I have difficulty motivating myself to be my ‘best self’.
To deal with this I have to pretend that things are different.
For example, in order to motivate myself to work my best in working with someone I often imagine they are more important than I feel they are. I promote them - in my imagination - to a world famous figure in history. Then I feel the energy flow into my work as I have to work well for this celebrity.
Another example: Sometimes I address an email as if I’m writing to royalty in order to get myself to bother having a respectful tone. Then I change to the real name before sending.
Is related to autism or acting?
Does this count as a type of dishonesty?
