Fuel Your Mind

A weekly newsletter with practical, powerful, bite-sized lessons to shift your mindset, habits, and life—one idea at a time.

Intro

Identity Over Behavior

Welcome back to Fuel Your Mind — your weekly spark for personal growth and sharper thinking.

This week’s mindset shift:

Don't start with the outcome if you want fundamental, lasting transformation.

Start with who you believe you are.

Anyone can run a few miles.

• But only a runner laces up in the rain.
• Only a writer shows up when they don’t feel inspired.
• Only a leader makes the hard call when no one’s watching.

Lasting change isn’t about what you do.

It’s about who you become.

Top 10 Ideas of the Week

True Behavior Change is Identity Change

Here’s your weekly spark to think deeper, act smarter, and grow stronger:

1. Behavior follows identity.

→ 🎥 Watch: James Clear on Identity-Based Habits​

2. You don't rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your identity.

→ 📔 Try: Rewrite your self-concept using identity journaling. Who are you becoming?

3. Every action is a vote for the type of person you believe you are.

→ 📖 Read: Atomic Habits by James Clear

4. Don't try harder, but rewrite the narrative.

→ 🎥 Watch: Brene Brown on Vulnerability and Identity​

5. Change feels hard when your identity hasn't caught up.

→ 📖 Read: Dying Wisdom: 7 Lessons to Live By​

6. Labels shape behavior.

→ 📖 Read: Define or Be Defined: On Self-Labelling​

7. Upgrade your identity one habit at a time.

→ 📔 Try: Habit stacking with identity framing (e.g., “Because I’m a healthy person, I…”)

8. Stop outsourcing identity to the past.

→ 📖 Read: Personality Isn’t Permanent by Benjamin Hardy

9. Choose identity alignment over external validation.

→ 📖 Read: Start With Why by Simon Sinek

10. Ask better questions.

→ 📖 Read: Why Effective Leadership Is About Asking Smart Questions​

Recommended Resource

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Whether you're tracking workouts, writing sessions, or mindset shifts, this board turns intentions into action.

→ Grab it on Amazon​

Your identity is built in the small, visible wins.

Put them where you can see them.

Featured Content

The Identity Shift: The Invisible Force Behind Real Change

If you’ve ever said, “I know what to do… I just don’t do it,” you’re not lazy. You’re likely stuck in an outdated identity.

Here’s the truth:

• Knowledge isn’t the gap—identity is.
• Goals are results, but identity drives behavior.
• Long-term change only happens when actions align with who you believe you are.

This week’s featured piece unpacks:

Why most behavior change efforts fail

How to use “identity anchors” to rewire your habits

A practical 3-step loop:

1. Decide who you are
2. Act like it today
3. Reinforce it with evidence

You don’t need more hustle. You need a better story.

→ 📖 Read: Identity Shift: Upgrade How You Operate to Elevate Your Life by Anthony Trucks