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title: Be, Do, Have.
description: Who do you really want to be? Our success in life can be summed up using three words (Be, Do and Have) in their correct order.
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# [Be, Do, Have.](https://thegaphq.com/blog/be-do-have)

 Written by [Mark Jenkins, CA](https://thegaphq.com/blog/author/mark-jenkins-ca) | 07/06/2018 7:12:22 AM

Our success in life can be summed up using these three words in their correct order.  The ordering of these three words will heavily influence the outcomes that we achieve. 

**Compare these two sentences:** 

### HAVE : DO : BE

'When I **have **a more profitable business I will **do** great things with my family and **be **a great Wife / Husband / Mother / Father... I just need to work a bit harder first, sort my business, deal with my clients, finish these projects and then everything will fall into place.' 

If we re-think the order we can change the priority and focus.

 

### BE : DO : HAVE

'In order to **be **a great Wife / Husband / Mother / Father, I need to **do** things like work smarter so I can **have** more time with my family.  This doesn't mean I'll let my clients down; if anything I can share my smarter way of working with my clients so they too can **be** who they want to be.'

 

When we focus on who we need to **be** first, we immediately start to act in a way consistent with that role (**do**).  The things we **have** become the bi-product of who we are as opposed to the things we have to **do **before we can **be** who we want to.

So who do you really want to be?  **Start being that person today **-** **in how you think, what you say and how you act.  Let the** be **drive what you **do** from now on.  You'll be amazed how quickly you'll get what you want (the **have**).

 

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