Affirmations Work!

Affirmations

What do you think about? This is an important question because our life is what our thoughts make of it. These are ideas that have changed my whole life. We really do become what we think about. We can direct our lives by directing our thoughts.

One of my first teachers concerning this all-important subject was Zig Ziglar. I first heard him speak over 40 years ago. I remember him saying that it is perfectly normal to talk to yourself, just as long as you don’t catch yourself saying, “huh?!” He also introduced me to the term SNIOP. This is an acronym for someone who is Susceptible to the Negative Influence of Other People. Zig explained that the best way to get the flu is to hang around people who have the flu. On the other hand, if you want to be successful, it's important to hang around successful people. You are the average of the 5 people you associate most with!

What do you really want? Put yourself in an environment that nourishes your expectations. “Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better” is a good affirmation. It is also a good philosophy to live by. Success is most likely to occur when you have the right attitude of mind, combined with the right daily activities.

Masaaki Imai wrote a book called Kaizen: The Key to Japan’s Competitive Success. He says that Kaizen is “The single most important concept in Japanese management.” It is the real reason behind Japan’s economic miracle and is the unifying thread of business success. Kaizen is a truth he calls “breathtakingly simple.” What is this concept? Just this: A philosophy of continuing gradual improvement in one’s personal and working life.

What is the big difference between successful and unsuccessful people? Besides knowing what they want and having a plan to get there, a big revelation to me was to discover that successful people might not want to do certain things. Successful people make a habit of doing things they don’t like or want to do – they just do it anyway.

People form habits, and habits form futures.

A good question to ask yourself is: “What is one thing I don’t want to do today, but if I did it, it would make my business and/or life better?” We all want our children to turn out right, so I have tried to introduce this great thought early in their life. When they say they don’t want to do something, I tell them: “One of the great discoveries in life is that even if you don’t want to do something, you can still do it anyway, so go do it!” I agree when they say it’s not fair, and share with them two other eternal truths... “Life isn’t fair” and “Dad is always right.”

I am empowered by George Bernard Shaw’s statement: People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.

I used to be afraid to talk to people. To motivate myself to do this essential task I would say, “Action Conquers Fear” and “Do the things that you fear, and fear will flee.” I would also say, “I love the telephone - The telephone is my friend! I love to call people and talk to them about my healthy products!”

Paul J. Meyer states that: Affirmation is the act of expressing your belief in the truth of a particular statement.

In the beginning, when it was easy to be discouraged, I would say to myself, “Winners never quit, and quitters never win.” I repeated the words of Og Mandino many times: “I will persist until I succeed. I was not delivered unto this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by the shepherd. I am a lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep. I will hear not those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious. Let them join the sheep. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny. I will persist until I succeed!”

An affirmation I personalized from David Schwartz, the author of “The Magic of Thinking Big,” was, Dave Johnson, meet Dave Johnson—an important, a really important person. Dave, you’re a big thinker, so think big. Think Big about everything. You’ve got plenty of ability to do a first-class job so do a first-class job. Dave, you believe in Happiness, Progress, and Prosperity. So: talk only Happiness, talk only Progress, talk only Prosperity. You have lots of drive, Dave, lots of drive. So put that drive to work. Nothing can stop you Dave, nothing. Dave, you’re enthusiastic. Let your enthusiasm show through. Dave Johnson, you were a great fellow yesterday and you’re going to be an even greater fellow today. Now go to it, Dave. Go forward. (Insert your name and recite this every morning for the next thirty days.)

An affirmation by Jeff Ashby is: "I attract success because I am successful! I am a master of my mind! I make good habits slaves to my burning desire for wealth and inner peace! I have priceless friendships and true financial prosperity engulfs me.

I attract success because I am successful! AmpLIFEi provides an opportunity to build a business of momentum! People around me feel the positive vibrations and share the vision that keeps me steadfast in my mind and enduring in my purposes! People helping people are my greatest asset!

I attract success because I am successful! Enthusiasm is the driving force behind my successful AmpLIFEi business! My enthusiasm tramples over prejudice and opposition, spurns inaction, embraces consistent follow up, and like an avalanche, overwhelms and engulfs all obstacles in my path!

I attract success because I am successful! I listen with empathy and understand through love. I seek after the Still Small Voice and heed its promptings. I am a peacemaker. My home is a place of peace and contentment, where love abounds between husband and wife, parents, and children. AmpLIFEi has empowered me, because I don't need a JOB!

