Creating Possibilities: The Power of Asking WHAT IF

Dustin Hoffman.

Tootsie.

Hoffman’s character in this 1982 Academy Award winning film, Michael Dorsey, would go to any lengths to get a part, even if it meant playing a tomato: “Nobody does vegetables like me!”

Most of us if asked to BE a tomato, or a horse or a tree … would ultimately give up (or break down in hysterics) because (aside from feeling ridiculous), we don’t believe we’re any of those things.

But WHAT IF you were asked to behave like one of them? Continue reading

Top Five Steps to Acting As If

Let’s dive right in.

The ability to act as if you are already where you want to be in your life is the essence of The Act as if Technique.  But most people go no further with this novel approach to achieving goals than simply reminding themselves, “Right, if I want to be successful, I’ve got to act successful.”

That’s not enough. Continue reading