My good buddy Abrar just reminded me today of a wonderful quote by the one and only Stephen Covey:
“If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.”
The ladder that Covey is alluding to represents the action that you are taking to achieve your goals.
If you are taking action without first visualizing what you want your end goal to be then you may be accomplishing things that you don’t want or need to be doing at all.
You need to begin with the end in mind.
What that means is that you have to set your goals and ensure that they line up with your personal mission.
What your personal mission is will be the topic of another post, but for now your just need to understand that when you set New Years goals for yourself first take some time to decide WHY you want the goals that you are setting and HOW you are going to achieve them.
This is the time of year when people are thinking things like:
“New Year, New Me…I should totally post that on instagram”
and
“You know what? I think it’s finally time I looked like Hugh Jackman at the peak of his steroid use.”
and
“You know what? It’s time to cut down on Ben n’ Jerry’s n’ Netflix Nights to 4 times per week”
I applaud all you who are making New Year changes.
It is an amazing time of year to make a shift in your life.
But like I said first determine WHY you are committing to your new goals.
Then determine HOW you are going to achieve them.
One of the reasons that there are so many people with good intentions who do not stick with their new years resolutions is that they do not take the time for the WHY and the HOW.
They have their ladder, but they have neglected to set it up on the right wall.
Using weight loss/muscle gain as an example they may have good goals for themselves, but if they don’t know HOW to reach those goals they will quickly lose motivation.
If they don’t know WHY they are doing what they are doing and a wrench get’s thrown into their plans they will quickly lose motivation and quit.
If they don’t have people around them who can support them in their mission to better themselves they will quickly lose motivation and quit.
So with that being said you may be wondering how you can achieve your fitness goals this New Year.
Thankfully Julie and I have created a program to help you stick to your plans of losing weight or gaining muscle this new year.
It has been specifically designed to help you put your ladder on the right wall.
We will help you determine your WHY and just as importantly HOW you are going to get it done.
You will have access to either a Fat-Loss or a Muscle-Gain training program, a meal plan specific to your needs, a Facebook Group in which you can interact with us and your fellow transformers, a full exercise database, and much much more!
So click here to learn more and if you know of anyone who could use some help this New Year please share it with them!
