| Let me make a prediction... | | | | subconscious to know it doesn't understand negative |
| 96.8% of subscribers who actually are reading this | | | | goals. |
| have wished they had more passion in the gym. | | | | Use a positive mindset when creating a goal. "I won't |
| And a full 99% of those still reading, do not have their | | | | eat junk food" is better stated as "I will eat healthy |
| goals written down anywhere. | | | | foods eat day." Even better is "I will enjoy eating |
| Why is motivation so difficult? How come the #1 | | | | healthy foods each day." |
| question I receive is from somebody who asks, "I | | | | Now your goal is an affirmation which can be used to |
| know what to do, but I just need somebody to | | | | kick- start some action! |
| motivate me to do it all year round." | | | | Rather then state what you won't do, start telling |
| So let me ask you... | | | | yourself what you will do. |
| Can you clearly see your goals that you want to | | | | :: A Goal Must Have A Deadline For Completion :: |
| obtain? No really. Can you SHOW me what you want | | | | How many of you get excited about payday? Or an |
| to accomplish in the next 6 months? | | | | up-coming vacation? Or even a UFC fight in Las |
| Personally I always thought that writing down your | | | | Vegas? |
| goals and to-do's was crap. Until I took a sticky yellow | | | | Simple. It's something to look forward to and thinkabout. |
| post-it and wrote down 4 things I wanted to | | | | It creates a sense of urgency in ordering tickets and |
| accomplish on my website over the weekend. Nothing | | | | getting the hotel if you know you are leaving on a |
| fancy at all but clearly the things I wanted to do. They | | | | specific date. |
| were specific, simple and realistic. | | | | If there's no real goal for completion, there's no sense |
| Needless to say... | | | | of urgency after a bit and hence, most people quit the |
| I did them all over the weekend. And here I'd thought | | | | gym after 6 months. |
| about them for 6 months! | | | | Not only did they not have a clear goal most of the |
| Look... goal orientation is the key element in establishing | | | | time but they had no deadlines for obtaining anything. |
| strong motivation. | | | | After a bit, it's just a routine, gets boring and |
| Let me say that again - Knowing what you want to | | | | sincethere's no deadline to accomplishing anything, they |
| accomplish is key in establishing the desire to actually | | | | get back to life and out of the gym. |
| do it! | | | | :: A Goal Must Have Sincere Emotional Appeal :: |
| A goal is nothing more than a stepping stone from one | | | | So let me ask you... |
| goal to another. It's the bridge between wanting to | | | | If you don't really care, how much passion do you |
| achieve something and actually achieving it. | | | | have for that thing? |
| So let's being with the Six Steps you must do to go | | | | Creating a goal should be a sincere effort with |
| from thinking about it, to actually doing it. | | | | something tied to your emotional desires. |
| :: A Goal Must Be Well Defined :: | | | | Heck if you don't even care, trust me, your mind will |
| If you've seen those Red Cross thermometers or any | | | | find a quick way to end that gym session. |
| place that shows some type of chart with the money | | | | An emotionally charged goal will have a sense of |
| received and the ultimate goal.. that is pretty well | | | | urgency and that leads to passion to complete |
| defined. | | | | something specific by a certain deadline. |
| Just think about it... | | | | Passion is the fuel you are looking for and only you |
| What sounds best to you?a) I want to lose weightb) I | | | | can create it. Sadly, it's not available in any gas stations |
| want to destroy 15 lbs of fat and get to 10% body fat | | | | that I know of... yet. |
| with a year | | | | :: A Goal Must Be Difficult, Yet Realistic :: |
| Please tell me you picked B. B is clearly more defined | | | | With that said, if it's too easy, it's unlikely you'll giveit |
| and therefore more obtainable. | | | | enough attention to really focus on it or care. "I'mgoing |
| :: A Goal Must Be Stated In Writing :: | | | | to make it to the gym tomorrow," is hardly an earth |
| Life gets in the way. My story of wanting to do just | | | | shattering revelation for most. To make matters |
| 4simple things to my own website that I had the ability | | | | worse... |
| to do just kept getting buried under the complexities of | | | | If it's too difficult, you'll get frustrated with the lackof |
| life and schedules. | | | | progress and your confidence in actually doing it will be |
| Once it was a simple post-it note on my desk, it had a | | | | compromised. That means... |
| magical way of getting done as I checked off each | | | | You need to create goals in such a way that with |
| item. It didn't require any more work on my part but it | | | | acontinual, concentrated effort, you know you can get |
| was defined and clearly visible. | | | | the job done. |
| Everybody says this right? Even Tony Robbins, Tom | | | | Imagine a mountain top with a red flag at the very top. |
| Venuto, Jon Benson, Jeff Anderson, and the rest of | | | | That is your long term goal (specific too). But it's |
| them. | | | | unrealistic to think you can achieve that in 2 months. |
| But guess what? Those guys are right. That is their | | | | But if you had little yellow flags along the path to that |
| secret to success. | | | | red flag, those would be short term, achievable goals |
| They write down what they want and once it's in | | | | you could look forward to with a sense of urgency |
| writing, it gets done. | | | | because they could have a shorter deadline and time |
| The rest of us think about it forever and never really | | | | to completion. |
| get around to doing it. | | | | How about losing 1 lb a week of fat? |
| Heck, if you don't write down a grocery list of what | | | | How about gaining 2 lbs a week for those who are on |
| you want, you'll forget things at the store, get | | | | a bulking cycle? |
| distracted and make 4 more trips that weekend. | | | | How about writing one question and answer a day for |
| Opps... maybe that is why I should take a list to the | | | | the Beginner's Guide to Fitness and Bodybuilding? |
| store. Saves on gas too. | | | | (That's how I got all 250 pages of my first book done.) |
| My point is, your goals MUST be written down. | | | | Short term thinking but with long term results. |
| :: A Goal Must Be Stated In The Positive :: | | | | If you know you can get the job done, your passion |
| I'm not a medical doctor of some Neuro-Linguistic | | | | for doing it will rise. |
| Programming, but I know enough about the | | | | Now go get some yellow sticky notes! |