"I'm good enough, I'm smart enough and doggonit people like me."
Daily affirmations by Stuart Smalley.
But seriously, some people call it "self-talk", other call it "self-hypnosis", but what I do is form a well formed outcome for my life, and I break it down on what I will accomplish that day.
We get what we focus on. I focus on happiness, prosperity, sobriety and my core values of freedom, contribution and security. I have a life plan that is written up to take me to these goals, and at night before I go to sleep I take 10 or 15 minutes and close my eyes and focus on what I am going to make happen and how it is going to make me feel, then in the morning before I get on the road or workout I again take 5-10 minutes to focus on what I am going to do that day to reach those goals.
Some call it prayer, but I talk to my mind, some call it meditation but they try to think of nothing, I call it focusing in on what I want to accomplish and living with a purpose.