17. Learn to play a role
Your future is not determined by your personality. In fact, your personality is not even determined by your personality. There is no genetic code in you that determines who you will be. You are the thinker who determines who you will be. How you act is who you become.
Another way of seeing might be contained in these related thoughts from Star Trek’s Leonard Nimoy: “Spock had a big, big effect on me. I am so much more Spock-like today than when I first played the part in 1965 that you wouldn’t recognize me. I’m not talking about appearance, but thought processes. Doing that character, I learned so much about rational logical thought that it reshaped my life.”
You’ll gather energy and inspiration by being the character ...
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