The World is Your Dog: How to Happen to Life Instead of Life Happening to You - Christine Kane

Decide That You Can Do Something

One of the Best Practices revealed in my Uplevel Your Life Mastery Program is called “Mental Dress Up.”

This is a game that you can play daily.  It is designed to bring intentions to life by literally embodying them in your own being.

Here’s how it works:

Take a few moments throughout your day and Be [Fill in the Blank with Desired Thing].

As you’re driving you can become a best-selling author. What would that feel like? When you’re at a party, try being someone that everyone wants to talk to. Be wise. Be someone who has so many clients, you can hardly get through a day without turning people down. Be someone who is certain of what she wants. What does that feel like?

Don’t get all scrunchy-faced and try to VISUALIZE. That’s just WAY too much pressure.

Instead feel the effortless shift in you, and BE successful. BE a fun person. BE wealthy. BE a rock star. Whatever!

My client Vicki started using this technique when she decided to “be someone who loves to run with her dog in the morning.” She was amazed at the results.

Typically after a few blocks of running, she’d start wheezing and feel awful. But when she became “someone who loved running with her dog,” she had more stamina and felt great during the run. She got better and better at this game until she actually began to love running with her dog!

One morning, she was returning from a run. Another dog and his owner were walking in her direction. Vicki’s dog, Bruno, is still healing from an abusive past and can be aggressive with other dogs. So, Vicki started to get anxious, clinging to Bruno’s leash.

Then, she remembered Mental Dress Up.

Instead of getting nervous and reacting to her dog’s bad behavior, she focused on how calm she felt and how much she loved her dog. She also played Mental Dress Up on Bruno, feeling that he was always very loving and peaceful around other dogs.

It worked!  Bruno was fine. He followed her energy, and they both headed home without incident. To Vicki, this was a nice little miracle.

At this same time, Vicki was starting a new business. She had experienced a whole range of emotions from enthusiasm to fear to excitement during the process. At one point, she met with her accountant. The accountant was skeptical, issuing warnings to Vicki about the numbers and telling her the reasons why the business wouldn’t work. (Gotta love those accountants, huh?)

During our coaching call, she shared these stories – about the triumph with her dog, and about the discouragement from her accountant. She wanted to know how to deal with her emotions after this deflating meeting.

Here’s what I told her:

I said, “Your accountant is your dog.”

Huh?

It’s true!

People follow your energy.  It doesn’t matter if they are mentors, accountants, lawyers, audience members, listeners, friends, or customers.  People follow your energy, just like dogs.  You always have a choice to step up and lead them.  Just like Cesar Millan has been telling dog owners for years. And just like Bruno showed Vicki in that one situation.

I told her that the success of her business would always be up to her. I told her that every business owner, artist or entrepreneur experiences bad news, good news, depression, loss, gain and insecurity. The decision to quit, fail, or succeed is always hers.

In that moment, her accountant might have sensed her fear and found all the negative stuff he could muster up to dissuade her.  He became her dog and followed her energy.

You don’t have to be a Jedi master to tap into someone’s emotional state of being. You just have to be human. Had Vicki been feeling confident, most likely the accountant would have presented his views in a different light.

Ultimately, I told Vicki this:

“The whole world is your dog.”

Everything and everyone follows the energy and emotional state you bring to it. Decide that you can do something, and the Universe follows that decision. Choose to radiate love and wisdom, and the Universe follows that radiance.  Be fully invested in your businesses success, and the professional people will give you a higher level of advice.  This is not always an easy place to go. But it almost always teaches us about our own power to create or transform any situation.

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  • Marlena

    I really love this website. The branding, layout, content, videos, everything. I can’t wait to read my ebook on vision boards and future blog posts!

  • Maggie

    This concept is so true. Bill Cosby supposedly said, “Act like you are someone, look like you know something.” And the Dale Carnegie Leadership Course has an exercise called, “Act enthusiastic and you’ll be enthusiastic.” You can substitute nearly any word for “enthusiastic” and acting that way will help you get that way.

    I think that cats make a great illustration of this concept. Cats act haughty, entitled and like they own the household. Owners buy right into it. 🙂

  • Rachel Claret

    Thanks for the reminder. I can BE the outrageous woman, surrounded by friends that I keep forgetting about…

    • Raederle

      What a radical thought! I can BE outrageous. I just love that. Perfect little addition to this thought for me!

  • Clare

    Brilliant Christine! One of your best posts yet.

  • Natalie Morisset

    I remember reading this post previously and just loving it. Now I’m loving that you reminded me of this – such a simple metaphor, yet such a powerful message. Now whenever I see a dog I’ll use it as a reminder to choose which kind of energy I want to embody!

  • Nina Porter

    Wow! Perfect timing on this one…. just what I needed to read/ hear/ feel…… on this morning! I haven’t “been” the person I am or need to be lately; I’ve allowed others to fill me with their energy and demands and was becoming increasingly unhappy. This article reminded me that I can “Be” who I am and that empowers me. Back on track, Christine. Thank you.

    • Pamela

      I enjoyed reading Christine’s article for I’m a lover of pits. Many people see these types of dogs as being aggressive, when they can be raised to be beautiful creatures based on they’re owners personalities. When I take my dog for her routine walks, people see how calm she is and can’t resist petting her.

      Reading this article made me realize how much strength and leadership abilities I do have. Feeling like Nina Porter, I too had to get back on track with the understanding that the whole world is my dog. Thanks Nina for Sharing your post. Thanks Christine for sharing the article.