Can you believe it? Seems like it was just yesterday we were ringing in the New Year, and here it is almost 1/12th of it GONE! Did you make the most of your first 30 days of 2012?
So far this year, I have been working closely with a group of about a dozen people who told me last year that they wanted something better and different in their lives this year. I have probably had about a hundred people tell me this in the fourth quarter of 2011, but the difference with these people is that they were serious enough to make an INVESTMENT of money and time into their goals.
Any goal you set for yourself is going to require a few things in order to come to fruition: a deadline, a plan, action steps toward implementing that plan, and the biggie -- sacrifice. You absolutely HAVE TO make some trade-off for something that you are -- or are not -- doing currently in order to to create the change that will push you toward your goal. Loosely quoted, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting the same result, right?
So when I suggest to people some concrete actions they can take to lose weight or improve their health -- their stated goals -- typical things people say are, "I don't have the money," "I don't have the time, " or something like, "But I like to chew my food," (in response to my suggestion of meal replacement products). What I HEAR is, "I am not willing to make any sacrifice," "I am not willing to make any changes in what I am currently doing," "I don't want it badly enough."
Before you think or say that initial thing that wants to pop into your head or come out of your mouth when someone gives you a solution to your problem, think to yourself, "Am I really looking for a solution, or am I just complaining?" If you're just complaining; complain to yourself. If you want a solution you need to stop and decide if objecting to the solution is just engaging in the same behavior that created the problem in the first place, and if perhaps you may want to reconsider if that objection is beneficial to you.
The people to whom I offered solutions who were willing to make an investment of time and money into their health have seen the following results in the first 30 days of their program under my guidance:
So far this year, I have been working closely with a group of about a dozen people who told me last year that they wanted something better and different in their lives this year. I have probably had about a hundred people tell me this in the fourth quarter of 2011, but the difference with these people is that they were serious enough to make an INVESTMENT of money and time into their goals.
Any goal you set for yourself is going to require a few things in order to come to fruition: a deadline, a plan, action steps toward implementing that plan, and the biggie -- sacrifice. You absolutely HAVE TO make some trade-off for something that you are -- or are not -- doing currently in order to to create the change that will push you toward your goal. Loosely quoted, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting the same result, right?
So when I suggest to people some concrete actions they can take to lose weight or improve their health -- their stated goals -- typical things people say are, "I don't have the money," "I don't have the time, " or something like, "But I like to chew my food," (in response to my suggestion of meal replacement products). What I HEAR is, "I am not willing to make any sacrifice," "I am not willing to make any changes in what I am currently doing," "I don't want it badly enough."
Before you think or say that initial thing that wants to pop into your head or come out of your mouth when someone gives you a solution to your problem, think to yourself, "Am I really looking for a solution, or am I just complaining?" If you're just complaining; complain to yourself. If you want a solution you need to stop and decide if objecting to the solution is just engaging in the same behavior that created the problem in the first place, and if perhaps you may want to reconsider if that objection is beneficial to you.
The people to whom I offered solutions who were willing to make an investment of time and money into their health have seen the following results in the first 30 days of their program under my guidance:
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