Play your part - closing the gap means you have to learn the art of acting the part.

How else do actors convincingly play the part of characters completely different from themselves? They identify the mannerisms and behaviour of their chosen role and then inhabit that persona. When they do it thoroughly enough, we are convinced. If they do it long enough, they are convinced. Known as the 'method' school of acting, actors often find it extremely difficult to shake off the adopted persona. They often have to studiously 'debrief' themselves to return to their original self. Al Pacino said in a recent interview, 'I've been doing so many different characters, it's sometimes difficult to remember my own.'

Act as if
The mistake many people make is giving up before they make it real. They feel ill at ease. They feel they're faking it. Of course they are. It's the easiest, and sometimes the only way to make it to the other side.

I believe that great achievers everywhere understand the importance of faking it. Anna Wintour, British editor-in-chief of American Vogue, is a case in point. Hugely successful in the cut-throat world of US publishing, she is known as Nuclear Wintour for her glacial manner. Personally, I think she's fabulous and a fine model for busy women, especially if getting out of the office at a decent hour to see your kids is important. Her decisiveness is legendary. In a recent documentary she admitted to acting decisive, even when she doesn't feel it. She simply points out that her position requires her to be seen as decisive. Her staff need her to act this way. She has a lot to get through and, at the end of the day, it's only fashion. Regardless of how she feels, she acts decisively.

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