There was a guy I knew who would, every time he felt the urge, look into the mirror and say, 'Hey, you're sexy'. I've done that, but not as an affirmation. Just kinda slips out from time to time.
Saying 'I'm rich/I'm hot/I'm loveable' is just boring egotistical nonsense. However, the words 'I am creating.....', are very effective as a focusing mechanism. Very effective indeed.
To me the first example is a more literal and useful take on the word "affirmation" -- you actually believe it, you made a statement outloud that affirms what you believe and so it just slipped out.
You can't technique that and to just say it over and over again to me is also a bit silly.
However, for the second part, there's a distinction for me. Not just saying the words 'i'm hot' etc, but, how does the system react when you 'say' to yourself (this is more than just a phrase but the whole internal statement) that you are a guy who deserves women right now. Can you get an intense visualization as Kidd said which to me means you can see it very vividly, perhaps you see women around you, you as you actually look/are now, perhaps you see a woman smiling / vibing you hard from the first person perspective, etc. etc.
If you don't accept this, you might literally not be able to picture it - or you will create the picture and it will feel very uncomfortable, or turn into total fantasy (which is a type of avoidance). This is where the gold is to me. It's much less pleasant and convenient than to say you just picture stuff and it happens. When you make the effort to picture it *from your current reality* you get to see what all your stuff is around it which of course takes self awareness which needs practice, and then you have work to do in terms of dealing with what came in.
Most of the 'affirmation guys' like to think you can just bypass all the work and just play a statement like a tape recorder, as though our mind or consciousness works in terms of words vs pictures and emotions. You could say it a billion times and be shut off from the reaction, or pose the question one single time and really explore every uncomfortable / conflicting reaction that comes up.
If you're really clear on it, the 'i'm sexy' version will be so unblocked apparently it will just slip out of your mouth like it does for you
The one thing i'd check in on with "i'm creating" is an inherent assumption that you are not hot/attractive to women as you are right now. You can stay in an endless state of 'creating' and stay in forever 'i'm not there YET' and it can actually be used as a deflective mechanism from facing the bitter truth of what comes up for you when you picture, or attempt to picture, a realistic scenario of what you'd want to go down with women *right now*. It is a very good way to explore and to get past a brick wall, i'm not knocking it just throwing that caveat from my own experience. I had a habit of spending insanely LONG amounts of time 'getting ready' for things I could have jumped into years ago and moved faster.