HOW TO INTENSIFY YOUR DESIRE TO REACH YOUR GOALS
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I believe almost anything is possible if you have the “heart” to achieve your goal. What exactly do I mean by that? Almost anything you desire can be accomplished if you are 100 percent committed, determined, and work hard towards your goal with intelligence, flexibility, and passion.
Heart is what motivates you to stay up late at night when nobody makes you in an effort to fulfill your mission in life. Heart is what makes you pound out that last rep workout after workout, month after month, year after year. Heart is what makes you carry around your meals with you every day to ensure that you will consistently eat properly. Heart is what gives you the desire to use some of your discretionary income to buy nutritional supplements to help your efforts. Heart is what gives you the strength to keep on going despite the fact that people tell you your dreams are impossible – and ridicule you for even having the audacity to think you can achieve them. Heart makes the invisible suddenly visible.
“Outstanding is not a skill difference – it is a heart difference.” --Anthony Robbins
There is a gigantic difference between trying to do something and being absolutely committed. There is a massive discrepancy between having an interest in accomplishing a goal and being passionately resolved. Being totally honest with yourself, how would you describe your current bodybuilding efforts? How would you like to describe them?
Here is another question for you: Do you have a favorite bodybuilder? I am sure the reasons why you have developed a fondness for this person are because he or she has certain qualities that you totally respect, admire, or can identify with in your quest to reach your bodybuilding goals. But do you have a friend or training partner who gets irritated when you simply mention this bodybuilder’s name?
The reason is simple: We are all motivated and inspired by different things. What is important to you in choosing something you like may have no importance to someone else. The same analogy can be made for many other things in life, such as a movie, a car, hobbies, clothes, or a sports team.
How do you develop the heart, or in other words, the motivation, strength, and resolve? You must know why achieving your goal is so important to you. What motivates or inspires you about this goal? Sit down for an hour or so and determine -- on as many different levels of consciousness as possible -- why there is no doubt in your mind that failing to reach your goal is not an option. I guarantee you that this time will be the most productive hour you can ever spend.
I do a lot of one-on-one phone consultations for ambitious people like you. They call to get advice on how to improve their bodies by learning certain strategies in training, nutrition, and supplementation. What I have found, however, is that about 95 percent of the time, the client already knows enough about how to reach his goals.
Only 20 percent of what is needed to reach a goal is learning the skills to achieve it. Information is not the problem. Most people have usually already read and/or tried many of the different methods available. They often assume that, if they find the “magic” training theory, their physique will be dramatically transformed. But having more theories, opinions, or skills is not going to put them over the top. Having heart will.
Their challenge is to be motivated enough to actually do what they have learned and to do it for a long enough period of time to see results. Why is training so important to us in the first place? Most of us train to get a certain feeling or a set of feelings – not necessarily for “bigger biceps.” Bigger biceps are just the concrete or tangible signal for our brain that allows us to feel the way we want. What we want is to feel better, whether it is to feel better physically, mentally, or spiritually, or a combination of all of these.
Steve, for example, desperately wants to get in shape. He is a 36-year-old, happily married man and father of two. After 10 years at a job that he felt was no longer challenging, he courageously decided to start a new career. While training for this new career, he earned the distinction of being the very best in his class. An officer in a branch of the armed services in his younger days, Steve remembers how he was in awesome condition and carried himself with certainty and confidence. “People knew when I entered a room,” he recalls, beaming with pride.
Steve loves to train and exhibits great strength. He is consistent and is proud of the fact that he can keep up with -- if not outperform -- the younger guys. Unfortunately, however, over the past several years, he has gained an extra 40 pounds, not all of which is muscle. He has tried diets before, but admits he never stuck to them for very long periods of time. Each time he would try a different nutritional philosophy. Steve wants to shed the body fat and maintain his hard-earned muscle. He came to me because he was frustrated and overwhelmed with all the information provided in the muscle magazines. He was desperately searching for the “right” information.
