Quote Day 5: BE the Person

This one idea has had more impact on me than any idea I’ve ever come across.

It’s how I hit every single one of my goals.

I’ve heard the idea said lots of different ways, but I love how Jim puts it here.

BE the person you want to be.

Quote Day 4: Be So Good They Can't Ignore You

“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” – Steve Martin.

Instead of fighting for their attention, earn it.

Hone your craft so deeply that people can’t help but work with you/hire you/ask to feature you/talk about you/whatever you desire.

SO GOOD.

Quote Day 3: Don't Believe Everything You Think

Our thoughts are not the news. We make them up. All of them.

Quote Day 2: The Worst Probably Won't Happen

In a similar vein to yesterday’s post – the worst will probably never happen.

99.9% of the things I worry about never come true. Good reminder!

Quote Day 1: It's Always Worse in My Mind

“Having cancer hasn’t been nearly as bad as worrying about getting it.”

For the next seven days, I’m going to publish a series of my favourite quotes and what they mean to me.

Today, I’m choosing one that has recurringly relieved anxiety and stress.

This photo was published on the Humans of New York Facebook Page, along with a single sentence caption from the subject:

“Having cancer hasn’t been nearly as bad as worrying about getting it.”

While cancer specifically hasn’t been something I’ve frequently worried about, I find this quote helps a lot with other things I’ve worried about. When I read it, it reminds me that whatever I’m worried about is always worse in my imagination than it will be in real life.

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I was recently featured on Shawna Patruno’s podcast, where I broke down step by step the mindset I had to be in to achieve my goal of blogging daily for two years in a row. Listen on Shawna’s Instagram!

Tennis Mind

Sometimes the mind plays a tennis match with itself.

I can do this/No I can’t.

Money comes easily/Money is hard.

It’s already done/I should give up.

Back and forth again and again.

That’s normal. That’s human.

But if you practice the helpful thoughts more, they’ll get stronger and louder.

The tennis player who practices the most will win.

Music Shifts Everything

I had one of those days today where no matter how hard you try, things just don’t seem to go smoothly.

And then I put on a song.

And it was like everything changed. Suddenly I could focus, suddenly I could create again.

It was the quickest identity shift ever.

Current favourites:

Maneater by Nelly Furtado
Not Many by Scribe
On My Mind by Ellie Goulding

Brain Power

Every once in a while I realise how potent my mind actually is.

I mean I know it controls everything. But then there are those days when I know it controls everything.

It sinks in deeper.

Like, oh wait. I can actually control my world by changing how I think about it.

What a spectacular brain we get to live in.

My Self Concept is My #1 Priority

I’m the most hyped person you’ll ever meet.

I have got NO chill.

My inner world is an action movie packed with aviator sunglasses and slow-mo explosions.

I spend hours upon hours every week just BEING the future me.

Sometimes instead of working, I just dance in my kitchen like I’m Britney’s backup dancer. Okay, who am I kidding? Like I AM Britney.

My self-concept is my #1 priority.

Because the way we see ourselves is EVERYTHING.

When I think I'm a boss, I can hit any goal I set myself. Thousands of group members. A full list of clients. 50 push ups. 600 days of blogging.

When I think I suck (which I never let myself think for more than a fleeting accidental moment) everything turns pear-shaped.

I used to think I was just wasting time daydreaming about my future self.

Now I know it’s THE most important part of my day.

Because acting as if you're already the future you brings them closer.

Until you're so good at acting like them, one day you realize that you ARE them.

Some of the ways I step into being her:

• Listening to high vibe music (Have you listened to the DJ Impossible Girls Playlist yet?! Y’all are adding SO many bangers!)

• Journaling on what I believe and do now that I am her.

• Doing everyday tasks with her energy. How does she eat breakfast? How does she do the dishes?

• Wearing items that make me feel like her. Nothing gives me that “I run an empire” feeling like putting on matching underwear.

Your future self is already within you.

Your only job is to create space for them to come alive.