48 11111 00 W00 W00 W00 W00 Ways tays tays tays tays to Motivo Motivo Motivo Motivo Motivate Yate Yate Yate Yate YourourourourourselfselfselfselfselfTo me, it felt more like emotion was an all-powerful
thing that could overcome my thinking and ruin a good
day (or a good relationship).
It took a great acting teacher, Judy Rollings, and my
own long struggles with performing difficult scenes to
show me that my emotions really could be under the
complete control of my mind. I found out that I could
motivate myself by thinking and acting like a motivated
person, just as I could depress myself by thinking and
acting like a depressed person. With practice, the fine
line between acting and being disappeared.
We love great actors because it seems like they are
the characters they play. Poor actors are those who can’t
“be” their part and therefore don’t convince us of their
character’s reality. We hoot at those people. We call it
bad acting.
Yet we don’t realize that we ourselves miss the same
opportunities in life when we can’t “be” the person we
want to be. It doesn’t take authentic circumstances to
be who you want to be. It just takes rehearsal.
18. Don’t just do something...sit there
For a long time, all by yourself, sit quietly, absolutely
alone. Completely relax. Don’t allow the television or
music to be on. Just be with yourself. Watch for what
happens. Feel your sense of belonging to the silence.
Observe insights starting to appear. Observe your rela-
tionship with yourself starting to get better and softer
and more comfortable.
Sitting quietly allows your true dream life to give you
hints and flashes of motivation. In this information-rich,
interactive, civilized life today, you are either living
your dream or living someone else’s. And unless you