Optimism Part 3

This is the third article in a series on applying The Optimist Creed to help you succeed in your life and career. You can find all ten points of The Optimist Creed in the first article in this series.

The Optimist Creed Part 2:

“Promise yourself to talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.”

This is a really important concept and one that has to do with the idea behind affirmations. An affirmation is a positive statement of the future you desire. I often use this affirmation. “I am a successful author, whose books and eBooks inspire and help people become successful in their lives and careers.”

I like the idea of affirmations. I believe they work. I have even gone to what some people would say are extremes in creating one. In all my work, I aspire to be a star; someone in high demand. I often repeat the affirmation, “Bud Bilanich is a star.”

But there is more to this story. In 2006, I went to the Name a Star website and named a star after myself. Now I can say “Bud Bilanich is a star” and really believe it, because Bud Bilanich really is a star.

Bud Bilanich the star, is Catalog Number TYC 868-1011-1 in the constellation Leo. Bud Bilanich has a Visual Magnitude indicator of 11.2. Right Ascension is 11h 58m 21s. Declination is 11degrees, 43,’18.”

I don’t have a clue what all of these things mean, except the constellation Leo, which I chose because my birthday is August 14. But I do know one thing. Bud Bilanich is a star!

How’s that for an affirmation? Affirmations work. And you don’t have to go to the lengths I did to make them work. Just decide what you want, visualize yourself as having it, and tell yourself you have it. Then do whatever it takes to make that affirmation come true.

That’s what the second point in the Optimist Creed, “talk health, happiness and prosperity” is all about. If you do this, to yourself and others, and you will become healthy, happy and prosperous. You will also be a beacon to those around you. You’ll be someone to whom they can turn when seeds of doubt enter their mind.

And, people will like you more. Who doesn’t want to be around a positive person who talks, health, happiness and prosperity?

The common sense point here is simple. The second point of the Optimist Creed, like the other nine, is a valuable tool for helping you develop your self confidence and help the people around you develop theirs.nn