Term

Affirmation

A short positive phrase about yourself, repeated to change your mood, such as "I can do anything".

The Confidence Gap: A Guide to Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt, Russ Harris

Explained in

• The Confidence Gap: A Guide to Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt, Russ Harris
• Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, Susan Jeffers

  A short positive statement in the present tense that you repeat to yourself to change a familiar pattern of thought.

• The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM), Hal Elrod

  A phrase written in advance and read aloud. In Elrod’s version it is about a goal, why it matters and one concrete action. Its effect is described from the author’s experience, not from research.

• The Power of Positive Thinking, Norman Vincent Peale

  A short, confident phrase a person repeats to themselves to support the right frame of mind. For Peale, these are often lines from the Bible.

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