A testimonial is defined as being a formal statement testifying to your character or qualifications. The key words in this definition are: statement and testifying.

Now, we know that people usually make statements that testify of something based upon EVIDENCE, right?

So here is a question for you: What would the evidence seen in your life testify of you?

Remember, a testimonial may be a good one (positive), or it may be not so good (negative) – it all depends on the evidence. A person will make a statement based upon the evidence that he or she sees or has seen.

The evidence that testifies of your character and qualifications would be:

• The words you speak.
• The attitudes you show.
• The actions (and reactions) you demonstrate.

These are the three things that someone who was asked to write a statement testifying of your character or qualifications would use as a basis for his or her testimonial about you.

This is because these are the three things that people around you can SEE for themselves. But I am sure that you know that these three things are actually created by hidden areas of your life. Only YOU (and God) know about these hidden areas. 

So what are these secret areas?

• Your thoughts
• Your secret attitudes (yes, your secret attitudes MAY be different from the attitudes you display to the world).
• The decisions that you are constantly making as a result of your thoughts and secret attitudes.

Now here are some sad facts:

• Too many people do not take control of their thoughts, secret attitudes and constant decisions.
• Instead they allow the influences of the world to control these hidden areas of their lives.
• The result is that their lives are controlled by the negative influences of the world. (The default influences of the world are negative).

This is the key difference between a winner and a loser.

A loser allows himself to be tossed around by the influences that surround his life.

A winner takes control of his thoughts, his secret attitudes and his daily decisions. He or she refuses to allow the negative influences that surround him to control his life.

• A winner takes an ACTIVE role in his life.
• A loser takes a PASSIVE role in his life.

A winner DELIBERATELY speaks positive words into his or her own life and the lives of those around him.

A winner recognizes that the default influence of the world is negative.

A winner makes a daily decision to live in the positive realm of life.

He or she does this by:

• Speaking positive words
• Thinking positive thoughts.
• Making positive decisions.
• Determining to maintain a positive attitude no matter what happens.

Affirmation #154 of John Di Lemme’s 210 Day Affirmation Challenge focuses on speaking words of faith.

When you SPEAK words of faith over your life, it will be easier to also THINK words of faith. 

When your thoughts and your spoken words agree, your decisions and your actions will also tend to be decisions and actions of faith. Your testimonial will be positive!

Take some time today to speak the following affirmation into your life:

I am building my Testimonial today

by speaking words of faith over my life.

Now make a deliberate and concentrated effort to make sure that today all of your words will be words of faith. If you can do this for one day, you can do it for two days – right?

Keep going, until you form a habit of speaking words of faith over your life, and notice the difference it makes!

And always remember:

Resource:
Every affirmation in this 210 Day Affirmation Challenge is authored by John Di Lemme, founder of the 210 Day Lifestyle Freedom Club Be sure to check out this challenge and download your free motivational mp3s and mp4 from here as well.

This of IS the most common definition of this term which has in recent years as it has become an accepted asset that every business needs.

Today, let’s look at two kinds of “Mastermind Teams”. The key function that a Mastermind Team has on your life and your success (or failure) is their INFLUENCE.

Let’s stop and consider some key questions:

What does a true Mastermind Team actually do for you? (At least SHOULD do for you).

• They encourage you. (Their words influence you positively).
• They believe in you. (Their faith in you influences you to believe in yourself).
• They believe in what you are doing and are enthusiastic about it. (Their enthusiasm influences you and empowers you to keep moving forward).
• They expect you to succeed. (Their belief in you and your dreams lays a sense of accountability on you. Now, not only can you not fail yourself but you don’t want to fail them either).
• They help you to decide on what may work best for you and your business (or project).

To sum up these 5 functions:

This is your Positive Mastermind Team.
You leave their presence feeling encouraged, fired up and ready to go to the next level.

This is the Mastermind Team that you need to surround yourself with in order to achieve your goals and dreams.

(This is affirmation # 137 of the 210 Day Affirmation Challenge I recently did and continue to blog about.)

Now, let’s stop and consider another kind of “Mastermind Team” that may be surrounding you every day.

This is a Negative Mastermind Team. What? How can I have a negative Mastermind Team, you might be thinking? Well actually you can’t if you want to succeed, and that’s the key.