After spending about 15 minutes giving him my personal opinions on training, nutrition, and supplementation to lose body fat, we spent the rest of our session helping him make it “crystal clear” why undertaking the discipline of strict dieting and training to lose the excess weight was so important to him. In other words, now that he has this information, why is he now going to make this “right” information work for him?
As I have said before, we are all motivated by different things. What gets you excited about something may do nothing for me. I could not tell Steve why he should want to lose the weight. He had to tell himself why -- and do so convincingly.
Steve talked about how great feeling confident and certain was back in the service. He wanted to feel that way again. With his new job, he met a lot of new people. Steve consciously knew the people he met would eventually discover what a great guy he is, but he did not want to be prejudged because of his extra weight. At 36, he was starting to think more about getting older and wanted to fight off the aging process as much as possible. He loved the feeling of lifting as much weight as the younger guys, but he wanted to look as good as them also. Steve wanted to be a great example to his children that health was something they should appreciate and maintain.
Once you know the “why,” the “how” can often become a whole lot easier. With this clear, associated reasoning for losing the extra weight, Steve’s task should be a lot easier. Obviously, a man who had earned a position of such respect in the service, had enough courage to leave a longtime job for something more challenging, placed at the top of his class in the training for that new job, trained consistently, and performed in the gym as well as much younger men can surely lose the extra weight if he was truly committed.
Did Steve really need me to help with his training, nutrition, and supplementation -- or did he just need help getting his mind straight? You can save yourself a lot of time, frustration, and money if you learn to train your own brain in this way.
Also, if you can become more conscious of why you are doing so well, you can take that efficiency to an even higher level.
On the following pages is a suggested hierarchy of motivating factors for Steve to lose his extra weight. I also include my reasons for why I am dedicated to naturally building my physique to unbelievable standards. With this clarity, why I am so determined on doing so should become obvious. More importantly, this list of motivating factors constantly reminds me of why I need to be so dedicated. I encourage you to do the same for yourself. I have no doubt that doing so will help you get closer.
I believe almost anything is possible if you have the “heart” to achieve your goal. What exactly do I mean by that? Almost anything you desire can be accomplished if you are 100 percent committed, determined, and work hard towards your goal with intelligence, flexibility, and passion.
Heart is what motivates you to stay up late at night when nobody makes you in an effort to fulfill your mission in life. Heart is what makes you pound out that last rep workout after workout, month after month, year after year. Heart is what makes you carry around your meals with you every day to ensure that you will consistently eat properly. Heart is what gives you the desire to use some of your discretionary income to buy nutritional supplements to help your efforts. Heart is what gives you the strength to keep on going despite the fact that people tell you your dreams are impossible – and ridicule you for even having the audacity to think you can achieve them. Heart makes the invisible suddenly visible.
“Outstanding is not a skill difference – it is a heart difference.” --Anthony Robbins
There is a gigantic difference between trying to do something and being absolutely committed. There is a massive discrepancy between having an interest in accomplishing a goal and being passionately resolved. Being totally honest with yourself, how would you describe your current bodybuilding efforts? How would you like to describe them?
Here is another question for you: Do you have a favorite bodybuilder? I am sure the reasons why you have developed a fondness for this person are because he or she has certain qualities that you totally respect, admire, or can identify with in your quest to reach your bodybuilding goals. But do you have a friend or training partner who gets irritated when you simply mention this bodybuilder’s name?
The reason is simple: We are all motivated and inspired by different things. What is important to you in choosing something you like may have no importance to someone else. The same analogy can be made for many other things in life, such as a movie, a car, hobbies, clothes, or a sports team.
How do you develop the heart, or in other words, the motivation, strength, and resolve? You must know why achieving your goal is so important to you. What motivates or inspires you about this goal? Sit down for an hour or so and determine -- on as many different levels of consciousness as possible -- why there is no doubt in your mind that failing to reach your goal is not an option. I guarantee you that this time will be the most productive hour you can ever spend.
