You have to act before you feel “ready.”

First, buy the cross-country flight for the business idea and connection opportunities. Then, upgrade to first class, and feel your self-image and internal power upgrading as you sit in the first row, with a coffee and your laptop ready to make the most of your 4-hour flight. Do this before you feel “ready.”

Then, book the dream hotel you know is going to have you feeling elevated and inspired the moment you step into the lobby. The one that feels slightly outside your comfortable price range. The one where you’re going to wake up every morning with infinite inspiration and energy to build, create, and take massive action. Also, do this before you feel “ready.”

When you settle into the new city, stock your fridge with high-quality, organic food. Buy the supplements to take your performance to the next level. Sign up for the high-end sauna, ice bath, and gym membership. The one that you tell yourself, “Once I have the money, I’ll join this gym.” Carry yourself into that gym like you belong there and leave every session in an elevated frequency. Yes, you will do this too, before you’re ready.

Each of these leaps outside what is “normal” and rewires your mind and nervous system to your “new normal.” This is the next iteration of yourself. This is your new reality. But you can only step into this reality by choosing courage and self-belief before you feel ready.

The “success” you’re looking for requires you to first embody the actions the most successful version of you would make. Not at some future date. But right now, in this moment.

Take your “dream life” off of a pedestal.

Take actions today that match the actions your ideal self would take in this ideal reality.

And then, with time, faith, and persistence, external reality will rearrange itself to match your new internal state.

Your dream life and normal life will collapse into one, and you will be living in your dream reality every moment of every day.

But it first starts with finding the courage within you to act as your highest self before you’re ready.