Here are some more key questions to ask yourself:

Do the people who surround me every day -

• Encourage me to pursue my dreams or do they scoff at my dreams?
• Believe in me or are they constantly putting me down?
• Expect me to succeed or are they waiting for me to fail so they can say “I told you so”
• Help me to decide on what may work for me or are they constantly insinuating that my dreams are just fantasies and I need to “get real”?

Now if you have people around you every day who fit this negative bill, then they have actually become your “Negative Mastermind”.

How so? Because the influence that they have in your life and on your dreams is a negative one.

Do you see how important it is to surround yourself with positive, like-minded people who can encourage you, challenge you and believe in you and your dreams?

Today’s Challenge:
Take some time to stop and seriously ask yourself the questions outlined in this article.

Now ask yourself this key question concerning each person who is influencing your life:

Resource:
Every affirmation in this 210 Day Affirmation Challenge is authored by John Di Lemme, founder of the 210 Day Lifestyle Freedom Club

It is not too late to get involved with this challenge. Go to the Lifestyle Freedom Blog Click on the menu at the top that says “Affirmation Challenge” to get involved. It will be the best decision you make today!

If you have been reading this series of articles found under the topic “Affirmation Challenge” you will already know this. You will also know that you will not reach your full potential automatically.

Yes you were born a champion, but you were born into a very negative world.
This world is full of negative influences that are all around of you. All of these influences are fighting to pull you down.

This creates a challenge for you.

• You can choose to allow these influences to suffocate the potential inside of you.
• You can choose to rise up, fight and overcome the negative influences and develop the potential that is inside of you and so fulfill your destiny and life purpose.

Champions rise to challenges:
Today we are looking at affirmation #128 of John Di Lemme’s 210 Day Lifestyle Freedom Club Affirmation Challenge that I recently completed and continue to blog about.

Affirmation #129 is a great champion declaration and challenge or you.

Today’s Challenge:

• Ask yourself, what one thing can I do today that will take me one step closer to being the best that I can be?
• Just choose one thing today and focus on it. When you are focused on improving one area of your life at a time, you will see better results.

Resource:
Every affirmation in this 210 Day Affirmation Challenge is authored by John Di Lemme, founder of the 210 Day Lifestyle Freedom Club

It is not too late to get involved with this challenge. Go to the Lifestyle Freedom Blog Click on the menu at the top that says “Affirmation Challenge” to get involved. It will be the best decision you make today!

It takes faith to build a positive mindset for positive living.

I am following the 210 Day Affirmation Challenge with Lifestyle Freedom Club in this series of articles. Today’s affirmation is #111 in the series.

There one powerful thought that stands out to me in this declaration:

My belief is Rock Solid.
There is an interesting parable that is told by Jesus about building your house. The complete story is found in the Gospel of Luke and Chapter 6.

I am sure that you have heard this story. There were two men and each built a house. One built his house on a rock, and the other build his house on the sand. But when the storms came I am sure that you can remember (or a least guess) what happened.

The house that was build on the sand did not last long at all. It crumpled at the foundation, because in effect there was no foundation.

The house that was build on the rock stood firm.

Here is a question for you today: Are you building your life on the rock or on the sand?

The rock is a place of faith. (The most solid Rock of all is Christ the Son of God. When you build your belief and life on Him you will definitely have an extra strong foundation in your life).

The sand is a place of fear. All too many people in this world are building their lives on the sand of fear.

• Fear is founded in doubt and unbelief.
• Fear will cause you to hesitate in your decisions. Fear causes procrastination.
• Fear will paralyze you so that you cannot move forward.

But you are a champion right? You were certainly born a champion. (Have you read the book, Champions are Born, Loses are Made? If not, make sure you click on this link right now and order your copy).

• Champions train every day for championship. They train their minds to focus on the positive.
• Champions live a life of faith.
• Champions focus on winning, so they meet every obstacle with a mindset that looks for solutions.
• Champions are decisive.
• Champions are always moving forward towards achieving their dreams.

Today’s challenge:
Every day your life is being influenced by either negative impressions, words and actions or positive ones. You have the responsibility to choose which influences you allow to stay in your life and which influences you throw out of your life.

Are you building a strong belief in your life? Or are you allowing fear to be built into your life?

Resource:
Every affirmation in this 210 Day Affirmation Challenge is authored by John Di Lemme, founder of the Lifestyle Freedom Club.

If you are not involved in this challenge, it is not too late to start. Go now to the Lifestyle Freedom Club Blog, then click on the menu at the top that says: “Affirmation Challenge”.