I attract success because I AM SUCCESSFUL!!!”

I have often asked a friend if he is excited and he responds, “I was born excited!”? He loves to talk about AOMA: All Out Massive Action. I love the phrase, “Anybody can be up when they’re up, but successful people have learned to be up, even when they’re down – always be positive!”

Dennis Williams states that at some point in life all of us are going to fit in one of two categories: “wish-I-woulda” or “glad-I-did.” Brenda Hanley knows someone who prods herself into action by affirming: “Git ‘er done!” She also refers to an 85-year-old lady who uses the phrase “Suck it up, princess!”

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate
that can circumvent, or hinder, or control
the firm resolve of a determined soul!

Have you heard of STP? “See the Picture. See the People. Show the Plan. Sell the Product. Stop the Procrastination.”

Do it! Do it Right! Do it Right Now!
If it is to be, it is up to me.
The speed of the group is determined by the speed of the leader.
What you entertain, you give energy to.
If you want this thing to work, you’ve got to work this thing you want.
It’s not how good you are, but how bad you want it!
It’s easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them!
The messenger must be the message!
What is my fire within?
No thought lives in your head rent free – it is either costing you or paying you.
GISISA – Get In, Stay In, Stay Active
AmpLIFEi is like annuity or an investment program – it works best when you invest early, invest regularly, and keep investing.
“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” -Teddy Roosevelt

Reasons for Failure:

They do the right thing, but not enough of it
They do enough, but not of the right thing
They don’t identify their objective
They don’t equip themselves for success
They don’t establish lines of communication
They don’t get rid of excess baggage, especially the negative

Jeff Vanblaricum felt so strongly about affirmations that he made personal recordings. He fell asleep each night listening to himself program a successful future.

Today is the beginning of a new day; God has given me this day to use as I will!
I can waste it or use it for good, but what I do today is important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it!
When tomorrow comes, it will be gone forever, leaving in its place something I have exchanged for it!
I want it to be good, and not evil!
Success and not failure!
Gain and not loss!
Love and not indifference!
In order that I shall not regret the price that I have paid for it!

From Louise Hay:

I am an open channel for divine ideas to flow through me, and the creativity of the universe now expresses itself through me!
Whatever I need comes to me. Everything I need to know is revealed to me!
I am divinely guided, protected, and inspired, and my way is made smooth and easy!
If there is anyone I meet or think about today that irritates me in any way, I simply bless them with love, and the love I send to them returns to me multiplied, and I will benefit in ways that I cannot even imagine!
Whatever I give out returns to me!
I cast my bread upon the waters, and it returns to me a million-fold!

From Og Mandino:

I greet this day with love in my heart!
For this is the greatest secret of success in all ventures!
Muscle can split a shield, and even destroy life, but only the unseen power of love can open the hearts of men and women, and until I master this art I will remain no more than a peddler in the marketplace!
I make love my greatest weapon, and none on whom I call can defend against it's force!
My reasoning they may counter, my speech they may distrust, my apparel they may disapprove, my face they may reject, and even my bargains may cause them suspicion, yet my love will melt all hearts, liken to the sun whose rays soften the coldest clay!
And how shall I greet each whom I meet?
In only one way: in silence and to myself, I say "I love you". Though spoken in silence, these words shine in my eyes, unwrinkle my brow, bring a smile to my lips, and an echo to my voice and their heart will be moved!
And most of all, I will love myself!
For when I do, I will zealously inspect all things that enter my body, my mind, my heart, and my soul!
Never will I overindulge the requests of my flesh, rather I will cherish my body with cleanliness and moderation.
Never will I allow my mind to be attracted to evil and despair; rather I will uplift it with the wisdom and knowledge of the ages.
Never will I allow my soul to become complacent and satisfied, rather I will feed it with meditation and prayer.
Never will I allow my heart to become small and bitter, rather I will share it and it will grow and warm the earth!
I greet this day with love in my heart!
I become a great salesman!
If I have no other qualities, I can succeed with love alone; and without it I will fail though I possess all the knowledge and skills of the world!
I greet this day with love in my heart, and I succeed!

I accept that a benevolent power is working through me and in me to manifest goodness and abundance in my life and in the lives of others!
I know how to be rich in every way, and I know how to help others become rich, too!
My income exceeds my outflow!
Thank You for Your Unfailing and Superabundant Providence!
Everything always falls into place, in its own time and in its own way!
My natural state is a state of vibrant health, energy, and vitality!
Of the Abundance of the Lord, the earth is full!!
I recognize that there is only one Mind! I realize that my mind is part of the Universal Creative Mind! Therefore, when I speak my word, the Universal Creative Mind acts upon my word without hesitation!

