Act the Part to Get the Part

byTheGrizzly

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8 years ago

Live like the Grizzly you want to be, rather than simply being the bear that you are.

It is easy to think of all you want in life, and feel that things will be better once you have what you are set out to accomplish.

Truth be told it’s not actually accomplishment that makes us happy, its who we become and how we live our lives. Our accomplishments bring satisfaction that is short lived.

We have to think about who we would be, and how we would live if we had accomplished our goals, and had become who we truly want to be.

Then we need to start working toward living as if we were already who we want to be.

It may sound just a little crazy, but this is how I went from surviving to thriving in at my high school job.

I went from being the lowest man on the totem pole to the top dog. Although I didn’t manage the place, but I had the choice. I had the opportunities to control next to every aspect of my job, and those I didn’t I knew how to live with.

I commanded respect and loyalty from my coworkers, and created lasting friendships with customers. I sold more than everyone else, and was known for my skills of communication in every instance.

Although not fully competent of it at the time, it all came down to my mindset. I started out feeling stuck, and ended feeling on top of the world…literally. (But that’s another story for another day.)

I recently listened to a interview with
Millionaire: Derek Rydall.
You can check out this interview at;
http://eventualmillionaire.com/derekrydall/

In the interview he talked about how we need to live as though we were already who we wanted to be.

He shared a story about how he had a low point where he went from being an up and coming actor to a waiter at a three start restaurant serving the very people he used to work with.

He too realized that he had to change his mindset.

Once he had a vision of where he wanted to be, and who he wanted to be he started living like who he aspired to be.

He became the best server the restaurant had ever had yielding him more tips, happy customers, and recognition from corporate for his exceptional service (having received phone call after phone call from dozens of satisfied customers.)

I can relate to Derek, because the restaurant I worked at during high school also received phone calls from people who were satisfied with me and my exceptional service.

They weren’t even gonna tell me, but one day a customer told me that they were gonna call in and be sure I was recognized for my hard work.

Only Minutes later my manager picked up the phone and I over heard the whole thing. She told me about, I was happy about it and she was like, “yeah…it happens all the time.” I was like, “what do you mean it happens all the time!!!” I said something along the lines of, “So we get calls like that all the time,…about everybody,”…her response, “Yeah, and all the time, and no not everyone, just you.” (Sorry just a little venting there…moving on.)

He also said that because his coworkers couldn’t deal with working with him, (cause he was out doing everyone) he was fired and within a month he was taking his first steps toward living his dream.

Mostly likely having received job opportunities from his performance at the restaurant.(…I too can relate.)

What I took away was essentially, what you do about where you are now, and the opportunities that you have before you, will directly determine how quickly you can become who you want to be, and live the life you truly want to live.

Of course as with everything this is gonna involve some work.

We’re reforming our character and shaping who we are, this will take both effort and time, but the results have the power to be life changing.

I invite us all to work at developing a vision of who we want to be, and the life we want to live, then to take action in an effort to gradually become who who we want to be now rather than later.

Surely as we work on becoming who we want to be, and who we must be in order to enjoy what we achieve, we will develop the mentality we need to have in order to live as we would like to live.

As with everything, remember to take things one paw at a time, don’t get too overwhelmed.

-Evan