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.

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

http://theaffirmationspot.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/how-to-know-affirmations-are-working-the-affirmation-spot-for-friday-october-12-2007/

Positive Thinking without the Rose-Colored Glasses

http://theaffirmationspot.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/positive-thinking-without-the-rose-colored-glasses-the-affirmation-spot-for-thursday-october-18-2007/

The Universe Rewards Action

http://theaffirmationspot.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/the-universe-rewards-action-the-affirmation-spot-for-wednesday-november-7-2007/