178: Start Acting Your Way Into Becoming

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Are You Acting Like The Person You Want To Be?</span></h1> <p>Today can be the day you become the person you want to be. You can stop waiting to be the person you want to be. Instead, you can start acting like the person you want to be now. It’s not being fake to act how you want to be, even if you don't feel you're there yet. It’s being you, and it’s powerful and simple.</p> <p>If you want to be healthy and healthy people exercise, then exercise.<br /> If you want to be kind, and kind people help others, then help others.<br /> If you want to be smart and smart people read, then read.</p> <p>Think about the type of person you want to be. What do they do? Once you know who you want to be and what they typically do, then you can start doing the same things.</p> <h2><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Acting like it makes it so.</span></h2> <p>You can act your way into becoming the person you want to be. We all know that our bodies listen to our minds. If your mind tells your eyes to blink, then they blink. If your mind tells your mouth to say "Hi, John.", then you mouth does it. But, did you know that the other way is also true? Our minds listen to your bodies.</p> <p>Our minds believe what our bodies are doing. And they really believe what our bodies do repeatedly. If you frequently exercise and eat healthy food, then your mind will believe that you're becoming a healthy person. Once you believe that, then it will be easier to keep acting in a way that supports the belief.</p> <h2><span style="font-size: 14pt;">How to start</span></h2> <p>There is a simple way to start. Just start doing the things that you know will help you be who you want to be. Start with doing something small that's relatively easy for you. Then, you can repeat.</p> <p>If you have the desire inside you, then you have it inside you<br /> Don’t wait for permission.</p> <p>Just do it.</p> <h3 style="text-align: center;">What's one thing you can do today that w