Brian Tracy states that Affirmations are most effective when stated positively, using present tense, and are personal (using “I”). These positive, assertive statements say yes to our potential. By repeating them over and over strongly with feeling, confidence, and enthusiasm you will drive them deep into your subconscious. Whatever the conscious mind believes and accepts, the subconscious will act and obey instructions to bring it into physical reality.

Our lives are directed by the content and quality of our thoughts. Whatever we think in our mind we move toward it. Be careful what you think about, because our thoughts also have a power on those around us!

The 3 P’s

Affirmations must be Personal “I”
Affirmations must be Positive
Affirmations must be in Present Tense

What is it that you desire? You have limitless possibilities!

From someone who believes in you,
Dave Johnson

Fiber Fueled SCFAs Butyrate

Fiber Fueled

Diet and lifestyle are at the root of all health and disease. Damage to the gut microbiome is a chief characteristic of most of the modern diseases.

The engine that drives human health isn’t even human! You’ve got friends in low places – trillions of them! Your gut microbiome is just as much of an ecosystem as the Amazon rainforest. Biodiversity is critically important to an ecosystem. When things are working the way they’re supposed to, we have a diverse and abundant community of microbes living in harmony in our colon. The colon is healthy and strong with an intact barrier of cells to keep everything in its rightful place, and our microbiota plays its natural role as the workhorses of human health.

They are not passive observers. They are what you eat! Our food is also their food. Every single bite flows downstream to your gut microbes. Each dietary choice you make will empower a specific group of microbes, while others will languish. If you permanently remove a food group, the microbes that thrive on that food will starve into extinction.

The healthy bacteria will reward us by molding our food into something that reduces inflammation and promotes health and balance. But the opposite can also be true. Unhealthy food feeds unhealthy microbes, and they punish us by creating compounds that inflame our body.

We use the term dysbiosis to refer to the loss of harmony and balance within the gut. Damage or microbial disruption causes you to have a higher proportion of inflammatory microbes. The good stuff falls by the wayside, making more room for the not so good stuff to flood your gut.

This is problematic, because now the colon wall is no longer protected by a healthy community of anti-inflammatory which increases intestinal permeability – some call this leaky gut – this leads to the spillage of bacterial endotoxins into the bloodstream. The bacterial endotoxins jump on the vascular superhighway throughout the body, and wherever it goes it sets a fire of inflammation. This can be a smoldering low-grade inflammation all the way up to life-threatening sepsis, shock, and multi-organ failure.

Bacterial endotoxins have been linked to a myriad of diseases including autoimmunity, obesity, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, type two diabetes, Alzheimer’s, hepatitis, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and osteoarthritis...

60% of the weight of your stool is actually bacteria! Both good and bad.

When we properly nourish our gut microbiota, we are rewarded with microbes that extract everything that we need from our food, and nothing that we don’t...

Everything that we do as humans involves our microbiota one way or another, even the way we love one another. Every time we kiss, we exchange 80 million microbes with our partner, and vice versa.

Brain health starts in the gut, and that’s because they are in constant communication with each other. Literally right this second, there are over 500 million nerves in your intestines sending feedback to your brain through the vegus nerve. That’s five times more nerves than you’ll find in your spinal cord!

Gut microbes can communicate with our brain using the immune system and through the release of neurotransmitters, hormones, and signaling molecules. Neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine play a powerful role in our mood, energy levels, motivation, and our sense of reward. Your gut produces more than 30 neurotransmitters. Gut microbes both produce and respond to neurohormones like serotonin, dopamine, GABA, and norepinephrine. In fact, 90% of serotonin and 50% of dopamine are produced in the gut.

Short Chain Fatty Acids: All roads point to SCFAs for human health. They are the dominant driver of gut health and offer many benefits throughout the body. Healthy bacteria can’t survive without fiber. Studies have shown that fiber consumption increases the growth of healthy bacteria species.

Fiber is feeding the healthy microbes and they are multiplying. These reinvigorated microbes release SCFA’s from fiber to heal the colon. They make the colon more acidic which prevents the growth of inflammatory and pathogenic bacteria. They directly suppress many dangerous strains. A positive health momentum is created when you regularly expose them to good fiber in your diet; they will adapt to that and get really good at extracting SCFAs for you.

