Who you are is not determined by how you feel, but how you act

Your qualities are not demonstrated by how you feel; they are demonstrated by what you do. Your character is what you do right now, for the reasons you do it right now. Acting in accordance with a trait means you have the trait, and acting against the trait means you do not have it.¹

Any residuals from the past tend to be limited to how much easier it is to continue in a pattern than it is to do something different. The past character decisions that do carry into your present reputation are, more often than not, the mistakes and not the victories.²

For most people, the fact that you are what you do works against them, as the positive qualities they demonstrate on average are regularly vanquished by momentary negative deviations. But this principle can be used to your advantage. The fact that you can destroy your character in one decision means that you can also turn over a new leaf at any moment, no matter where you find yourself.

You can change who you are moment by moment through how you begin to act right now. No matter where you are, you can improve into something better.

All character changes, no matter how great, are determined from momentary decisions. What you do, how you do it, and why you do it defines who you are. All of this information is encoded, refined, and executed from the life plan.