A New (Year) Attitude Adjustment!

Have you ever known the type of person who you consider an un-ordinary human being, labeled, by you, after having accomplished a rather difficult and seemingly impossible-to-reach goal?

Did you happen to notice that the more involved they got with their goal journey, the more confident they started becoming and the more determined they seemed to get as they progressed? It’s as if their mindset changed from one of past failures and constant defeat to one of conqueror and a person who simply succeeds no matter what’s in their way! Did you also happen to notice that this person also suddenly seems to think that their current results aren’t that big a deal?

What happened along the way? How would you explain the reason for their sudden modesty? Could it be due to the possibility that the achievement of that goal really wasn’t such a big deal to attain after all? Or perhaps they just knew from the onset, that they could and would achieve any goal they set their mind to? Call it a certainty attitude or the mind-set of a winner, whatever it is, it’s powerful and something we should all learn something powerful from.

When someone like this accomplishes their goal, it certainly seems like a mighty big deal to all of us observing from the outside, but to him or her, it’s just a matter of consequence…A consequence from following a direct plan fueled with no-buts-about-it type action.

Why is it that we can sometimes become depressed after accomplishing a goal? You know, that feeling of “ok, now what?”

We’ve worked so hard to reach that goal and when we’ve finally met the goal successfully, we often become disenchanted once we reach our objective…it’s not unusual to find that once you’ve reached/achieved your goals, that we realize that it really wasn’t such a big deal.

While we’re working to achieve the goal, it’s a matter of challenge and not a certainty that we will prevail in the end.

Once we’ve reached our goal, which we can always depend on, amazingly it becomes not such a big deal…Why? Because we were simply caught up in the moment, working the piece- parts, rather than being focused on the totality of the project. It takes a precise plan of action followed through with massive action, and it will undoubtedly help anyone in reaching their intended goals.

Here’s an example…From the outside, we look at someone, who on New Years Eve, say’s that they are going to lose 15 pounds by February 1^st…We hear them, but because most of us have set goals before and failed, we quickly decide that it will be a huge challenge for them and will probably become a failure for them too.

However, we, the one’s observing, continue to see their goal as a challenge throughout the journey. On the other hand, the person who’s actually dieting and working hard to achieve success become so engulfed in their quest and become confident enough to know that nothing can stop them from reaching their goal. For them, they rely on a precise plan and follow through with massive action. They quickly notice the results from their work and realize that their direct plan of action will work infallibly for all areas of their fitness routine; diet, weight training, cardio, etc.

The more weight they lose, the closer they are to achieving their overall goal and this is when it begins to seem like it’s not such a big deal …We, the observer, see it as INCREDIBLE…We can’t believe they kept to the challenge, can’t believe the weight actually came off so quickly and could never imagine it for ourselves…You see that’s the huge problem with the human psyche…We are our biggest enemies. So, how about making right now the time to take on your incredible challenge? Make your move!

Happy New Year and God Bless!

Kevin Levrone
IFBB Pro

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