It’s time to get specific… How about you?

 

If you are a fan of Zig Ziglar You’ve probably heard the old seminar stunt where he’d pull someone out of the audience and he’d ask them what they wanted and they’d reply "more money." He’d proceed to hand them a $1 bill and congratulate them on achieving their goal.

You’ve gotta be specific.

I hear excuses all the time though. "You need money to make money." "I don’t have the time to invest in myself,” "I don’t know where to begin." "My life is too hectic." "The economy is bad."

You get the picture.

Let me tell you about some simple approaches people took to overcome their obstacles-

Joan decided she was going to carve out time to at least 2 days week to make sure she came to the gym. She wasn’t worried about any other days. Was it ideal she said? No. I understand that I need to work out 3-4 days a week. But this is a start.

Bill, decided he needed to keep a change of clothes in the car so when he had extra time he couldn’t make the excuse he needed to go home before heading out for a walk or run.

Elizabeth started to plan her meals on Sunday afternoon so she wouldn’t feel the need to attack the snacks in the lounge because she was hungry at a weak moment.

None of those examples required a major change in a life, or a big investment or wonderful ideal circumstances. I can find you hundreds more just like them too.

Look, I’m not telling you that you need to re-invent the wheel.

What I am saying is that you need to have a specific goals of where you want your body and your life to be in the next few months, otherwise it will probably not significantly improve. Don’t dwell on the obstacles that you think will prevent you from
achieving what you want…Instead focus on finding solutions.

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