Have you ever noticed this, Once you learn how to drive, no matter how long you stay away from it, the moment you sit behind the wheel, your hands know what to do, Same with opening your laptop after months away from work Same with walking into familiar spaces Why ? Because it lives in your subconscious mind
The subconscious mind is the driving force of our lives, It houses our belief system, It stores identity, It runs patterns and it executes without asking questions, Before any action, belief comes first, before behaviour, identity speaks. This is why you can want growth but repeat the same cycles, Why you can know better but still act the same, Why information changes but identity stays stubborn. Your subconscious does not think, It executes, Your conscious mind decides once
Your subconscious mind repeats forever, that’s why the stories you feed yourself matter, The environments you stay in matter and yes, how you dress matters. When you pick an outfit, you’re not just covering your body, You’re feeding your subconscious an image, You’re telling it a story about who you are and how you show up
That’s why you can walk into a room and instantly tell who is the lawyer, Who is the doctor, Who is in charge. They don’t announce it, their presence does, your subconscious listens more to what you do than what you say, You can say “I’m confident” But if you dress to disappear, avoid rooms, Lower your voice, your subconscious ignores your words and follows your actions.
You don’t have to call yourself a king, dress with dignity long enough, Carry yourself with intention long enough and people will start relating with you as one, here’s the truth most people miss, Your life is not controlled by your desires, It is controlled by the identity your subconscious is protecting
Call yourself a failure long enough and you start failing, Call yourself a winner long enough and you find ways to win, before you step out this week, Stand in front of the mirror and ask yourself one question, What story am I feeding my subconscious with ? how I’m showing up today? does this align with who I am becoming ?
Because style is not a destination, It’s a becoming and becoming always starts from within
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Michael Okunloro | Elevate Your Style 