Let’s play a game.

Imagine for a moment you have a magic wand and with one quick flick of your wrist you could change how you feel. Or to an even greater extent, become a totally different person.

Not possible?

If that’s what you think then you’re correct and you can stop reading right here.

But, if you do believe it’s possible then continue on.

There have been countless studies and research on the subject of the placebo effect, where essentially people with real medical conditions have been given fake treatments, and yet they have convinced themselves that the medicine is real and their ailments have been cured. They changed how they physically felt based on what they believe about an external stimulus.

If a person can change how they feel and actually be cured of an ailment via an external stimulus then why not an internal stimulus?

Well, they can.

Every time you pretend to have an attitude, which is your internal stimulus, and then go through the motions, you trigger emotions that create and strengthen the attitude you wish to develop. Your pretending is your magic wand. However, unlike the fictional wand of fairy tales, you actually have to do a little more work. You have to tailor your mental and physical environment to remind of the person you want to become.

Once you setup continuous reminders of the person you want to become then your attitude and emotions begin to align with the behaviors you want to adopt. Like actors and kids, you too can pretend to be and feel however you want, and if you stay at it long enough, you might just become the person you want to be.

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