Though I never know exactly what I'm aiming for, working out is fun and everything. Yes, I want to lose weight and build some muscle but I feel as like I have no direction. How do you maintain on target?
Allow me to make a prediction.
Of the members who are actually reading this, 96.8% have wished they had more enthusiasm in the gym.
And a full 99% of those still reading lack explicit goals somewhere.
Why is it so hard to find motivation? Someone asking, "I know what to do, but I just need somebody to motivate me to do it all year long," asks the top question I get.
Let me thus ask you...
Are your objectives plainly visible to you? Those you wish to get No quite. Show me what you wish to achieve during the following six months.For myself, I always believed it was terrible to list your to-do's and goals. Until I noted four things I intended to do on my website over the weekend on a sticky yellow post-it. Nothing spectacular at all; rather, I wanted to do exactly as indicated. They were realistic, straightforward and specific.
Of course...I completed them over the weekend. And here I had considered them for six months.Look: creating great motivation mostly depends on goal orientation.
Let me stress once more: building the will to really do it depends mostly on knowing what you want to achieve!All that a goal is simply a stepping stone from one to another. It's the link between desiring something and really reaching it.
Thus, let's be with the Six Steps to get from ideas to actual application.
One has to have a well defined goal.
That is rather plainly defined if you have seen those Red Cross thermometers or anyplace displaying some kind of chart showing the money received and the end aim.
Just consider this.
Which sounds most appealing to you?a) I should drop weight.b) With one year, I want to drop 15 pounds of fat and reach 10% body fat.Tell me you picked, please. B. B is obviously more precisely defined and thus more reachable.
One has to clearly state a goal in writing.
Life finds its way in here. My narrative of wanting to complete only 4 easy tasks for my own website that I had the skills to do kept buried under the complexity of life and schedules.
Once it was just a basic post-it note on my desk, it somehow helped me to check off every thing. Though it was defined and obviously evident, I didn't have to work on it any more.
Thus, let's be with the Six Steps to get from ideas to actual application.
One has to have a well defined goal.
That is rather plainly defined if you have seen those Red Cross thermometers or anyplace displaying some kind of chart showing the money received and the end aim.
Just consider this.
Which sounds most appealing to you?a) I should drop weight.b) With one year, I want to drop 15 pounds of fat and reach 10% body fat.Tell me you picked, please. B. B is obviously more precisely defined and thus more reachable.
One has to clearly state a goal in writing.
Life finds its way in here. My narrative of wanting to complete only 4 easy tasks for my own website that I had the skills to do kept buried under the complexity of life and schedules.
Once it was just a basic post-it note on my desk, it somehow helped me to check off every thing. Though it was defined and obviously evident, I didn't have to work on it any more.
But let me guess what? These folks are correct. Their key to success is so.
They jot down their preferences; once they are in writing, they go through.
The rest of us consider it constantly and never truly find time to act.
Heck, you'll forget stuff in the store, get sidetracked and make four more visits that weekend if you neglect to jot down a grocery list of what you want.
Opps... perhaps this explains why I should make a grocery list. also saves on gas
Your goals HAVE to be written down.
A goal has to be stated in the positive.
Though I know enough about the subconscious to know it doesn't grasp negative desires, I am not a medical doctor of some Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
As you set a goal, approach it with optimism. Said another way, "I will eat healthy foods eat day" is preferable than "I won't eat junk food." Better still would be "I will enjoy eating healthy foods each day."
Your aim now is an affirmation that will help you start some action!Beginning to tell yourself what you will do instead of stating what you won't do.
A goal needs a completion deadline.
Count how many of you find payday to be exciting? Alternatively, a forthcoming trip? Even a UFC fight in Las Vegas?Straight forward. One should consider and look forward it. Knowing you are departing on a particular date makes purchasing tickets and finding the accommodation more urgent.
Most people stop the gym after six months since there is no actual objective for completion and consequently no sense of urgency after a little.
Not only did they most of the time lack a clear aim, but they also lacked deadlines for acquiring anything.
