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Acting As If

Acting As If

The Benefits Of Tapping Into Our Alter Egos

By Tali Sharot

The "As If Principle": How Action Dictates Emotion

By Richard Wiseman

Embodied Cognition: The Body's Impact On The Mind

By You Are What You Act

The "Counter-Clockwise Study": Aging & Attitude

By Ellen Langer

The Psychology Of Turning Back The Clock

By The Young Ones

Feeling The Part By Using Our Posture & Power Posing

By Amy Cuddy

How To Feel Like A Superhero: The Batman Effect

By Stephanie Carlson

The Power Of Feeling Like We Have What We Want

By Joe Dispenza

Tips & Webisodes

By Brian Johnson & Better Ideas

Clips & Interviews

By Albert Nerenberg, Mel Robbins & Bessel Van Der Kolk

Insight

Wall Street Journal

The Power of Pretending: What Would a Hero Do?

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BBC Worklife

The ‘Batman Effect’: How having an alter ego empowers you

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Big Think

People who embody Albert Einstein in VR perform better on cognitive tasks

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CNN

Act Powerful. Be Powerful

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Mental Floss

8 “Fake It ‘Til You Make It” Strategies Backed by Science

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LifeHacker

Act as if You’re a Certain Type of Person to Become that Person

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The Guardian

forget positive thinking, try positive action

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Huffington Post

How To Get In Touch With Your Inner Hero

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Curiosity

The Batman Effect: Kids Work Harder When They’re Pretending to be the Caped Crusader

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The Guardian

Embrace your inner Ziggy Stardust – the power of personas

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KPBS

Can An Alter Ego Activate The Best You?

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D.I.Y.

You Are What You Act

Actorcize

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​Films & Trailers

You Are What You Act

TED Talks

By Jane McGonigal

Podcasts

Richard Wiseman

The As If Principle

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Todd Herman

Discover the Power of Your Alter Ego

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Book Extracts

What’s Your Phone Booth Moment?

Taken from The Alter Ego Effect, by Todd Herman.

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How To Be Happy

Taken from The As If Principle, by Richard Wiseman.

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Counterclockwise

Taken from Counterclockwise, by Ellen Langer.

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Before You Play, Here's What You Need To Know

Taken from SuperBetter, by Jane McGonigal.

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Projecting Your Gold

Taken from Inner Gold, by Robert A. Johnson.

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