CREATE SOMETHING NEW: Act As If!
Do you know what the opposite of a "professional" is?
A "confessional."
And, at the risk of being unprofessional, here's mine:
One of the great secrets of the creative process is to act as if -- to proceed in the spirit of already having succeeded -- or what Steven Covey refers to as "beginning with the end in mind."
Why is this so important?
Because you already are what you profess to be, even if it's not apparent yet.
This state of mind, which is the polar opposite of doubt, could easily be construed to be some kind of con game. But it's not.
In a con game, the intention is to deceive -- to manipulate others by pretending to be something you're not. When you act as if, you are simply being that which you already are, but hasn't manifested yet.
You are, as described in the introduction to Awake at the Wheel, the IDEA of something not yet fully embodied.
The intention, always, in the game of creation, is never to deceive, but to conceive -- to bring into being a positive, life-affirming outcome. When you, with integrity, act CONFIDENTLY (from the Latin "con-fide" -- meaning "with faith"), you are not playing a "confidence game" -- you are jump starting the creative process.
Got it?
WHAT TO DO
1. Suspend all doubt.
2. See your BIG IDEA as already manifested.
3. See yourself as the person whose Big Idea is already manifested.
4. Start acting as if you are this person, quickly learning whatever you need to learn in order to close the gap between the IDEA of yourself and the full EXPRESSION of this idea.
Excerpted from Awake at the Wheel: Getting Your Great Ideas Rolling (in an uphill world).
Posted by Mitch Ditkoff at September 12, 2009 02:17 PM
Comments
Dear Mitch,
Thanks for this very interesting article. I would love to read more about your own pesonal story on how you have experienced or practiced the same.
I look forward to your next blog. I hope to meet you in person sometime!
Rgds,
Jijie
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at September 12, 2009 11:02 PM
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