DO YOU WANT IT BAD ENOUGH?

Hey Fitnation, It’s the 2^nd week in the New Year; the frenzy is dying down and businesses are slowly picking up. One of the things I like about the New year holidays is that it gives me a chance to make new resolutions and set new goals. Don’t get me wrong I practise goal setting every day; as an entrepreneur, goal setting is one of the key activities that guarantee success.  There is something about the ‘New year resolution ritual’ that makes it different from daily goal setting; the realisation that you have 365 fresh days to attain a goal, learn a habit or skill is very encouraging. 

 However the problem with New Year resolutions is that they are hard to keep. Yes! They are very hard to keep especially when you are trying to drop old habits or learn a new habit.

We all have goals for the New Year; some of these goals are health and fitness related. How do you intend to keep to these goals? Will you be among 95% of the people who would have slipped back to their old ways before the end of the first quarter?                                                                                            
For me, I think the reason most people fail to follow up on their resolutions is because they do not want these goals bad enough, maybe they wish to attain them but are indifferent about achieving these goals or not, so they give up after a few unsuccessful attempts.      

                          

  I read this story about a teenager who asked his father how he could be successful in life, rather than answering the question his father  took him to a nearby stream and submerged his head in water, he held his head down till the little boy started to gasp for breath, his father  took his head out of the water and asked him; “what did you yearn for most when your head was in the water”? The boy answered "AIR!! I just wanted to breathe to stay alive". His father then said to him: “if you want success as bad as you want air, you will be successful”.      

                                               

                                                                      

           This statement is true for every goal we set in life; be it financial, marital goals, fitness or health related goals. If you want it bad as bad as you want to breathe, success will be attained.   

Treat your New Year goals and resolutions like your life depends on them and you will see the results you expect.

Cheers to the Fit life.