Maybe you enjoyed reading a short story in English. When you remember
these positive experiences, write them down. Create a list of all the positive
experiences you have ever had with English.
Most people can identify at least a few such experiences. The next step is
to focus your attention on these memories every day. Each day, review your
list of positive English memories. Remember each experience. See each one
in your mind and feel those positive feelings again.
Then write down a new empowering belief about English. You might
write “English is easy and fun.” You might write “I enjoy learning English
and I’m good at it.” Write this belief at the top of your list and also review it
each day.
And of course, every time you have a new positive experience with
English, add it to your list. Your list will grow longer and longer. And as it
grows, your empowering beliefs will get stronger and stronger.
We all know the computer programming term “garbage in, garbage out.”
Beliefs are our brain programs. Garbage (negative limiting) beliefs create
negative emotions, bad decisions, and low motivation. These, in turn, create
“garbage out” – terrible results. Those bad results then create new and
stronger negative beliefs, and the whole cycle starts again, even worse. This
is called a “downward spiral.”
Positive beliefs, on the other hand, create an upward spiral. Empowering
beliefs create more positive emotions, better decisions, and better
motivation. These, in turn, create better results. Better results then create
even stronger empowering beliefs. The whole cycle repeats again and
again, getting stronger each time. This upward spiral is the key to rapid
success with English.
