How To Build Any Life You Want
Companies, restaurants, writers, artists, even governments do this all the time.
In fact, copying others and improving on what they are doing is the cornerstone of human advancement.
Ever since the first caveman saw another caveman throw a rock, and thought to himself, “Hmm, great idea, but I think I could do it better…” humans were off to the races.
Of course, some things are easier to copy or “reverse engineer” than others. Some of them are more conscious and some are unconscious.
When you were a kid, before you could walk, learning was simply of watching the adults and trying until you could reproduce what they were doing. Talking was the same. And to an extent, so was writing.
However, if you were an engineer for an electronics company, and they wanted you to reverse engineer your competition’s smart phone, it would be completely conscious.
We can also reverse engineer behavior, but it can be tricky. Often times we copy the external behavior, when it’s the internal state we should be focused on.
For example, if you wanted to copy a world class pianist, it would be foolish to only focus on the clothes they wore, or their posture or even facial expressions as they sat down at the piano.
You’d need to get inside their brain and copy their beliefs, and more importantly, their experiences and memories of practice, which likely is a large factor in their confidence.
Because playing the piano is not a natural human trait, it requires years and years of practice.
But other things, that sometimes seem difficult, ARE natural human traits, and therefore DON’T require years and years of practice.
Anything involving human interaction, communication and persuasion is hard wired into our brains.
Often times all you need is a strong inner state, and you can learn the rest by trial and error, just like you did when you learned to walk.
Because of your strong confidence and self belief, you’ll naturally interact with others in a way that will help you get exactly what you not.
Not only that, but it will seem to others like it was THEIR idea to give it to you.
This is what happens when you demonstrate that strong inner frame. That frame where you tell yourself (just like when you were a kid), “I can do this,” no matter what.
How do you get this frame?
By doing a set of mental activities (much like mental exercise) and switching how you view yourself, and the world.