You become the person you identify yourself as being.

Sara Blakely, at the time she made it, was the youngest self-made female billionaire in America. Not bad for a door-to-door saleswoman selling fax machines.

But it was not fax machines that made Sara a billionaire

Every morning, before heading out to sell fax machines, Sara told herself a different story about who she was. She told herself that she was an inventor.

Every morning she would face the mirror and say, 'I am an inventor'.

She had no background in invention. But in her mind, she had already transformed her identity. While others saw a saleswoman, she saw the founder of what would become a revolutionary clothing company.

Do not for a moment think this is positive thinking. This is a profound shift in your perception of your current identity. This new identity she created transformed her into America's youngest self-made female billionaire.

When she wrote 'I am an inventor' in her journal each day, she wasn't repeating empty words. She was rewiring how she thought, acted and made decisions. She began studying patent law in her spare time.

She began learning about manufacturing processes and thinking like an entrepreneur while still selling fax machines.

When manufacturers she approached told her 'no' to her ideas, she didn't react like a salesperson receiving a rejection – she responded like an inventor and entrepreneur. She thought FROM the created identity and persisted until she found a solution.

So what eventually made Sara a billionaire?

Spanx, and if you don't know about Spandex, think Lycra.

The transformation of identity lies at the heart of many success stories, whether in business, sports, arts or any other field.

Trading Identity

• There is a difference between the identity of someone who trades stocks and someone who thinks, breathes and identifies as a trader.
• There is a difference between someone who writes and someone who lives as a writer.

That subtle shift in thinking goes far deeper than semantics – it fundamentally changes how we approach challenges, make decisions and pursue our goals.

And there is research that backs this up.

Research that demonstrated how adopting an identity led to behaviour changes that aligned with that identity.

This study came from education research conducted in 2010 by Lynn Monrouxe. The study involved tracking medical students' development of their professional identity through their training years.

Another study by Peter Callero at Texas A&M University in the 1990s reported the same results.

Basically this...
Students who actively embraced the identity of 'being a doctor' (rather than just studying to become one) showed:

• Better clinical decision-making
• More professional behaviour
• Higher resilience when facing challenges
• Stronger commitment to medical ethics
• Better integration of medical knowledge

Now, as a trader, consider these points:

• Better decision-making
• More professional behaviour
• Higher resilience when faced with challenges
• Stronger commitment
• Better integration of knowledge into practice

Are these qualities desirable for you to have as a trader?

Of course, because they would transform your trading.

This is what happens when you think FROM a state of being, compared to thinking of something you want to attain in the future.

Thinking FROM your identity of a successful trader literally starts to programme you to be a successful trader. Thinking FROM starts to rewire your brain.

You can achieve remarkable success as a trader by daily telling yourself you are a successful trader. The science categorically tells us that the moment we think FROM a state, we start to develop the skills and understanding that state requires. You literally can't stop this happening to you.

And it extends into your everyday life. You will start to view life through probability and reward scenarios. You will start to automatically analyse the downside of decisions before acting. This extends into your personal life choices, from opportunities to major life decisions.

• You will develop an intuitive ability to spot trends and patterns. You start looking at the psychology of everyday situations. You start seeing supply and demand dynamics in daily life and identifying crowd behaviour patterns.
• You become disciplined and develop strict habits that mirror trading discipline. You develop structured decision-making processes. You become driven to maintain detailed journalling.
• You develop the ability to filter noise from charts. You are able to understand multiple information streams while focusing on high-probability outcomes.

Each of these traits becomes so deeply embedded in you that you are no longer making conscious choices but natural intuitive choices based on your identity of a successful trader.

The message and the science behind this is clear.

Want to change your life? Want to create wealth and freedom? Then start thinking FROM the state you want to experience. Tell yourself daily what and who you are.

Describe your life to yourself, describe how you are living. Write this down and commit to this every day.

Do this for just thirty days and observe what happens. Then extend to sixty days and observe what happens. Your life will never be the same again.

What are you waiting for...

Have a wonderful day.

Catch up with you soon.