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Why People Fail with Their Fitness Goals
During the first couple of weeks of each year, gym memberships surge. Have you joined a gym at the beginning of a new year? How did that work for you? As part of resolutions to the New Year, many people decide they want to get in better shape. In those first two weeks, those gyms are crowded and hardly anyone can get time on the equipment. By the end of the month, the equipment is suddenly available. Most of those new members have stopped showing up. Fitness Goal Fail: What’s Your End Game? Why do people fail at their fitness goals? The first reason is that they don’t know what…
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Goal Setting is About Priorities
Since it’s a new year (and decade), everyone is talking about setting goals like it’s easy. Easy peasy right? Nah… It’s difficult to set goals when you’re not even sure what you want out of life. There are plenty of people who flounder around and wing it. For some of those people, that could work. They love the spontaneity and are usually categorized as free-spirited. For the others, however, they would like a bigger purpose in their lives but aren’t quite sure what it may be. You need priorities. Here are some thoughts on how to get there. What Do You Want? To determine what you want, dig deep within…
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Unsuccessful New Year’s Resolutions? Try a Goal Instead!
A Series on Goal Setting During the month of January, my posts will look at different aspects of goal setting — not resolution setting… New Year’s resolutions can be thought of as a type of goal setting exercise. Yet, people tend to be more successful at formally setting goals than they are at reaching what they set out to do in their resolutions. We all know this having all failed at the resolution game before. Why do people fail at resolutions? A Lack of Formality One big reason could be the process is not formal. We make the statement at a time when everyone is festive, i.e., during the holidays.…
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Project 2020 Reinvention: Make a List of Personal Goals
One of the most profound moments in literature is in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Alice is walking and comes to a fork in the road. She’s not sure which way she should go, so she asks the Cheshire Cat, “Which road should I take?” The cat asks her in return, “Well where are you going?” “I don’t know” Alice replies. “Then it does not really matter,” the cat tells her, “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” An indispensable part of life is to know where you are going. If you don’t, you will find yourself wandering down any road that presents…
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Project 2020 Reinvention: Improve Your Self-Discipline Skills
As a continuation of your reinvention process, we will look at your self-discipline skills. Do they need some tweaking? You probably know someone with amazing self-discipline. They’re that person that manages to choke down a kale shake every morning after they went on a 5-mile run — all before your first alarm went off. They are incredibly efficient, they work hard, and seem to have endless amounts of energy. Then, there’s you. You play games on your phone and look up at the television in between levels. Somehow, you have successfully managed to scoop snacks into your mouth at the same time. You’re not lazy, you are busy so when…
