Surely you have heard of positive affirmations. The use of positive affirmations, also called subliminal messages, is now very popular due to its role in personal development and self-help. In today’s era, people are becoming more proactive and want to take control of their lives. And positive affirmations help them to achieve it; all they have to do is keep their minds focused on the positive things they want to achieve.

Until now, positive affirmations are being used to help people:

• gain more confidence
• Earn more wealth
• perform better
• attract more opportunities
• improve self-image

These are just a few of the many possible uses of positive affirmations.

However, there is another concept that you may not be familiar with yet, and that is reverse assertions. Reverse affirmations are also another way to promote self-improvement. In fact, proponents say they are more effective than positive affirmations.

What is the big difference? The difference is that positive affirmations are directed at you, while reverse affirmations are directed at someone else. The positive affirmation “I have talent” can be transformed into a reverse affirmation, which will be “You think I have talent”.

The idea behind using reverse affirmations is that sometimes when the message comes from oneself, it is harder to believe. The brain may not easily accept it and even reject it completely because it knows that you can manipulate your own thinking. But when it comes from other people, the brain becomes more receptive because it recognizes that you have no control over what other people think. Ultimately, the same positive change will occur.

The use of positive subliminal messages has worked effectively for millions of people. The use of reverse assertions, on the other hand, is still vague by comparison. However, if you find it difficult to use positive subliminal affirmations because you find it hard to believe your own opinions, then the reverse way may work better for you.

The best way to find out if reverse subliminal messages really work as a substitute for positive subliminal messages is to try this new personal development technique. Doing so will require some changes in your positive affirmation efforts. For one thing, instead of using personal pronouns that refer to you, your reverse statements should address someone else; therefore, you must use the second person pronoun “you” at all times.

As of now, reverse claims are barely gaining ground. Its most common use so far, however, is to make other people like you or have a better opinion of you. Along with the law of attraction, reverse affirmations effectively allow you to attract the good perception that people have of you. This technique is said to be effective in making others trust you more easily.

Here’s an important reminder, though: Whether you’re using positive or reverse, you should always express affirmations with as much emotion as you can muster. You must draw yourself into the affirmations for them to fully work and manifest in your life.