{"id":96605,"date":"2023-03-24T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T20:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=96605"},"modified":"2023-03-29T09:20:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T13:20:15","slug":"affirmations-for-achieving-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/affirmations-for-achieving-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Vital Affirmations for Achieving Goals &#038; Staying Productive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What are some positive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/affirmation-and-visualization-7-habits\/\">affirmations<\/a> for achieving goals? How can you use these affirmations in your daily life to achieve the best results?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The self-help book <em>Unfu*k Yourself<\/em> introduces positive affirmations that address the challenges you&#8217;ll encounter as you take steps toward self-improvement in life. Specifically, author Gary John Bishop provides affirmations for achieving goals when you encounter setbacks or low motivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read on to discover Bishop&#8217;s two affirmations for achieving goals and how to apply them in your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-affirmations-for-achieving-goals\">Affirmations for Achieving Goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Gary John Bishop&#8217;s book <em>Unfu*k Yourself<\/em>, positive affirmations are simple tools for anyone who wants to make profound changes in their life. He says that any growth or achievement requires you to go beyond your comfort zone and accept some amount of risk. As you grow, change, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/pursue-your-goals\/\">pursue your goals<\/a> in life, Bishop claims that you will encounter resistance. To counteract the resistance, he provides affirmations for achieving goals and staying on track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, we&#8217;ll describe two of Bishop&#8217;s positive affirmations for achieving goals and how he says you should apply them to your life to get the best results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-can-handle-this\">You Can Handle This<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Affirmation:<\/strong> \u201cI got this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best used:<\/strong> When things don\u2019t go your way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This affirmation is all about putting challenges into perspective when you&#8217;re trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/steps-to-achieve-your-goals\/\">achieve your goals<\/a>, not letting them loom larger than they really are. <strong>You\u2019ve dealt with setbacks and found solutions before, Bishop counsels, and you can do it again. <\/strong>The key is taking each problem on its own terms, not allowing feelings of overwhelm or failure to spread and affect your overall outlook.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bishop explains how to use actual evidence from your past to give weight to the affirmation, \u201cI got this.\u201d Imagine your whole life stretched along a timeline from past to future, and visualize yourself walking along, reviewing all the times in the past that you had problems and overcame them. Along with the disappointments, this helps you review your greatest successes. The point is that life is full of ups and downs, and eventually the current incident you\u2019re dealing with will take its place in the gallery with all the rest. Use this affirmation to help you achieve your goals when unexpected challenges pop up, and don\u2019t let yourself get derailed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: This tendency your mind has to leap to a false conclusion when something goes wrong\u2014\u201dIt\u2019s all ruined! I can\u2019t get anything right!\u201d\u2014is an example of what cognitive therapy calls <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/cognitive-behavior-therapy-basics-and-beyond\/identifying-automatic-thoughts-and-problem-solving#evaluating-automatic-thoughts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>globalizing <\/em>or <em>overgeneralizing<\/em><\/a>. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/cognitive-behavior-therapy-basics-and-beyond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond<\/em><\/a>, Judith S. Beck explains that you can counter a globalizing thought by replacing itt with a more realistic one like, \u201cThis setback is disappointing, but the project can still succeed.\u201d The idea is to shrink the problem back down to its proper size, which is the same work that Bishop\u2019s phrase is performing, as the wording \u201cI got this\u201d implies the challenge in question is manageable.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-are-stronger-than-your-negative-thoughts\">You Are Stronger Than Your Negative Thoughts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Affirmation: <\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cI am not my thoughts; I am what I do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best used: <\/strong>&nbsp;When motivation runs out and negative thoughts take over<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bishop insists that your actions don\u2019t have to match your thoughts and feelings\u2014so you can still act in your best interest, even when you\u2019re feeling low. <\/strong>In fact, he says, by taking productive action, you actually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/build-confidence-and-destroy-fear\/\">build confidence<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/self-trust\/\">self-trust<\/a> that reinforce the positive beliefs you\u2019re working to instill.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To use this affirmation to overcome negative thoughts and achieve your goals, it\u2019s not that you ignore what you\u2019re thinking and feeling, but rather that you understand your thoughts as one minor part of the whole picture, which doesn\u2019t have to dictate what you do. Bishop acknowledges that the work of changing your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-unconscious-mind\/\">unconscious mind<\/a> through self-exploration and assertive self-talk takes time. As you\u2019re on the journey, there will be times when the old beliefs and unproductive self-talk resurface. The key, according to Bishop, is not to let that stop you from taking the steps you know will get you closer to your goals. If you wait for the right mood or state of mind to come along before moving forward, he says, you\u2019ll never get started.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though Bishop doesn\u2019t say so explicitly, you can understand this affirmation as an aspect of another affirmation, \u201cI am relentless.\u201d If being relentless is the general attitude that lets you confront adversity as you strive to achieve your goals, the affirmation \u201cI am not my thoughts\u201d addresses a specific category of obstacle: the one presented by your own state of mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Which Comes First: Thoughts or Actions?<\/strong><br><br>In line with some readers\u2019 criticism that Bishop contradicts himself at times, this advice to <em>take action despite your thoughts<\/em> seems to counter the premise that <em>thoughts determine what you do <\/em>and how you experience reality. Either might be true: Scientific studies continue to explore how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fnhum.2015.00058\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">your thoughts, feelings, and actions can all influence each other<\/a>\u2014the relationship is complex. So it makes sense that in order to maximize progress you might want to come at it from more than one angle.&nbsp;<br><br>James Clear acknowledges this paradox in <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/atomic-habits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Atomic Habits<\/em><\/a>. He emphasizes that in order to successfully establish a new habit, it has to <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/atomic-habits#how-to-change-your-habits-start-with-your-identity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">align with your sense of who you are<\/a>\u2014but the way to shift your sense of identity is by doing things that someone with that identity would do. That\u2019s why Clear says you should start by performing the tiniest possible component of each new habit, until your mind builds up enough evidence of success that your self-concept starts to shift. It\u2019s a similar conundrum to the one that confronts Bishop\u2019s method, perhaps because any behavior change has to happen from the inside out and the outside in simultaneously.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are some positive affirmations for achieving goals? How can you use these affirmations in your daily life to achieve the best results? The self-help book Unfu*k Yourself introduces positive affirmations that address the challenges you&#8217;ll encounter as you take steps toward self-improvement in life. Specifically, author Gary John Bishop provides affirmations for achieving goals when you encounter setbacks or low motivation. 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