Embracing an alter ego can be a powerful tool for separating different aspects of one's life and achieving personal growth.
Aligning daily actions and habits with the future self can shape one's identity and lead to greater success.
Deep dives
Embrace the Future You
The podcast episode emphasizes the importance of viewing oneself as a work in progress. By adopting the mindset that the current version of oneself is not the final version, individuals can embrace continuous growth and improvement. Rather than being discouraged by failures or setbacks, being curious and experimental, like a mad scientist in a lab, can lead to transformative progress.
Feed Your Future Self
The episode highlights the significance of aligning one's daily actions and habits with the future version of oneself. By considering the impact of present actions on the person they aim to become in 90 days, individuals can proactively shape their identity and work towards their goals. This mindset encourages breaking free from comfort and avoidance, and instead, consciously feeding the future self with actions that align with personal growth and success.
Embrace the Role of a Mad Scientist
Entrepreneurs are encouraged to approach their journey as an ongoing experiment, constantly learning, iterating, and improving. Rather than striving for perfection or being discouraged by failures, adopting the attitude of a mad scientist allows individuals to embrace the iterative nature of entrepreneurship. This mindset encourages rapid execution, and the willingness to learn from each attempt, ultimately leading to greater success.
Overcome Fear of Judgment
The episode acknowledges that fear of rejection and judgment can hold individuals back from taking action and sharing their work with the world. Embracing the inevitability of haters and negative comments is vital for growth. By focusing on powerful communication and becoming comfortable with overcoming external opinions, entrepreneurs can elevate their success and progress towards their goals.
Stop whatever you're doing right now and listen to a massive mindset hack from the man who helped Kobe Bryant develop his Black Mamba persona! Today Rudy is chatting alter-egos with "Mr. Alter Ego" himself, Todd Herman.
Todd Herman is an award-winning performance expert and author of 'The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life". Todd has helped Rudy as part of his inspiration behind his Red Life branding and also happens to be one of his oldest American entrepreneur buddies from when he first moved to the US from England.
So, why do you need an alter ego? Well, for Kobe Bryant it was a tool that could help him separate his on-life persona (where everybody feared him) from his off-field life.
An alter ego is like a superhero outfit or Ironman suit that everyday entrepreneurs can put on and then, after a while, the suit starts blending into your skin.
Learn all about the advantages of developing your own alter ego as you set your goals and work towards meeting a future version of yourself that is good at all the things that you perhaps now struggle with.
Todd's expertise and psychological insights into the power of being curious about the work you do, the congruency between your work life and the person who goes home to a more private life, and the success that adopting a radical mindset shift is an absolute game-changer.
If it worked for Kobe on the basketball court (may he Rest In Peace), then it can surely work for you on the frontlines of business too. Red life living just went into overtime, baby. Beat the buzzer and download this episode now!
"Would it ever cost you anything to be a powerful communicator?" ~ Todd Herman
In This Episode:
What is an alter ego?
Why should you develop an alter ego?
Why do naturally gifted athletes even need to develop an alter ego?
What happens when your alter ego takes over completely?
Did you create your own persona or have you allowed your identity to be shaped by others?
How to close the feedback loop and create a better mindset for yourself
