No More Resolutions, Challenge Yourself in 2014
Hope everyone enjoyed their holidays with their loved ones this holiday season. Well, let's dive right into today's topic.
Resolutions, resolutions, resolutions...
We have all been sold into the idea of making resolutions for the new year mostly our entire life and yet the majority of us never follow through with them. Why is that? Well, the reason I believe people never follow through is that they quit before they even try. For example, the most popular resolution people make every year is to lose weight or to start going to the gym. It's astounding how much revenue gyms bring in right after the holidays compared to the entire year. January has to be every gym rat's favorite month to go to the gym.(sarcasm)
No offense, but we all have been guilty of this or know someone who has. We start off right for a few weeks and then we begin to get distracted with life. I understand that we all have our own problems or obstacles in life that distracts us from staying focused. Although, life causes us to easily give up or quit at whatever it is we are doing, suddenly we become complacent and feel that its normal. It gets worse when we begin to push things back which eventually could lead to procrastination. A way to prevent you from becoming a victim of this is to start by programming your thought process by feeding positive thoughts into your mind. Instead of finding an excuse not to do it, you should be telling yourself that you can, you should and then find a way to make it happen.
The problem with resolutions is that we commit (the first part) but we expect to get instant results or how I like to refer to "instant gratification." Did you know it takes about 21 - 24 days before an activity becomes a habit. As humans we tend to forget that when you work hard towards a goal there is always a reward at the end. Therefore, instead of making resolutions this year I encourage you to challenge yourself in 2014. For example, instead of writing a goal to lose 10 pounds this year, write down how you are going to get there and by when you will reach your goal. Once you succeed don't stop there, push yourself to advance to the next level and to go further. I can assure you that you will begin to notice a difference in the way you approach things in your everyday life.
Stay tuned next week. Have a great weekend. Cheers :)
Resolutions, resolutions, resolutions...
We have all been sold into the idea of making resolutions for the new year mostly our entire life and yet the majority of us never follow through with them. Why is that? Well, the reason I believe people never follow through is that they quit before they even try. For example, the most popular resolution people make every year is to lose weight or to start going to the gym. It's astounding how much revenue gyms bring in right after the holidays compared to the entire year. January has to be every gym rat's favorite month to go to the gym.(sarcasm)
No offense, but we all have been guilty of this or know someone who has. We start off right for a few weeks and then we begin to get distracted with life. I understand that we all have our own problems or obstacles in life that distracts us from staying focused. Although, life causes us to easily give up or quit at whatever it is we are doing, suddenly we become complacent and feel that its normal. It gets worse when we begin to push things back which eventually could lead to procrastination. A way to prevent you from becoming a victim of this is to start by programming your thought process by feeding positive thoughts into your mind. Instead of finding an excuse not to do it, you should be telling yourself that you can, you should and then find a way to make it happen.
The problem with resolutions is that we commit (the first part) but we expect to get instant results or how I like to refer to "instant gratification." Did you know it takes about 21 - 24 days before an activity becomes a habit. As humans we tend to forget that when you work hard towards a goal there is always a reward at the end. Therefore, instead of making resolutions this year I encourage you to challenge yourself in 2014. For example, instead of writing a goal to lose 10 pounds this year, write down how you are going to get there and by when you will reach your goal. Once you succeed don't stop there, push yourself to advance to the next level and to go further. I can assure you that you will begin to notice a difference in the way you approach things in your everyday life.
Stay tuned next week. Have a great weekend. Cheers :)
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