Welcome to Minute with Mallon!

Something I Taught:

I’ve helped one of my clients reach the point where he never has to work another day in his life. Now, we’re working on his transition. The good news is that he still has a purpose, and he’ll be pursuing new directions he’s passionate about.

He’s a good man. Proof of that is he hired me to help his assistant transition into owning her own business. She’s extremely competent in a lucrative field, but she’s been an employee her entire life. At 50, she’s both nervous and excited about moving forward.

Because she’s only ever worked for others, she hasn’t been able to experience the freedom she really wants. Now is her time, but fear is holding her back.

In our last session, I shared two concepts with her. These ways of thinking can move anyone forward when facing fear:

“Act as if”

This means stepping into the mindset and behaviors of the person you want to become—even before you feel ready. When you act as if you’re confident, capable, or experienced, your actions begin to reshape your reality. Over time, what once felt forced becomes natural.

Act as if you already are the person you want to become.

“Do the thing and you will have the power”

This reminds us that courage and confidence come after action, not before it. If you wait until you feel strong enough, you’ll never start. But when you take that step, no matter how shaky, you gain power, momentum, and belief to keep going.

She remembered how tough things were when she first stepped into her current role. Nothing clicked at the beginning, but she kept pushing, stayed persistent, and eventually the business began to thrive.

I told her to expect fear and nerves, it’s just part of the process. But I’m confident she’ll approach this new business the same way she’s handled her entire career: with talent, competence, and persistence. And because of that, she’ll succeed.

Remember: Power follows action, not the other way around.

Here’s my challenge: This week, act as if in one area of your life where fear is whispering “not yet.” Take one small step forward and watch how the power shows up. And if you’d like someone to walk alongside you as you do, let’s talk.

Something to Ponder:

It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.

Steve Jobs

Something I Learned:

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to lead a large group of men in a discussion about how we need to take control of our thoughts. And I told them of finding a book called "As a Man Thinketh" by James Allen back in 1997 and how it helped change my life. Here's the excerpt that we discussed:

MAN'S mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed-seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind.

Just as a gardener cultivates his plot, keeping it free from weeds, and growing the flowers and fruits which he requires, so may a man tend the garden of his mind, weeding out all the wrong, useless, and impure thoughts, and cultivating toward perfection the flowers and fruits of right, useful, and pure thoughts.

So think it through and pull one weed, and plant one seed this week!

Something I Saw:

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Hope you have an incredible week!

Robert

Minute With Mallon: Act As If! 🔥