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Becoming Who You Want To Be By Pretending To Be Someone Else

The mental magic trick that saved my life.


Becoming Who You Want To Be By Pretending To Be Someone Else by Derek MacDonald

The mental magic trick that saved my life.

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Imitation is a form of mental magic—you pretend to be the thing you want to become, then you do.

You can reframe the hustle harder mindset by using your strengths to improve your weaknesses. There’s a fine line between doing something right but not giving it enough time to pay off, and doing something wrong and waiting too long for a payoff that’s not coming.

I’ve been reflecting on what this looks like in my own life...

onward.

-dmac


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