After a little, it's just a habit; gets dull and sincethere's no deadline to do anything; they get back to life and out of the gym.
A goal has to have real emotional appeal.
Thus, let me pose a question:...
If you genuinely don't give a damn, how passionate about that item are you?Setting a goal should be a real attempt connected to something related to your emotional needs.
Though I know enough about the subconscious to know it doesn't grasp negative desires, I am not a medical doctor of some Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
As you set a goal, approach it with optimism. Said another way, "I will eat healthy foods eat day" is preferable than "I won't eat junk food." Better still would be "I will enjoy eating healthy foods each day."
Your aim now is an affirmation that will help you start some action!Beginning to tell yourself what you will do instead of stating what you won't do.
A goal needs a completion deadline.
Count how many of you find payday to be exciting? Alternatively, a forthcoming trip? Even a UFC fight in Las Vegas?Straight forward. One should consider and look forward it. Knowing you are departing on a particular date makes purchasing tickets and finding the accommodation more urgent.
Most people stop the gym after six months since there is no actual objective for completion and consequently no sense of urgency after a little.
Not only did they most of the time lack a clear aim, but they also lacked deadlines for acquiring anything.
After a little, it's just a habit; gets dull and sincethere's no deadline to do anything; they get back to life and out of the gym.
A goal has to have real emotional appeal.
Thus, let me pose a question:...
If you genuinely don't give a damn, how passionate about that item are you?Setting a goal should be a real attempt connected to something related to your emotional needs.
Heck, if you don't even care, believe me; your mind will find a rapid method to call off that gym session.
An emotionally charged goal will be urgent and inspire enthusiasm to finish something particular by a given date.
Only you can produce passion; it is the gasoline you are seeking. Regretfully, as of yet, none of the petrol stations I know have it.
A goal ought to be challenging yet reasonable.
Having said that, if it's too simple, you're not going to give it enough thought or attention to actually concentrate on or care. For most, "I'm going to make it to the gym tomorrow" hardly represents a ground-breaking insight. To aggravate things even more...
Should it prove too challenging, you will grow annoyed with the lack of progress and undermine your belief in your ability to truly execute it. Hence...
You must set objectives such that, with focused, acontinuous effort, you know you can finish the task.
See a mountain peak with a red flag right at top. That is your long term objective (specifically too). To reach that in two months, though, is unworkable.
On the other hand, if you had few yellow lights along the road to that red flag, those would be short term, realistic objectives you might eagerly await with a sense of urgency since they would have a shorter deadline and time to fulfillment.
Perhaps shedding one pound of fat every week.For those on a bulking cycle, how about accumulating two pounds a week?For the Beginner's Guide to Fitness and Bodybuilding, might one question and answer a day be written? (That's how I completed my first book's 250 pages.)
An emotionally charged goal will be urgent and inspire enthusiasm to finish something particular by a given date.
Only you can produce passion; it is the gasoline you are seeking. Regretfully, as of yet, none of the petrol stations I know have it.
A goal ought to be challenging yet reasonable.
Having said that, if it's too simple, you're not going to give it enough thought or attention to actually concentrate on or care. For most, "I'm going to make it to the gym tomorrow" hardly represents a ground-breaking insight. To aggravate things even more...
Should it prove too challenging, you will grow annoyed with the lack of progress and undermine your belief in your ability to truly execute it. Hence...
You must set objectives such that, with focused, acontinuous effort, you know you can finish the task.
See a mountain peak with a red flag right at top. That is your long term objective (specifically too). To reach that in two months, though, is unworkable.
On the other hand, if you had few yellow lights along the road to that red flag, those would be short term, realistic objectives you might eagerly await with a sense of urgency since they would have a shorter deadline and time to fulfillment.
Perhaps shedding one pound of fat every week.For those on a bulking cycle, how about accumulating two pounds a week?For the Beginner's Guide to Fitness and Bodybuilding, might one question and answer a day be written? (That's how I completed my first book's 250 pages.)