Quote of the day

"I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity."
- John D. Rockefeller

Quote of the day

"Never let life's hardships disturb you; no one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages."
- Nichiren Daishonen

Quote of the day

"I believe in me more than anything in this world."
- Wilma Rudolph, Olympic Runner

At the end of the day and at some stage YOU have to believe in yourself. This above statement is a wonderful affirmation and I can only suggest to you that you use this affirmation daily until you feel comfortable with it.
Have a great day.

Quote of the day

" You promote yourself every time you take a new responsibility."
- William Gore, executive

Exercise No. 9

Now that you had a few days to practise and think about what we've done so far, how do you feel?
Remember you can always leave me comments and I will get back to you.
Are you using your affirmations? And are you feeling different?
Change is a working progress and knowing what the outcome is going to be is vital. So never ever loose sight of the bigger picture, no matter how tough it gets.
The final step to change is to CELEBRATE.
Celebrate what you have already achieved and celebrate what you are going to achieve in the future.
Remember you get more of what you focus on, learn from your mistakes and celebrate your achievements.

Exercise No.8

Affirmations are a great way of changing your thought patterns. Saying things like:

- I'm very relaxed when ever I ride my horse
- I am successful
- I always remember my dressage test
- I can jump a clear round

Saying affirmations in your mind will help you to change your thoughts and focus on what it is you want to achieve.
Write down your own affirmations and practise them daily.

Exercise No. 7

In order to change you have to do something different.
Einstein's definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome.
Most people find it difficult to change because they are so used to be doing things their way that it has become an automatic, unconscious response and lets face it; it's comfortable. And who wants to be uncomfortable?!
If you for example have a habit of hanging on to your horses mouth, in order to improve your riding you first have to do something different like changing the position of your hands by carrying them higher or lower. By changing your hand position you are already re-programing your mind, bringing a unconscious behaviour into the conscious and therefore being able to focus on it easier.
When we are doing something automatically, we don't think about it, which means we are unaware of what we do. By changing it becomes unfamiliar and we now have to focus on what we do because we are not used to doing it this way.
Tomorrow we talk more in detail how to change fear into confidence.