Will You Achieve Your Health & Fitness Goals?

How likely are you to succeed?

Before you read this post, you need to complete a little task. Don’t worry, it’s not complicated (but it may be hard). Pick one goal that’s been ruminating in your mind for a while. It should be something that you really want to achieve. Now, rate your level of motivation to execute on that goal. Your rating should be a number on a scale of 1-10 where a 10 is utter commitment.

Don’t read on until the task is done…

OK, have you picked your goal and rated your motivation? If it was a 10, congratulations. Your chances of success are extremely good! In fact, you’re wasting your time if you continue to read this post. If it was less than a 10, what would it take to bring you up to a 10?

We all have dreams. Whether we allow them to manifest themselves as conscious thought - not to mention verbalize them - or leave them buried in our subconscious, each of us has goals and aspirations. What makes the difference between those that seem to consistently reach those aspirations and those who simply dream?

Why do some people lose the weight and keep it off? How do some people manage to transform their lifestyles and pursue more healthy habits when others languish in energy draining habits that sap their health and vitality? Why do some people soar to great professional heights while equally or more talented or intelligent people stay stuck in the mail room? What’s the difference?

Well, some people wish they could achieve their goals or hope that they’ll be able to make the grade. Other people simple decide that they're going to reach new heights. And that's the number one difference between those that achieve great things and those that don’t. There is no magic secret.

Success is the constant drip of small actions towards something magical. And the only way to stay the course and maintain that constant drip is to believe 100% that you will achieve your goal - that you will become the person you have decided to become.

This cumulative effect of small things is something that may be easier to understand with a physical example. If I took you through one session of Intu-Flow joint health & mobility, you may be tempted to think it’s just an odd collection of interesting looking movements. Some people will immediately feel benefit from that one session, but more often than not it’s the cumulative effect over a week or two that gets people’s attention. And after consistently practicing for months or years the true magic in the system is discovered.

But what if you didn’t believe after that first session? Would you have the staying power to continue your Intu-Flow practice? If your motivation for improving your joint health was a 7 out of 10 (which sounds pretty good), you might stick it out for another session or two, but chances are you’d give up on it before you really started to see results. However, if you were a 10 out of 10, you’d probably have the gumption to stick it out and reap the rewards of that constant drip of personal practice.

And that simple principle holds true for any goal. If your motivation is high enough, you’ll start to believe that your goal will come to fruition. And it’s that belief and drive that will allow you to do the daily personal practice that brings the goal to life. The secret isn’t something mystical. In fact it’s very practical. It’s the accumulation of daily effort.

But only those who start with the belief, have the motivation, and focus on the process will end up with the staying power to make it all the way to the finish line. They’re the only ones who will have the perseverance to make the tough little decisions on a daily basis. Because when it comes to short term comfort or long term happiness, consistently opting for the latter is only possible when you have a vision for the future.

So if you didn’t give your goal a 10 out of 10 on the motivation scale. Your homework is to figure out how to fill in the gap. Where are you going to go get those other 2 or 3 points to bring you up to a 10? Once you figure that out, your chances of success are through the roof.

As a society we’re obsessed with wellness but we keep getting sicker. The information we need is out there. But our ability to embrace it seems to lack zeal. Do you have any advice for achieving big things? What has worked for you? Please share your thoughts in the comments. We’ll all benefit.

Comments

[Peter]

WHat an important topic--nicely done--i think it is important to practice strengthening our will power just like we practice getting stronger with the body--we don't start with too much intensity/iron weights or volume and we shouldn't probably start with too heavy weights in our goal selections in order to build the power of the will--if we have weaker will power then if we pick too high of a goal we may set ourseves up for failure--if we are strong to begin with in our determination this may not apply--so if we need to strengthen then i pick some simple goals during the day and reach them and then slowly pick more difficult and complex goals, etc--slowly slowly we will also strengthen these muscles of our determination--becoming a force to be of service to ourselves and others

[Adam Steer]

Good point Peter. CST Incremental Progression is a great manifestation of that principle. We're always progressing, but we stay under the radar of the self destructive knee jerk reactions that we experience when we go too hard too soon...

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