I do a lot of one-on-one phone consultations for ambitious people like you. They call to get advice on how to improve their bodies by learning certain strategies in training, nutrition, and supplementation. What I have found, however, is that about 95 percent of the time, the client already knows enough about how to reach his goals.
Only 20 percent of what is needed to reach a goal is learning the skills to achieve it. Information is not the problem. Most people have usually already read and/or tried many of the different methods available. They often assume that, if they find the “magic” training theory, their physique will be dramatically transformed. But having more theories, opinions, or skills is not going to put them over the top. Having heart will.
Their challenge is to be motivated enough to actually do what they have learned and to do it for a long enough period of time to see results. Why is training so important to us in the first place? Most of us train to get a certain feeling or a set of feelings – not necessarily for “bigger biceps.” Bigger biceps are just the concrete or tangible signal for our brain that allows us to feel the way we want. What we want is to feel better, whether it is to feel better physically, mentally, or spiritually, or a combination of all of these.
Steve, for example, desperately wants to get in shape. He is a 36-year-old, happily married man and father of two. After 10 years at a job that he felt was no longer challenging, he courageously decided to start a new career. While training for this new career, he earned the distinction of being the very best in his class. An officer in a branch of the armed services in his younger days, Steve remembers how he was in awesome condition and carried himself with certainty and confidence. “People knew when I entered a room,” he recalls, beaming with pride.
Steve loves to train and exhibits great strength. He is consistent and is proud of the fact that he can keep up with -- if not outperform -- the younger guys. Unfortunately, however, over the past several years, he has gained an extra 40 pounds, not all of which is muscle. He has tried diets before, but admits he never stuck to them for very long periods of time. Each time he would try a different nutritional philosophy. Steve wants to shed the body fat and maintain his hard-earned muscle. He came to me because he was frustrated and overwhelmed with all the information provided in the muscle magazines. He was desperately searching for the “right” information.
After spending about 15 minutes giving him my personal opinions on training, nutrition, and supplementation to lose body fat, we spent the rest of our session helping him make it “crystal clear” why undertaking the discipline of strict dieting and training to lose the excess weight was so important to him. In other words, now that he has this information, why is he now going to make this “right” information work for him?
As I have said before, we are all motivated by different things. What gets you excited about something may do nothing for me. I could not tell Steve why he should want to lose the weight. He had to tell himself why -- and do so convincingly.
Steve talked about how great feeling confident and certain was back in the service. He wanted to feel that way again. With his new job, he met a lot of new people. Steve consciously knew the people he met would eventually discover what a great guy he is, but he did not want to be prejudged because of his extra weight. At 36, he was starting to think more about getting older and wanted to fight off the aging process as much as possible. He loved the feeling of lifting as much weight as the younger guys, but he wanted to look as good as them also. Steve wanted to be a great example to his children that health was something they should appreciate and maintain.
Once you know the “why,” the “how” can often become a whole lot easier. With this clear, associated reasoning for losing the extra weight, Steve’s task should be a lot easier. Obviously, a man who had earned a position of such respect in the service, had enough courage to leave a longtime job for something more challenging, placed at the top of his class in the training for that new job, trained consistently, and performed in the gym as well as much younger men can surely lose the extra weight if he was truly committed.
Did Steve really need me to help with his training, nutrition, and supplementation -- or did he just need help getting his mind straight? You can save yourself a lot of time, frustration, and money if you learn to train your own brain in this way.
Also, if you can become more conscious of why you are doing so well, you can take that efficiency to an even higher level.
On the following pages is a suggested hierarchy of motivating factors for Steve to lose his extra weight. I also include my reasons for why I am dedicated to naturally building my physique to unbelievable standards. With this clarity, why I am so determined on doing so should become obvious. More importantly, this list of motivating factors constantly reminds me of why I need to be so dedicated. I encourage you to do the same for yourself. I have no doubt that doing so will help you get closer.