Ray Davis
BS Education - History and Social Studies
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Affirmations and Positive Thinking Expert
Ray Davis Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Affirmations and Positive Thinking
- Career Focus
- Business Owner, Writer
- Affiliation
- The Affirmation Spot
Ray Davis is the author of The Power to Be You now available at www.ebooks4growth.com.
He is also the founder of The Affirmation Spot (www.theaffirmationspot.com) - a website offering a growing library of single-track downloadable mp3 affirmations in dozens of categories. Ray also writes and records customized affirmations for clients.
Ray has a passion for helping people identify and pursue their dreams by empowering their thinking to support goals. He has been writing, recording, sharing, and using affirmations for more than 18 years.
Ray began studying affirmations and positive thinking after a life-threatening illness at 25. His thirst for self-improvement led him to read the writings of Joseph Campbell, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walsch, and many other luminaries in the fields of spirituality, mythology and motivation. He has also studied and practiced various forms of Buddhism through the years. Over time, he has melded these ideas into his own philosophy on self-development.
Ray is a writer, poet, and thinker focused on issues of personal liberty, global change, positive thinking, and motivation. He was the past editor of The Free Kansan - The Official Newsletter of the Kansas Libertarian Party. He is also an expert author at Ezine Articles.com.
Ray's own daily blog called The Affirmation Spot - http://theaffirmationspot.wordpress.com - focuses on these topics and others, but always with a positive bent. He also regularly features affirmations from the website in his blogs.
Ray holds a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Secondary Education in Social Studies from University of Kansas. He has been writing B2B sales training and performance enhancement tools at Fortune 50 company for the past seven years.
He lives in Kansas with his wife April, his two grown step-children, and beloved labrador retriever Mia.
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Ray Davis Audio & Video Programs
Artistic MP3 Affirmations
http://theaffirmationspot.com/artistic.html
Career MP3 Affirmations
http://theaffirmationspot.com/careers.html
Christian MP3 Bible Verses and Affirmations
http://theaffirmationspot.com/biveandpa.html
Health and Well Being MP3 Affirmations
http://theaffirmationspot.com/heandwebe.html
Hobby MP3 Affirmations
http://theaffirmationspot.com/leisure.html
Learning MP3 Affirmations
http://theaffirmationspot.com/education.html
Personal Empowerment MP3 Affirmations
http://theaffirmationspot.com/positive-thinking.html
Relationship MP3 Affirmations
http://theaffirmationspot.com/relationships.html
Sales MP3 Affirmations
http://theaffirmationspot.com/sales.html
Spirituality MP3 Affirmations
http://theaffirmationspot.com/spirituality.html
Sports MP3 Affirmations
http://theaffirmationspot.com/sports.html
Wealth and Prosperity MP3 Affirmations
http://theaffirmationspot.com/weandpr.html
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14 Mothers Day Affirmations
Today is the day on the calendar when we officially celebrate Mothers' Day. However, mothers work their craft 365/24/7. It's nice to have a day, but what mothers need is encouragement and reminders of how important they and their work are. Today I present 14 newly written affirmations ...
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Why Affirmations?
One question I get all the time is, "Why do you believe in affirmations?" People often conjure up images of Stuart Smalley on Saturday Night Live and think affirmations are ridiculous or only for people in some recovery program. The truth is that affirmations are an extremely powerful tool ...
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Affirmations: Still A Work Horse Of Self-Development
I’ve noticed a disturbing trend in blogs and information within the self-development community. In an effort to promote their own paths, some seem more than willing to tear down other self-improvement approaches. It’s hard for me to imagine how tearing each other down builds anyone up or helps ...
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Enjoying Life on the Way to Your Dreams
I spend a lot of time on my blog - The Affirmation Spot - talking about pursuing goals and dreams. It is a very important part of life and a significant part of what I believe we are here to do. However, there is a possible casuality in our undying drive towards those goals and dreams. That ...
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Unrealistic Affirmations
The affirmations a person uses depend on many factors. What is the person trying to accomplish? Where is he or she now in relation to that goal or dream? What is their belief factor? Is he or she aspiring to something big or just looking for incremental improvement? One of the biggest knocks ...
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One In A Trillion Miracle
Well it’s Wednesday and in case you were thinking it is the middle of “just another week” here are some things to ponder. Someday we will all face the end of our walk in this form. Sometimes during the course of “just another week” we don’t recognize how ...
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Quitting Is The Answer
Quitting is the answer to your dilemma. You know you want to give up. So, do it. You have a dream, but it is just pie-in-the-sky nonsense. What are you thinking? Are you crazy? Do you really believe you could be the next great childrens’ author. Are you really visualizing yourself sitting on ...
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9 Reasons MP3 Affirmations Are The Best Choice
Over the past several months, I’ve been conducting an Internet survey on how people use affirmations. My goal is eventually to use the research to write a book about affirmations. I’ve been a little surprised by the results of the survey. Only 43% of people who use affirmations report that they ...
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Why Affirmations?
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them."nn~Albert Einstein. This quote is true for the world and also for our own lives. One question I get all the time is, "Why do you believe in affirmations?" People often conjure up images of ...
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A New Posidigm to Defeat the Culture of Fear
It has really been bothering me lately how negative our society has become. Daily we hear our politicians and media take legitimate threats that exist in the world - and that always have - and magnify them into huge boogey-men in our collective psychological closet. Terrorism, climate change, ...
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Radical Happiness In A Negative World
Today’s affirmation is: “Today I am making the radical choice to be absolutely happy.” Being happy is a radical choice. It takes work and it requires strength to be happy in our world. The news is filled with the negative. There is a camera, it seems, ready to record every negative event ...
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Ray Davis
"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
~ Sir Edmund Hilary
My belief in the power of affirmations and positive thinking comes not from formal education, but from nearly two decades of personal experience. I formulated and adopted a number of techniques to help me make it through some extraordinarily difficult times.
For me affirmations are a tool. They are one tool among many that can be employed to achieve behavior modification, change thought patterns, enhance performance, and improve life outlook.
They are not, however, a magic formula for success. While I recognize the significance of programs like The Secret, I think they oversimplify the process and underestimate the amount of work involved in really changing our thoughts and maintaining the level of control over them that leads to the capabilities presented.
I compare the use of affirmations to an exercise program or a diet. They will create change with repetition and consistency.
These three entries from my blog provide some more detail about my philosophy.
How to Know Affirmations are Working
Positive Thinking without the Rose-Colored Glasses
The Universe Rewards Action
Contacting Ray Davis
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Here are four links to learn more about The Affirmation Spot and me.
My blog - The Affirmation Spot
http://theaffirmationspot.wordpress.com
My personal biography
http://www.soulerflare.com/about_ray.html
The Affirmations
Why The Affirmation Spot - provides information on what differentiates our affirmations.
http://www.theaffirmationspot.com/whyafsp.html
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - answers frequently asked questions about affirmations and about our website.