters most is that you get it into your system in a way that feels good to you and you will continue to keep doing.  This step and the taking action (step 4 from above) are the most important in terms of creating a permanent change in behavior.

At the end of 30 days, look back and see what has changed for you. Re-evaluate what shifts have occurred and then find the top areas to work with next.

To your continued growth,

Paul Reimers

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