AFFIRMATIONS WORKSHEET

“If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney

If only it were that easy.

Big dreams can be enticing, and they ​are​ within your reach, but only if you know who you are
and who you want to be. This is your Core Identity. Once you know what it is, it will guide you
throughout your life in matters both personal and professional. It will help you to know what to
do as well as what distractions to avoid. It will help you develop self-talk routines (affirmations)
that actually work.

Use the six simple steps below to discover and refine your Core Identity, then use it to create
affirmations that will make a real impact in your life.

STEP 1: DEFINE YOUR CORE VALUES

Which character traits are most important to you in yourself? In others? List as many as you can
below (at least 20). ​Hints: Integrity, empathy, honesty, accountability, loyalty, compassion,
passion, fun, humility, ownership, kindness, love, growth mindset, fairness, forgiveness,
generosity, perseverance, optimism, reliability, self-discipline.

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Once you’ve got a nice big list, circle 10 that are most important for you to find in yourself. Then
draw a square around 10 that you value most in others.

If you have more than five traits with both circles and squares around them, narrow it down to
the five that are most important to you. These are your Core Values.

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STEP 2: DEFINE YOUR CORE ROLES
Which roles do you have? List as many as you can below (at least 20). ​Hints: Wife, husband,
son, daughter, friend, neighbor, leader, follower, teacher, student, employee, employer,
coworker, programmer, sneakerhead, triathlete, artist, reader, writer, vegan, entrepreneur,
coach, dog owner.

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Once your list is large enough, circle the five roles that are most important to you. Next, number
them 1 through 5, from most important to less important.

These are your Core Roles. Together with your Core Values, they form your Core Identity.

STEP 3: CREATE YOUR AFFIRMATIONS

Positive affirmations help reinforce existing positive behavior, eliminate negative behavior, and
assist us to develop new positive behaviors.

See if what you are saying makes you feel stronger, physically, or weaker. If it makes
you feel weaker, stop saying it. Try to reformulate your speech until you can feel the
ground under your feet solidifying. Then practice only saying things that make you
strong. – ​Jordan Peterson

By finding your Core Identity, you have increased clarity when faced with important choices.
Positive affirmations combine Core Values and Core Roles into statements which, once
memorized, will help you find strength you didn’t know you had.

To create your positive affirmations combine your Core Values with your Core Roles, like this:

● I am a humble leader.
● I am an honest leader.
● I am an empathic leader.

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You may find it helpful to combine a list of affirmations like this into a single affirmation. For
example, if you are a wife perhaps you want to be respectful, honest, vulnerable, present,
supportive, grateful, positive, patient, and kind, amongst other things. You might sum that up in
a single affirmation as “I am an exceptional wife.” That may sound vague to someone else, but
you will know what it means, and that’s what matters.

You may be thinking “But I’m ​not​ a great wife, I’m often disrespectful, distracted, selfish,
ungrateful, and impatient.” That’s good. The point of developing and then internalizing
affirmations is to catch yourself whenever you engage in negative behavior so you can say
“Wait a second, this isn’t me,” and then make the necessary changes.

STEP 4: MEMORIZE YOUR AFFIRMATIONS

Put your affirmations where you will see them every day.

Print them out and put them on a bulletin board or stick them to the wall. Or you could design a
graphic to use as a home screen for your phone. Do what works for you, but make sure you see
them ​every single day​.

Include them as part of a morning ritual.

Say them out loud.

Memorize them so they become ingrained.

The point isn't only to have them in front of your eyes, but in your mind and heart.

STEP 5: ACT
Align your life to your affirmations.

If "Father" is one of your Core Roles and you feel uncomfortable whenever you see your
affirmations related to that role, ask yourself why that is.

Is there something you're doing that you need to stop doing?

Is there something you aren't doing that you need to do?

Is there an apology that needs to be made? Is there a kind word you need to say?

Is there something you need to teach?

As you continue to act your repeated actions will become second nature and turn into habits.

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STEP 6: ANALYZE & REFINE
If you leave this step out, you're missing half the value of this exercise.

As you review your affirmations daily, you may find one that doesn’t seem to fit as well as it did
when you first created your lists. Follow your gut, go through the exercise again, and try to find a
value or word that feels right.

As you experiment, you'll find the right affirmations, or the right words to use in them.

As you internalize your affirmations your Core Identity will solidify and become powerful,
providing you with a strong sense of who you are, who you want to be, and clarity to make good
choices as you encounter challenges, obstacles, and opportunities.

Good luck!

Josh Steimle

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