Your wardrobe is deciding your opportunities before you even speak.

Princeton University found people judge your competence in ONE second. Northwestern discovered wearing a doctor's coat improves cognitive performance by 30%. Daniel Kahneman documented the Halo Effect: polished presentation = assumed competence.

Steve Jobs understood this in 1984. He wasn't powerful yet, but he dressed like he already was. Black turtleneck + jeans = strategic positioning, not fashion.

Nelson Mandela wore traditional royalty garments to his treason trial in 1962. One outfit reframed the narrative: "I'm not a criminal, I'm a leader."

This isn't "fake it till you make it."

This is: Be who you're becoming, then work to build the proof.

Your external presentation shapes your internal cognition AND how people treat you. The science is clear. The question is: what signals are you sending?

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Episode 33 of 45.