It has been some time since I first heard the term
“Transformational Vocabulary” uttered by Tony Robins at one
of his seminars. Since then, I have tried to use it on a
weekly if not daily basis. What I found out was that we
really need to watch the words that we use in our everyday
conversations. The good news is that for every “Don’t use
word” there is an excellent replacement word or phrase. I am
going to show you some of the words not to use followed by
words or phrases that will work better. I will also show you
how to find replacements for other words.
The first word that is probably the most detrimental to
everyone is the word “try”. It’s insidious because it gives
us the illusion that something is going to happen when in
reality it never will. As Yoda of Star Wars famed so
eloquently said “There is no try, there is only do”. How
would you like to state your intentions to the “Universe”
and have the Universe respond back with “yea I’ll try to
manifest that for you”. Have you ever just tried to turn on
a light switch or do you just do it. If we just try to be on
time we are more than likely going to be late. It’s so
insidious because it always leaves you an out.
Another word that is just as bad is “maybe”. Like the word
try, it just suggests that you are not committed and it
always leaves you an out. We use on children all the time so
we don’t have to explain ourselves to them to get them to
quit bothering us.
A good replacement for try is the word “will”. I will be
there by 8pm. The word will removes all ambiguity out of the
statement.
I have found the best resource to find better word choices
is a Thesaurus. I have several of them and have a small one
in my brief case.
So watch the words you use and I’m sure it will help you
with using the Law of Attraction. The “Universe” doesn’t
respond to ambiguity. It responds to specifics.