Summary: Let’s take action, but first, maybe we should act as if. As if we already have what we seek. What if instead of putting our goals and desires up on a pedestal and staring at them with admiration, we first bring our mindset up to that same pedestal? This is what I’m thinking now: it’s of great benefit to us to start thinking like a person who’s already achieved what we seek. So if we want to be wealthy, we start thinking as if we were already wealthy. If we want to have a skill, think as if we have it already. What would our mindset be? How would we perceive ourselves? How would we perceive others? How would we carry ourselves through the world? Obviously we can’t fully act wealthy or skilled because the fact is we’re still broke and no one needs what we provide yet, but what if we placed our mind in the scenario of being there already? I think we’d be a lot more at ease, no matter what the hardships presented to us at this moment are. We would be a little more fearless, more bold, and way more tenacious when we see an opportunity we like. Essentially, we would lose fear, lose the need for permission, and just be free to DO what a person in that esteemed position does. Until we slowly become that. I assume this also works because we would learn to respect the process of holding this position. We would treat the work with the cool respect that gives us the best chances at conquering it, day-in and day-out. Because really, when you think about it, we already have the most important things in the world. We have our family, our friends, we have our freedom, we have the ability to just go to a park and enjoy nature for free-ninety-nine. The money, the respect, the shiny things, the titles and admiration, that’s really only the 10% icing on the cake. The cake is still pretty darn delicious without it. This 10% that we’re after, it’s not worth it if it means giving up the 90% we already have. You’ve heard the saying “a bird in hand is worth two in the bush.” Well, think of this as having four in hand with just one in the bush. Let’s be careful that we don’t lose the four trying to get the full set. Striving for the icing on the cake is just to keep us occupied, this adds a purpose. Chasing the 10% is how the universe has set up itself to keep us out there exploring and adventuring. Whether we get the full 10% to top off our life isn’t really important, it’s the thrill of the chase that is of value. So think as if. As if you already had what you hope for. And if this role-play sounds difficult to you, don’t worry, it’s not. It’s not as big of a leap, or as big of a change as you expect. Getting this goal of yours will change you, but not at the magnitude you expect it to. It won’t make you a much grander person, it’ll just make you the same person, except with one small new acquired trait. The person with 100% isn’t free of worry or fear. The wealthy person, or the skilled person, or the person with all the beauty we’d kill for just traded their fear of not achieving to begin with, with the fear of losing what they’ve already achieved. If we look at it this way, we should be in less of a rush to get there, because “there” isn’t a perfect place either. Mo’ money mo’ problems, right? Well then we might as well be grateful for the small amount of problems we have now, before the icing on the cake proves too sweet to handle.
