| "Fake it 'til you make it!" they say, but where's | | | | What can I do right now to make that |
| the long-term value in that approach? If we spend | | | | change reality - even if only for this moment? [Ex. |
| energy just faking progress, how will we ever | | | | eat the healthy lunch option, take the stairs up to |
| actually arrive at our destination? It sounds much | | | | the second floor instead of the elevator, focus on |
| like the experience of people who sit in simulated | | | | the great opportunities in a tough situation] |
| race car drivers' seats. After exhilarating, | | | | How can I make that same good decision |
| high-intensity video game simulations, they find | | | | from moment to moment so as to string the |
| that they're a dollar short and no further from | | | | moments together until they become permanent |
| where they were when they began. | | | | components of my lifestyle? |
| Furthermore, isn't substantial positive change in | | | | Once we answer these questions for ourselves, |
| quality of one's life worth more than faking? Isn't | | | | we'll be wise to combine them with proven |
| it worth the effort to actually do something to | | | | principles from people who have already been |
| bring desired change into being now, even if only | | | | where we want to go: |
| for a moment initially? It will become more | | | | Decisions become lasting changes when we |
| permanent over repeated application. | | | | take ownership of the consequences of our |
| In creating the healthy lifestyle change that we | | | | decisions and add before subtracting. |
| want - whether it be in our careers, our | | | | Three stories from The Slight Edge by Jeff |
| interpersonal relationships or in our personal, | | | | Olsen speak to the small seemingly insignificant |
| day-to-day operations - we can ask ourselves | | | | actions we can take that, over time will lead to |
| these questions: | | | | life-changing results. |
| What areas of my life would I like to | | | | Why "fake it 'til we make it" when we can "be it |
| improve? | | | | until we become it?" |
| What one change in each of those areas | | | | In Jim Cathcart's book, Relationship Selling, he asks |
| would I LOVE to see become reality? (Let's | | | | a key question that challenges us to be by |
| choose ones we would love since we'll be far | | | | decision until we become by nature: "How would |
| more inclined to keep working on them than | | | | the person I want to become do the thing I'm |
| those that would just be "nice to have".) | | | | about to do?" |
| What tangible things can I put in front of me | | | | Decide, execute, and become - it's in us all to |
| that will help me to internalize and personalize the | | | | create the healthy lifestyle change we want! |
| desired goal? | | | | |