I distinctly remember my first day of teaching middle schoolers.

I didn’t feel prepared.

I didn’t feel confident.

I didn’t feel like I was ready to be “in charge”.

I had no idea what I wanted the year to look like.

Now imagine what my crazy, middle-school students would have done if they knew those things…

If they smelled the fear on my breath…

If I had shown up as THAT person—

Acting on those feelings—

My students would have RUN ME OVER.

So I didn’t do that.

Instead, I thought about my BEST teachers.

And who they showed up as.

Confident.

In charge.

Unthreatened .

Expecting students to listen.

I thought about the teacher I WANTED to be…

And that’s who I showed up as.

From day one.

Now I have three questions for you…

(1) What do you want your business to look like in a year?

(2) What type of person would you have to become in order to run that business?

Think about your time…

Your ethics…

How you are showing up for your audience…

Your openness with your struggles and successes…

Here’s the kicker…

(3) Are you doing TODAY what the future you would need to do?

I’m not saying lie about where you are at.

No…still be open and honest.

But you need to step into the role of that future person.

If you want to reach that place in a year…

If you want to become that person…

You need to start showing up as that person.

Today.