The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life

At the end of your life, you won’t remember the thoughts or intentions you had. You’ll remember the actions you took. You’ll judge yourself by how you showed up, by what you did, what you said, how you acted, and whether you performed the way you knew you could in any of the stages of life.

There’s a point in the Hero’s Journey where the Hero has to “Cross the Threshold.” It’s the moment they leave their Ordinary World and set out on a new adventure.

Believing you can change how you show up on your Field of Play is crucial to successfully using the Alter Ego.

Carol S. Dweck has found that success in any field—sports, business, the arts, in life—can be “dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities.” She found two types of people in this world: those with a “fixed mindset,” who didn’t believe their abilities were capable of changing, and those with a “growth mindset,” who believ

I Believe I Can Change! (Know You Can Reshape Your Mind) Our personalities are malleable. We can reshape ourselves.

I Wonder What Will Happen?! (Appreciate Discovery and Curiosity) What would happen if you approached your life like a mad scientist in a lab, willing to always test out new things to see if they’ll work? What if every test in life was you answering the question, “I wonder . . .

The more playful you are, the better your results may be. Why? Because you’ll be more likely to experiment, to take the Alter Ego you create into the field and see if it works.

dreams and goals and pursuing worthy ideals. It’s only natural that we take this stuff seriously. It’s serious because the desire to achieve gnaws at us until we take action. But nobody says this can’t also be fun.

I Love to Play! (Keep a Playful Attitude)