Be Before You Become

We tend to wait to become the person we dream of being: someone successful, confident, kind, courageous, and creative. We tell ourselves we’ll act like them once we feel like them. But the truth is flipped: you don’t feel like them first. You act like them first.

You already know who that better version of you is, the one you envision when you imagine your best self. Stop waiting to become them. Start being them. Wake up tomorrow and tell yourself: I am that person. I act like that person. I make choices like that person. When you do, something amazing happens: the world begins to respond to you as if you already are.

Your identity is powerful. When you believe you are the person you envision, you begin to deserve—and receive—what that person deserves. So don’t wait to “feel ready.” Be them now. Act like them today. The rest will catch up.