I used to think it was real clever to fake it till you make it.
But that word “fake” is jarring, and frankly it’s a bad influence on the rest of the phrase. No matter how well meaning you may be, telling yourself to fake something will leave you feeling like a fake.
Nowadays I think a much more effective phrase is to act as if. It’s a more sophisticated take on the same basic idea. Only this time, instead of faking it, you truly focus on embodying the qualities you want to become.
Acting as if you are confident, convinces your nervous system that you are confident, so then you begin to feel confident. There’s nothing fake about that.
Fox Michaels is an intuitive leader with 15+ years of experience as a trainer, either informally or by title. In his spare time, Fox writes the ongoing blog Like a Fox!, where he shares his fun, joyful approach to life and love, as his own way of contributing to the Human Potential Movement. When not reading from his library full of personal development books, you can find Fox enjoying the cinema perks of being on AMC’s A-List, and also working to make sure that he’s the most stylish man on his own Instagram page. Feel free to check out if he's succeeding with that @foxmichaels.
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