Episode #270
Identity precedes outcomes: define who you must be, model people who already have what you want, and practice daily mental conditioning to align your mindset with your goals.
Relentless consistency is a superpower: simply showing up—seeking tougher competition and association with higher performers—creates opportunities and legitimacy.
Align goals with realistic actions and identity: write down what you want, the actions required, and explicitly who you need to be; ensure your actions reasonably match the results you seek.
What people need to understand is that in life, you must be it in your mind before you are able to actually have it. Most people try to have it, and then they're going to be it.
If I had to pick one thing, that'd be the whole game right there. If I had to pick one element, it'd be just showing up.
Just being in the room is the key thing in so many areas of life.
Create your confidence.
Dre Baldwin is a former 9-year pro basketball player who traveled 8 countries in his career after walking on at an NCAA Division 3 school.
He is now a full-time entrepreneur who has authored 27 books and performed 4 TEDxTalks on Discipline, Confidence, Mental Toughness & Personal Initiative. Dre has over 135,000 subscribers on YouTube, and his daily Work On Your Game podcast has been downloaded over 3 million times.
