Acting as if

When encountering a challenging area in your life, you might want to try this approach. Identify a characteristic or behavior that would help you get through the situation. Perhaps you think you need to demonstrate more confidence. Begin to look around you for people who seem to exude this characteristic or behavior. What do they say? How do they act? Begin to practice those behaviors. Don't worry about doing it perfectly. What does it feel like as you become more proficient in the behavior? Own the fact that it will be uniquely you and not a carbon copy of what someone else is doing. If it is confidence you are seeking, how does your confidence level increase after a month's practice? Is there anything else you need to do to foster this characteristic or behavior? It is amazing to see how you can expand how you share yourself with others when you start with acting as if. What would you choose to practice today and how do you envision yourself at the end of one month?