Every now and again I like to revisit one of my favorite audio-books, one that had a dramatic impact on my personal training career.… Think & Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill
Now, before you shy away, this book is so much more than just a book about making money….. It’s about living a rich and fulfilling life where you accomplish ANY goal you set for yourself… IT’S PERFECT FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO LOSE WEIGHT AND BE FIT!
In his world famous personal development book, Hill lays out a 6-step plan to achieve any goal you desire.
Over the course of the next couple of weeks I’m going to cover these six steps as they pertain to weight loss and fitness. In fact, I’m going to use MYSELF as the example.
I promise, I’ll keep the post short and relevant to your weight loss and fitness goals, AND I’ll guarantee that when you apply the lessons in these posts YOU WILL SUCCEED at achieving your goals…. All the most successful people in history have done so. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN!
STEP 1: Decide EXACTLY what you want to achieve.
Sounds too simple, doesn’t it.
The truth is, most people fail at weight loss because they don’t have a clear mental picture and a benchmark of EXACTLY what they want to achieve. Just saying, “I want to lose weight” is a poor goal. “I want to lose a bunch of weight,” is no better. You have to be very, very specific…
- How much weight do you want to lose?
- What size do you want to be?
OR, maybe it’s a more fitness related goal…
- How many push-ups do you want to be able to perform?
- How fast do you want to run your next (or first) 5k?
Do you see where I’m going with this?
You have to be dead-on specific with what you want to achieve. Only then can you start to form a clear mental picture of what you want
this will become important in later steps) and have a benchmark for your successful journey to goal achievement.
I’ll give you an example of the goal I’m setting for myself for this year’s Little Black Dress Transformation Challenge…
“I am so happy and grateful now that I have achieved 16% body fat.”
Bam! Specific. 16% body fat. I can measure that.
Now, one last thing…
There is a reason for wording my goal statement as if I’ve already achieved it, but we’ll save that for another lesson. In the meantime, just trust me. 🙂