Good morning and welcome to the increase your impact podcast. I'm Justin Sua episode

106 1865. For those of you who don't know, my daughter is an actor. Here's a simple plug

for her show. She is the star of a TV show called Pretty Freaking Theory on the Disney

Channel, but that's not the purpose of this episode. I've learned a lot about acting

as I watched her throughout her career. And what's interesting about each character that

she portrays, she needs to learn about the character. She needs to understand her. She needs

to know her motives. She knows her history, her context, her personality, how she responds

to different things. And then she becomes her. The character is her. And it's so neat to

see my daughter transform into different characters as she does her career. Now what's really

interesting is that you and I could do the same in our different walks of life. Now if

you're an athlete, I want you to imagine what the best athlete is like. Your favorite athlete.

How does he act? How does she practice? How does that athlete respond to adversity? How do they play?

What's their attitude? What's their body language like? Think about that. Think about the best

athlete that you know in your sports. If you're a business professional or a leader, what is a

leader? Think about this leader you admire. Can be famous or not. How does that person act? How do

they treat people? How do they how do they hold meetings? How do they paint their visions to

everybody? Really think about that. And then like my daughter does with these characters, you act

as if when you go out and practice act as if you're a professional athlete. When you got an

entrain act as if you are an elite professional and you train like them and you're focused like

them and you embrace adversity like them. One way to get better is to put on this performer self.

Maybe think about your mentor. Maybe think about somebody you admire. How would that person

respond to this situation? How would that person practice? How would that person carry themselves

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