But the flipside is also true: a diet lacking in fiber will drain your gut of its fiber-extracting capabilities and make it less capable of getting postbiotics from your food. 97% of us aren’t even getting the minimal recommendation for fiber!

The main source of energy for our gut lining are SCFAs and fully 10% of our total body daily caloric requirements are met by fiber derived SCFAs!

This blood gut barrier is meant for protection, but holes can occur in the wall allowing bacteria, antigens, and toxic substances like bacterial endotoxins to get past the intestinal wall, activating the immune system. This increased intestinal permeability or leaky gut happens when tight junction proteins that are meant to keep cells connected to one another have been broken, thereby creating gaps between the cells. Good news: SCFA butyrate repairs leaky gut by increasing the expression of tight junction proteins and has been shown to decrease endotoxin release.

I’ve heard people say that your genes load the gun, and your lifestyle pulls the trigger. If that’s the case, then SCFAs disarm the gun and take it out of your hand. SCFAs make immune cells more tolerant to gut bacteria and reduce gut inflammatory markers.

SCFAs reverse dysbiosis, strengthen the gut microbiome, optimize the immune system, and regulate appetite and metabolism... SCFAs also cross the blood brain barrier and continue to work their magic. They connect the gut microbiome to the cerebral function. These effects are powerful. Many people with leaky gut also complain of brain fog. CFA butyrate has demonstrated a profound effect on improving learning and memory. Positive results are demonstrated in models of Alzheimer’s, heavy-metal toxicity, traumatic brain injury, and even neurologic infections. laboratory studies suggest that SCFA’s interfere with the formation amyloid plaque that’s characteristic of a deteriorating brain

Laboratory studies also show that butyrate protects the brain in models of Parkinson’s disease. This is quite interesting when you consider that human studies have found that patients with Parkinson’s disease have lower levels of the bacteria that produce SCFAs and, therefore lower levels of SCFAs in their stool. Parkinson’s disease patients characteristically have digestive issues, with constipation being the most common among them.

Children on a high-fiber diet demonstrate better cognitive control (multitasking, working memory, and maintaining focus) than children who eat a lower-fiber diet. So SCFAs may help ADHD. “I’d far rather kids eat a salad than take Ritalin!”

The above are some of my notes from: Fiber Fueled, Will Bulsiewicz, MD, MSCI ~Dave Johnson

Can the severity of Covid-19 symptoms have a correlation with the gut microbiome?

The severity of Covid-19 symptoms in patients infected with the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can be predicted based on the microbes they carry in their intestines, a new study has shown1. This means that considering the makeup of a person’s microbial community, known as their microbiome, alongside other relevant clinical data such as their past medical history and age, could be a powerful tool for triaging Covid-19 cases.

see: Gut Microbes Predict Covid Severity;

You will find a COVID / Biome video interview in a thumbnail when you scroll down this excellent biome article: Weight Loss Biome Connection

Dysbiosis is a modern-day problem that emerged when scientists discovered the astounding variety of microbes living on and in the human body. For the most part, these single-celled organisms are harmless (some are even good), and they live in symbiosis with you, the host. But microbes are sensitive little creatures, and their harmonious communities can be easily knocked off balance. This makes it easier for less friendly bugs to take over and do whatever suits them best — which is not always what your body needs. This is the simplified definition of dysbiosis.

Health = positive things minus negative things

The leading causes of death and disease have a strong association with lifestyle choices. The book, Never Be Sick Again states that: There are not thousands of different diseases, All disease is the result of malfunctioning cells. Put simply, if the cells that make up your body are healthy, then you are healthy. Take care of your cells by providing them with all the nutrients they need, keep them free of injurious toxins, and disease will not happen...If your cells are healthy, your body will not become sick. If your cells do not receive what they need or if they are damaged or poisoned, they will stop working right and you will become sick.

May You Never Know What You Are Preventing

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The best way to treat a problem is to never get it in the first place. I believe there are ways to harness and optimize the amazing healing power of your own body. If you are facing something that can have life or death consequences, it makes total sense that you want to have everything possible be in your favor, and you want to definitely seek professional help. Don’t try to fix hard things by yourself!

