I tend to do my own thing, go where others may not think to travel, journey on a different route. NOT that I don't believe the mainstream, but because I don't believe the mainstream.... completely. I have learned that to achieve excellence, I need to be traveling on a different path.
As it should be true with you. In order to achieve your fitness or performance goals, you need to travel a different path..... in training, in diet, in overall lifestyle.
And that is where the problem lies.
LIFESTYLE CHOICES.
Our preconceived notions about what our body can and cannot do are killing us. Many of us are afraid to push ourselves a little harder, run a little faster (even if for half a block), do something new, stop eating junk or anything else that is inhibiting ourselves from achieving our best selves.
We cling to these ideologies and beliefs that we will accomplish A, B, or C ...... and many of us struggle with time management to put these in motion. And the end of 2010 will arrive with more empowerment for each belief to be clung to, although it was these very things that harmed us.
Today, I want you to start a journal. I want you to write in your journal what it is you are trying to accomplish. I want you to thoroughly evaluate what is holding you back from getting there. And then I want you to ask yourself, what will happen if I don' t achieve these goals? How willing am I to risk wasting another moment, day, year to not push to the achievement of these goals? Am I willing to be content with the results I have achieved in the past? Answer those questions completely and honestly.
Many of us do the same thing over and over. Each year we start out with a new focus, a new objective. This year is going to be better than the last, and by March, we have some how dismissed the goals and are now putting forth mediocre efforts. Maybe not because we don't believe we can achieve but because what we are doing doesn't work. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly, and expecting different results, and yet, we do this every time we take on the goal. We pursue it with a vengeance with the tools that will not help us accomplish this.
Some of it is not your fault. I have been reading a lot of diet/exercise/training books. (I find the industry interesting. Everyone is in it for a buck. Granted we all need to eat, but sometimes it is utterly ridiculous). The books that indeed show the greatest long term results, call for a lifestyle change. The average diet/exercise/training book is a feel-good book, that is designed to make the reader feel good about the current beliefs. These are not designed to motivate a serious change.
IN A WAY, THESE ARE PREPPING YOU FOR FAILURE.
Now that you are angry, either at the people telling you lies, or at me, because you think I am lying, do something. How valuable is your goal? You will not see the results until you get serious about your goal. PERIOD. I cannot say it any better, clearer, LOUDER.
It is time you got serious.
Now that you are getting serious, it is time you find someone who can assist you in achieving your goal. A mentor, a coach, a friend..... someone you trust. Someone who will help you orchestrate the complete life changes, someone who will be your cheerleader, and advisor. You can choose several people to assist you in your goals.
As NIKE says, JUST DO IT.
You have everything to gain.
Just take the road least traveled. That is where your victory lies.
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