| Have you ever noticed how some people seem to | | | | what we call a habit and result in habitual behaviour |
| have exactly what they want? A great relationship, a | | | | based on the message we have accepted. This can |
| job that they love, a fantastic social life, time to go to | | | | be an issue for someone if that message is not helping |
| the gym AND bags of confidence and energy to go | | | | them achieve what they want. |
| with it? | | | | For example, telling yourself "I am so clumsy" over a |
| You may be asking yourself this question. | | | | period of time when you need to be balanced, adept |
| Why do some people live a fulfilled life and others | | | | and competent to achieve what you want, is forming |
| seem to miss out? It could be as simple as the | | | | a habit directed away from success. So, because of |
| language that you use! Yes it really could be that | | | | the close link between words, thoughts and behaviours, |
| simple. Your self-talk as well as your conversations | | | | one way to change your behaviour, and therefore |
| with others can have a major influence on how | | | | your results, is to change those thoughts and words! |
| successful you are in your life. As you begin to | | | | Remember where you are today is reflection of your |
| understand the power of pure language, you will also | | | | thoughts and language used in the past and you can |
| begin to understand the great benefits that can be | | | | change where you are tomorrow by changing those |
| gained and how using pure language accelerates your | | | | thoughts and language. |
| success. | | | | What impact does it have on our energy levels? |
| Pure Language – What is it? | | | | Consider again the statement "I don’t want to fail." |
| Language, or more specifically words, that only have a | | | | How does that make you feel? What happens to your |
| neutral or positive impact on the hearer. Words that | | | | physiology? Consider now "I’m going to be |
| support the person in achieving success, direct you | | | | successful." How does that make you feel? What is |
| towards achievement and empower you so that you | | | | happening to your body now? |
| have power over your surroundings and the results | | | | There is an energy attached to all things, including |
| you achieve. Pure language gives you the ability to | | | | words, and they will trigger a vibration in the body |
| choose your outcomes. | | | | which, in turn, has an effect on how you feel physically |
| If you consider that your brain seeks out what you | | | | as well as emotionally. Some words have a low |
| focus on, you begin to understand the importance of | | | | vibration such as failure, sadness, tired, weak, anxiety, |
| pure language for ensuring that you focus on achieving | | | | fear and some words have a high vibration such as |
| positive results. Have you ever had the experience | | | | succeed, happy, confident, strong, wide awake and |
| where you have purchased something; perhaps a car | | | | powerful. You can probably feel that the first set of |
| or a pair of shoes? Suddenly you notice that there are | | | | words vibrate at a lower level of energy than the |
| lots of people driving a car like yours and lots of | | | | second set of words. In other words, they can either |
| people wearing shoes like yours. This is your brain | | | | have an effect of raising your energy levels by |
| seeking out a pattern as it makes sense of what is | | | | boosting you and your emotional state, or lowering |
| going on around it. So use this knowledge of how the | | | | them as they drain energy away with negativity. |
| brain works, make your language pure and powerful | | | | Since words have an impact on how we behave, the |
| so that it provides direction towards who you want to | | | | results that we achieve and our whole energy level |
| be, what you want to do and what you want to have | | | | (sometimes called motivation) they also affect our |
| in your life. | | | | ability to attract positive energy into our life. Remember |
| As Karen Berg puts it: | | | | if your language leads to a high level of vibration (high |
| "With everything we do and say, there is a force that | | | | energy, feel good motivation) then this is the level of |
| motivates. When we say things are rotten – that is | | | | energy you will attract into your life - giving a boost to |
| what we expect, so they are. If we say things are | | | | your aims and supporting the achievement of your |
| good, things happen that way. We are the motivation | | | | dreams and desires. |
| for our own lives." | | | | Have a go... |
| What happens if we focus on something we want to | | | | Like all muscles, the brain develops with a workout! |
| avoid? | | | | Practice with tools and techniques installs good habits |
| What happens as you read "don’t think of a pink | | | | into the unconscious mind that support you in being |
| elephant"? I bet you are thinking of a pink elephant! In | | | | what you want to be. If you want to get those pure |
| order to process this statement your brain has to | | | | language muscles working, here are some tasks to |
| imagine what you don’t want before it can imagine | | | | help you. |
| what you do want so its process is elephant-pink-not. | | | | For the next 24 hours monitor the language that you |
| Notice how the first focus is the elephant. If you say to | | | | use in both conversations and self-talk. When you |
| someone "don’t worry" the brain’s first focus is | | | | notice that you are using negative language rethink |
| worrying. If you say to yourself "I don’t want to fail". | | | | how you can say what you are saying. Ask yourself |
| What is your focus? It is failing. You are giving the | | | | the following questions to help: |
| direction to your brain of failure. So as a pattern | | | | - What would I like to do instead? |
| seeker your brain is looking for failure and could find | | | | - What would I like to happen instead? |
| many ways for you to fail! | | | | - How would I like things to be instead? |
| To change the focus, change the language so that it is | | | | For the next 24 hours listen out for the language that |
| pure and powerful. Examples are "I want a successful | | | | others use to you and notice whether it is pure or not, |
| meeting with my boss where I agree a pay rise", "I | | | | notice the impact it has on you and your energy. |
| want my presentation to be successful" and "I want to | | | | Finally, are there any goals that you have been |
| remember to post my letter". | | | | working towards and never seem to achieve? |
| What impact does it have on our results? | | | | Consider the language you use when you think or talk |
| The thoughts and words that we use filter into our | | | | about your goals. Now, reframe your goals using your |
| unconscious mind and affect our unconscious | | | | language to build power and energy to support the |
| behaviour. If we continually accept a thought or words | | | | achievement of your goals. |
| over a period of time to be true, they can become | | | | |