Live It to Lead It: Align with Your Values & Future Self Daily

Clare Belmont
12 minutes ago
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You can’t fake it. Not for long.

And certainly not if you're building a meaningful life or brand.

‘Fake it til you make it’ can get the ball rolling - but sustaining the game in the world of conscious business, alignment is everything.

As a busy entrepreneur or professional with a full plate and a passionate heart, you already know that words are not enough. Your energy, your daily habits, your focus—all of it needs to be a demonstration of your truth. Otherwise, just why?

It is far more than productivity hacks or motivational quotes - it is living the vision, from the inside out - as a daily practice.

It begins with refining and reinforcing alignment with your values—not occasionally, but as a consistent and intentional conscious choice.

Neural Patterns & Beliefs.

Your values are not just concepts. They're neural patterns. Beliefs. Embodied rhythms.

If you're not inviting your spirit to the party, and reminding your brain and body of them consistently, old conditioning takes over again.

The autopilot of being busy doing stuff, people-pleasing, or survival can easily sneak in—especially when you're tired, stretched, or under pressure.

Neuroscience, NLP, Hypnosis & other neural programming techniques show us how the brain prioritises repetition. The Reticular Activating System (RAS - the brain’s internal filter) only notices and acts on what you repeatedly focus on.

This includes the things we say to ourselves, and the actions we take.

When you intentionally affirm and visualise your goal or dream, and invoke the emotion and purpose - you're literally training your brain to expect, seek, and create it.

But talking about it isn’t enough. Doing it once or a few times isn’t enough. Your brain needs repetition and commitment (to yourself).

This is embodiment of Mental and Spiritual strength training. You can’t lift a weight once and expect transformation. The same applies to your beliefs, focus, and identity. We need daily mental and emotional reps.

Affirm + Visualise = Embodied Momentum

When you combine affirmation with visualisation, you can truly get into to the flow zone to shift your identity. This isn’t just wishful thinking. This is brain science meets ancient wisdom meets quantum mechanics.

Visualisation activates the same neural circuits as real experience. The subconscious doesn’t know the difference. So when you see, feel, and embody your future self with all senses engaged, and feel the feels - you begin to behave in ways that match that identity.

Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo are among elite athletes who practice these techniques.

A question I often ask clients - How can you bring the behaviour of your future self into this day?’.

This creates a biological and energetic shift.

You’re not only aligning with your goal - you’re becoming the version of you that has already achieved it. Your behaviour always follows your identity belief.

That’s one big reason we procrastinate and people fail to stick to their goals - they try to force change from the outside in, distracted by external ideas. But lasting transformation happens from the inside out—by embodying a new self-image, a new rhythm, and new energetic patterns.

Your Future Self as a Guide

What if your future self is not just a possibility… but an energetic presence you can tune into?

What if they already exist in the quantum field, the timeless now - vibrating at a different frequency, and all you have to do is match it?

Ancient mystics and modern physicists would agree: Time is not linear. You’re not waiting to become that person. You’re remembering them, calling them forward.

So… close your eyes. Imagine your future self walking beside you today.

How do you move/walk?
How do you speak?
What do you prioritise?
What do you no longer tolerate?

And next- start choosing that rhythm and frequency now.

Not in some future where everything’s perfect. But today. With your schedule, your coffee, your people, your inbox.

Ancient Wisdom: Becoming Before Receiving

Across traditions—from the Vedic sages to shamanic pathworkers, Christian mystics and Taoist masters—the theme is the same:

Be. And then you shall receive.

This is not about passivity and hoping and wishing ‘one day’ - It’s about inner alignment and then external action.

In yogic tradition the Sanskrit term sankalpa means "a sacred intention formed by the heart and mind." It is a resolve not to hustle or pressure yourself, but to align so deeply with your truth that all your actions arise from it effortlessly. An interest based focus leads to flow and ease.

We see this in the essence of prayer, meditation, and embodied rituals - Daily devotional practices that train the mind to dwell in the energy of the desired experience and feeling, before it arrives.

This is age old wisdom. My old corporate partners would have called it ‘just spiritual fluff’ or ‘whimsical’ but I’m over that attitude, aren’t you?

This is how we rewire the nervous system, open the heart, and train the mind to follow through. This is how we evolve and create the reality we want.

Daily Practices for Real-World Results

Busy entrepreneurs and professionals don’t need more stuff to do or 10-step morning routines. We need clarity, focus, and real tools that work. Here are five simple but potent practices:

1. The Morning Alignment Anchor

Before you check your phone or step into ‘doing’—drop into being. Ask:

👉 What do I value most today?

👉 What would my future self focus on this morning?

👉 What do I choose to believe is possible today?

Speak it. Write it. Feel it.

2. Future Self Embodiment

Take 2–3 minutes mid-morning to tune into your future self.

Close your eyes. Breathe. Feel your higher/future presence with you.

Then ask: What energy do I need to shift to match it now?

3. Visualisation + Affirmation Practice

Visualise one key goal or outcome as already done. Engage all five senses.

Feel it in your body.

Then say your affirmations out loud: "I am aligned. I am ready. I already am."

4. Repetition Throughout the Day

Your brain forgets without repetition.

So leave sticky notes, phone alarms, or audio reminders.

Keep your values and vision in front of your eyes and in your ears.

5. Evening Integration Ritual

As you wind down, reflect:

👉 Did I honour my values today?

👉 Did I show up like my future self?

If yes—celebrate it. If not— what came up? Accept, and course correct with love.

The Ripple Effect of Alignment

Here’s what I’ve learned and witnessed what happens when you live from real true god honest alignment, and don’t just speak about it:

You stop reacting. You start responding.

You stop chasing. You start attracting.

You stop burning out. You start building momentum that actually sustains you.

You become curious and magnetic to opportunities, partnerships, and ideas.

Not because you’re trying harder - but because your energy is coherent, clear, and congruent.

People feel that, you know they do.

When your outer actions match your inner values, you become deeply trustworthy—to yourself and to others.

It’s not a Quick Fix

Nothing in nature is forced or rushed. It’s not a race to the finish line, it’s a process and journey through life and the human experience. You don’t need to master this overnight.

But you do need to practice it daily—like breath, like prayer, like remembering who you truly are.

We are not meant to do it alone either. I'm a little biased, but coaching is a next level commitment that guarantees change for you.

Because success is not something you achieve by doing all the things you think you ‘should’ do. It’s someone you are becoming, and a coach will encourage the best of you out into the world.

And when you become that version of you - one conscious choice at a time - your goals are no longer distant.

They’re inevitable.

Ready to meet your future self? They’re closer than you think.