Where is your bar? How high have you set it?
I ask a lot of my clients to really look at their life and their goals. Do you expect much from yourself, do you expect anything out of your life?
Living is NOT about getting up and going to work and coming home and sitting on the couch and then doing it all over again the next day. That's NOT living my friends.
Anything is possible in YOUR life. But, what is important is YOU MUST raise the bar. Personally, I set my goals pretty high for myself. Each time I reach one goal, I set another that is just a bit harder to achieve than the last. This allows me to grow as a person. I expect a lot out of myself. This doesn't allow me to get 'content' in life. Not that I'm saying being content is wrong, but for me, I don't want to stop, if I get too content, then I could get lazy.
Life, your life, can be anything that you make of it. But you have to make it. You have to make your life what you truly want it to be. But, there is something that some may not realize is standing in front of you. Something that you could be allowing to stand in your way.
Excuses stand in our way. What is your excuse? Excuses are that LOUD voice on the left shoulder that tell us, "you can't do this." Excuses tell us, "you'll never make it." But see here's the thing, when you are not MAKING your life then the excuses do for you YOU become your excuses. Your name should be changed to EXCUSE. These excuses are or could be shaping your day to day life. You may not realize that but it is true. Think about it? I'm right aren't I?
Today if you are your excuses, then let's pick up that bar and set a standard to jolt yourself out of this lifestyle. What is going to take?
Nobody can give you drive. Only YOU can. Only YOU can take the keys and DRIVE YOUR LIFE.
Follow through. What is important to prove to yourself is that you CAN DO THIS, When you follow through and succeed there's no greater feeling. But the FOLLOW THROUGH is the key.
When you pick up that bar, maybe for that first setting you can keep it simple, "I'm going to go take a 20 minute quick walk around the block. Then tomorrow maybe you can raise it a little higher, you will walk 2 blocks, and so on so forth. But, the follow through is the tomorrow.
Show up for yourself. SHOW UP. Now that might sound odd. Because you are you, but that doesn't mean you have shown up. Once you have set that goal, showing up is your follow through. No matter how difficult it may be, once you complete it, you are going to feel so good about yourself. Can you do that? I know you can! That feeling is almost eurphoric! It's a feeling YOU CAN have over and over again.
Fear, let's talk about that. It shows up in our life because we are born with it. Unless you are afraid then you have no courage. Courage is a muscles that you can develop. Are you working that muscles or are you succumbing to fear? Feel your fear and then DO IT. Fear stands in the way of those who want to lose weight. It really does. But the only one can stand up to fear is YOU. When you can pinpoint your fears, you then need to make a plan, create a strategy to conquor your fear. This is where you pick up that bar and lift it just a little bit a day. And again, once you succeed, your fears diminish little by little and pretty soon poof that fear is GONE. You beat it!
Being healthy, mind body and soul is one of the keys to really LIVING. If you are overweight, with health problems that come with being overweight then your mind is NOT healthy. Those go hand in hand in working together. Once your body becomes healthy your mind does too. After all, it's your mind that is telling you which direction to go into. But, are you going to listen to the little guy on your left shoulder - EXCUSE voice? Or, are you going to listen to the little voice, that one on your right shoulder, that very faint voice that you can barely hear - YOU CAN DO IT. The reason why I say that very faint voice is because that is the voice that is unheard. That is the voice that has been drowned out by the EXCUSES. STOP - STOP LISTENING TO IT!
You can make your life. And first, you've got to get it together and gear up and get strong to do so. And with your body being healthy and your mind on board, you can accomplish anything. But, it's up to you. So this is why I am challenging you today TO PICK UP THE BAR that sitting on the ground beside you and LIFT IT, and set one goal for today. The day is not over. Just one. SHOW UP and FINISH IT! Then tomorrow set it a little higher. Make YOURSELF proud. But whatever you do, DO NOT SET THAT BAR BACK DOWN ON THE GROUND! SHOW UP every day to lift it a little higher!
The sky is the limit -- REACH!
To You !
I ask a lot of my clients to really look at their life and their goals. Do you expect much from yourself, do you expect anything out of your life?
Living is NOT about getting up and going to work and coming home and sitting on the couch and then doing it all over again the next day. That's NOT living my friends.
Anything is possible in YOUR life. But, what is important is YOU MUST raise the bar. Personally, I set my goals pretty high for myself. Each time I reach one goal, I set another that is just a bit harder to achieve than the last. This allows me to grow as a person. I expect a lot out of myself. This doesn't allow me to get 'content' in life. Not that I'm saying being content is wrong, but for me, I don't want to stop, if I get too content, then I could get lazy.
Life, your life, can be anything that you make of it. But you have to make it. You have to make your life what you truly want it to be. But, there is something that some may not realize is standing in front of you. Something that you could be allowing to stand in your way.
Excuses stand in our way. What is your excuse? Excuses are that LOUD voice on the left shoulder that tell us, "you can't do this." Excuses tell us, "you'll never make it." But see here's the thing, when you are not MAKING your life then the excuses do for you YOU become your excuses. Your name should be changed to EXCUSE. These excuses are or could be shaping your day to day life. You may not realize that but it is true. Think about it? I'm right aren't I?
Today if you are your excuses, then let's pick up that bar and set a standard to jolt yourself out of this lifestyle. What is going to take?
Nobody can give you drive. Only YOU can. Only YOU can take the keys and DRIVE YOUR LIFE.
Follow through. What is important to prove to yourself is that you CAN DO THIS, When you follow through and succeed there's no greater feeling. But the FOLLOW THROUGH is the key.
When you pick up that bar, maybe for that first setting you can keep it simple, "I'm going to go take a 20 minute quick walk around the block. Then tomorrow maybe you can raise it a little higher, you will walk 2 blocks, and so on so forth. But, the follow through is the tomorrow.
Show up for yourself. SHOW UP. Now that might sound odd. Because you are you, but that doesn't mean you have shown up. Once you have set that goal, showing up is your follow through. No matter how difficult it may be, once you complete it, you are going to feel so good about yourself. Can you do that? I know you can! That feeling is almost eurphoric! It's a feeling YOU CAN have over and over again.
Fear, let's talk about that. It shows up in our life because we are born with it. Unless you are afraid then you have no courage. Courage is a muscles that you can develop. Are you working that muscles or are you succumbing to fear? Feel your fear and then DO IT. Fear stands in the way of those who want to lose weight. It really does. But the only one can stand up to fear is YOU. When you can pinpoint your fears, you then need to make a plan, create a strategy to conquor your fear. This is where you pick up that bar and lift it just a little bit a day. And again, once you succeed, your fears diminish little by little and pretty soon poof that fear is GONE. You beat it!
Being healthy, mind body and soul is one of the keys to really LIVING. If you are overweight, with health problems that come with being overweight then your mind is NOT healthy. Those go hand in hand in working together. Once your body becomes healthy your mind does too. After all, it's your mind that is telling you which direction to go into. But, are you going to listen to the little guy on your left shoulder - EXCUSE voice? Or, are you going to listen to the little voice, that one on your right shoulder, that very faint voice that you can barely hear - YOU CAN DO IT. The reason why I say that very faint voice is because that is the voice that is unheard. That is the voice that has been drowned out by the EXCUSES. STOP - STOP LISTENING TO IT!
The sky is the limit -- REACH!
To You !
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