Faith it til you make it, is not poppycock. It's an imperative step to achieving your highest self. If you see yourself as the person you hope to become, act out on it as if you are that person, soon you will not be acting. Your new behaviors start to become habits, thoughts, a new self concept, and epiphanies will reveal themselves to you. You will become the person you're taking aim at. After all, are we not what we do?