I have an excellent book titled Beating Cancer with Nutrition. There is an insightful quote from this book: Early research indicated that once cancer has been upregulated, or “the lion is out of the cage”. Then no amount of detoxification is going to matter. Newer evidence says otherwise. Cancer growth can be both slowed and even reversed, under the right conditions. According to the National Cancer Institute, there are 7 million Americans alive today who have lived 5 or more years after their cancer diagnosis. Cancer is reversible. If toxins caused the problem, then detoxification is the solution. Pg. 47

A clean and healthy body can fix itself! - Rik Deitsch

The Mad Hatter!

Mad as a Hatter was a common expression in the 1800s. Nearly everyone wore hats in those days, and it was found that adding a mercury compound to the process produced superior felt hats. Working in the mercury laden environment produced unfortunate effects for the hat makers. They exhibited many erratic and flamboyant behaviors. The significant neurological damage included tremors, excessive drooling, slurred speech, memory loss and severe paranoia. Thus came the saying: Mad as a Hatter

Today we are assaulted with hundreds of heavy metals and toxins that are creating a serious burden for our bodies; producing unhealthy consequences for us. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, we are exposed to more than 70,000 different toxins EVERY DAY! Heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic, along with a myriad of toxins are in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and practically every personal care or cleaning product we use.

All of these toxins are difficult for our bodies to remove, often they become sequestered or stored in our body fat. The burden of this on our bodies keeps adding up. The implications of all this can be disastrous. Simply type into your browser any bad health condition that you can think of, then add the words ‘heavy metals’ along with it, and you will discover an alarming correlation. If toxicity is a leading contributor to health problems, it would seem that detoxification should be part of the solution or even prevention.

Our Zeolite is a uniquely micronized and activated natural zeolite formula designed to systematically remove heavy metals and other toxins safely and effectively from the body. Our product is formulated using clinoptilolite, a Zeolite that has been proven safe for long term use and is the subject of more than 14 clinical studies. Our product is a natural, organic solution to take out the bad, and replenish the good. It is like taking a shower on the inside of your body.

A clean and healthy body can fix itself!

You Gotta Do Something!

If your dreams don’t scare you, they are too small! -Richard Branson

Ben Greenfield wrote a book with a great title: Boundless: Upgrade Your Brain, Optimize Your Body & Defy Aging. His most potent tip for increasing your energy vibration and the vibrations of all people around you is to...identify your purpose in life and enable yourself to achieve that unique purpose to the very best of your ability, all while loving God and loving others as fully as possible with that purpose.

Success is all about adding value to other people, and more success is making a bigger difference with more people. God desires that our lives attain their greatest significance. Much of the good in this world is done person-to-person, that’s YOU and me! John Maxwell said, My purpose is to bring joy, compassion, happiness and freedom to people in the world and experience the same for myself while doing it...Success is knowing my purpose in life. Growing to my maximum potential. Sowing seeds that benefit others.

You gotta do something!

If you have read this far...I commend you!!! Strive to live in an environment that constantly nudges you into activity. "If you want to do something big, you’ve got to be part of something you are excited about and you believe in, something worthwhile….Most people don’t give themselves enough time. You’ve gotta work hard, not for a few weeks or a few months, but for a few years. It takes three to five years to establish yourself in business. The first two years of any business are nothing but survival time. Even after you’re doing well, you’ve got to keep working hard if you want to get better and keep your business growing and developing until you make it big." -Art Williams

People with a strong sense of purpose and can articulate it live about 7 years longer than people who don’t! Have you written out a Purpose Statement or Affirmation? Why not go BIG! Let me share mine:

God has gifted me with great possibilities, and I am placed in a wonderful position for making much good happen. I prayerfully strive to be a positive influencer, to always be grateful, thoughtful and patient. I use each moment productively. I am Purposeful, a Visionary, I am Disciplined. I consciously give good nourishment to my spirit, mind and body. I am a major player and a strategic influencer.

...And we love you and are grateful for your efforts and good influence!

You can change your whole life by the way you think, and one of the best ways to do this is by feeding your mind great audio content. I can highly recommend this audio success library: https://johnmaxwellleadershippodcast.com/

MAKE WAY for the GOOD

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Affirmations Work!

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Fiber Fueled SCFAs Butyrate

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Can the severity of Covid-19 symptoms have a correlation with the gut microbiome?

Can the severity of Covid-19 symptoms have a correlation with the gut microbiome?

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Health = positive things minus negative things

Health = positive things minus negative things

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The Mad Hatter!

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You Gotta Do Something!

You Gotta Do Something!

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