Thinking Doesn't Make It So

Thinking doesn’t make it so. It makes it likely.

If you think you’re a grasshopper, you are. But thinking you’re a lion makes you delusional. Self-belief doesn’t bring fantasies to life, unless it’s negative.

Negative thoughts pull you down. But positive thinking won’t lift you.

The only thing that lifts is action. You can’t think your way into the leader you want to become.

Competence is earned. You become a leader by doing leadership.

Confidence comes from doing hard things.

Thinking and Action

Put your thoughts into action. Don’t visualize the ending. Visualize action. Then act.

• Do something you’re avoiding.
• Choose one behavior that matches the leader you want to be. Practice it today.
• You don’t rise to your thoughts. You rise to your behaviors.

Follow “I think” with “I will.”

Do what future-you would do.

What will you do today to become the leader you aspire to become?

This article was originally published on Leadership Freak.

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