This is by no means an exhaustive guide to utilising the power of affirmations in your life, but will give you a few pointers:

Think of an affirmation as a tool - like a wrench or ratchet, and like these tools they are inanimate until one puts them to use, and each tool has a unique function, like each affirmation, but until one starts using them, and using them correctly they will lie in the tool box doing nothing.

Repetition, awareness, focus and belief are 4 of the main components of using affirmations to elicit change in your life. If one wants to learn a new instrument, say the guitar, one will have to play it every day to get the most from it - the more practice, and the more focussed the practice the better one will become - quickly and convincingly. So one should set aside time every day in the morning and evening to listen to Affirmation Station MP3's and repeat the affirmations of choice (2 or 3) with focus, awareness and belief until it becomes a living part of our conscious (and then unconscious) minds. Visualisation helps with engraining belief, so visualise the IDEAL associated with the area you have selected for change.

There is often conflict when stating affirmations in the beginning, and trouble with believing the truth of the statement - that is natural and eases with time and repeated (belief filled) repetition (perseverance). Just listening to the affirmation MP3's will help inculcate the belief changing statements into your everyday thought patterns, but speaking them out loud, affirming with focus and belief as well as frequent listening to the MP3's will definitely quicken and deepen the process of change.

Keep in mind that each and every one of us has a unique, organic learning and growth process - so do not get discouraged, and persevere - the repeated tapping of the nail with the hammer drives it into the wall. Focussed perseverance is so, so important for your growth and is the main thing that will engender change and growth - if you scatter your energy, you will reap scattered results, but if you focus your energy you will achieve focussed results. And remember - never compare yourself to others - negative comparison is the kiss of death to any growth!