List of Affirmations That Work For You

During Job Searching and Career Building

A list of affirmations for job searching and career building can be a big benefit if you have lost your job or need to improve your employment situation.

A list of affirmations for job searching and career building can be a big benefit if you have lost your job or need to improve your employment situation.

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Chances are that your job hunt began on a negative note. You were fired, laid off or find yourself in a toxic work environment. Most of us have been one or more of these situations. It's tough to keep a positive outlook when you are faced with any of these circumstances.

You may wonder how you will find another job or get that promotion to build your career. How you will pay the bills? How will you get ahead in a difficult economy? Send out announcements that you're unemployed? Well no, we recommend a more positive approach. Why?

Our thoughts are powerful

We need to make sure that our focus isn't too much on the problem and is more on the solution. Choosing from a list of affirmations daily is one method that many successful people have employed with great success.

A Positive Outlook Makes All The Difference

Positive People Draw Others To Them. This is true even when you are looking for a job. Put yourself in the interviewer's shoes for a moment. Would you hire someone who came in looking tired and depressed? No. You'd want someone who came in smiling. Someone with spirit and optimism.

Does this mean you can't be depressed or tired? No. Of course not. What it means is that you need to get past fatigue and depression and change your mindset.

How to Have a Positive Outlook

One of the best tools for changing your thinking is the self affirmation. Following a list of affirmations can take you beyond simple positive thinking and dramatically influence your subconscious mind.

Your mind basically has two parts: The conscious mind and the subconscious mind. Each part has a different role to play. When you choose from the list of affirmations below, you call on the subconscious mind to help you achieve your goals.

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So, what's the difference between conscious and subconscious? The conscious mind is the one you are using right now, as you read this. It is the one that deals in cold, hard facts. For example, have you ever sat down to write something, and heard a "voice" in your mind telling you that you are a terrible writer, that you have no good reason to believe you can write? If you aren't a writer, replace that with any hobby or creative task.

That "voice" is your conscious mind. It wants to keep you safe, so it puts you in a nice little box and won't let you out.

But there is an escape hatch. If you are willing to use it. The subconscious mind cannot tell fantasy from reality. If you tell it something, it accepts it as fact and acts accordingly. This means that if you tell your subconscious - through using positive job searching and career building affirmations - that work will become a joy when you have your dream job, it will "keep this in mind" and attempt to make this statement true.

What does this mean for you? Well, if you walk around telling yourself that you suck and your life sucks, odds are, you will and it will. Whether it is because such thoughts cause you to focus on the negatives or whether it is because you attract what you think about doesn't matter. What matters is that what you tell yourself determines what you experience.

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Follow a List of Affirmations

They are geared to changing you on the subconscious level. However, the effectiveness is up to you.

How badly do you want success? How committed are you to making good things happen in your life? How hard are you willing to work?

Yes, you will have to work. You will still have to write those cover letters and find those job listings. You will have to attend interviews and fill out applications.

However, by using a list of affirmations for job searching and career building, you improve your outlook on the situation and increase your chances of success.

The more you want something, the more you take the time to see it in your mind's eye as though you already have it, the more likely you'll get it.

Below are some statements you can use to help you as you continue your journey toward a better, more successful work life.

Beat Depression

These positive statements are developed to help you overcome the blues associated with stress and fear. However, if you suffer from feelings of hopelessness and self-destructive thinking, please see a doctor.

• I am excellent at my job.
• My work is important to me.
• My new job is exactly right for my needs.
• I am a successful {your title}.

Set Your Focus

These statements keep your thinking on the right track.

• I have strong skills.
• Employers want to hire me.
• My job search is fruitful.
• I am finding my dream job.

Believe in Yourself

Keeping the right mindset is also a matter of knowing that you deserve the best job you can find. You deserve the best benefits and pay, the best work environment and the best hours.

• I am worth {state desired salary}.
• I have the best medical benefits for myself and my family.
• My work hours are well suited to my lifestyle.

Free List of Affirmations That Work for the Worker

Designed to help you be a better, happier, more successful employee, no matter what your position:

1. I work every day
2. I am punctual
3. I am willing to speak up when I have ideas to make work better
4. I maintain a cheerful disposition at work
5. My working matters
6. My work matters
7. I enjoy working
8. I have a great eye for detail
9. Working brings me pleasure
10. I finish what I start
11. My work inspires others
12. My work improves each day
13. I am a versatile worker
14. I learn something new each day at work
15. I use feedback to improve my work performance
16. I accept and use constructive criticism to my advantage
17. I surround myself with people who support my endeavors
18. I encourage other workers
19. I am an organized employee
20. I easily block out distractions when I work
21. I set good priorities at work
22. I willingly help others with their work
23. I think big at work
24. I work to improve myself each day
25. I show others that I appreciate their work

Choose one or two from this free list of affirmations and repeat them, with feeling, to yourself many times each day. You will begin to notice them taking effect sooner than you think.