How To Change Your Identity
- The best and fastest way to change your identity is to do it intentionally and consciously.
- Visualize yourself as the person in the new identity, like a writer, a minimalist, a non-smoker or a vegan, and write down the same to reflect on it.
- Get into action mode and see yourself being the new person, like getting up in the morning and witnessing yourself wearing the running shoes and going out for a run. See yourself in your new identity while in action.
- Appreciate and reinforce your new identity on yourself and be the change. See how easy it is to be an early riser or a runner or a writer.
- If you miss a day or two, don’t give up and visualize yourself as the new identity handling the disruption.
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