It’s coming up on the holiday season, which is my favorite time of year. Unfortunately for most of our clients, its also a time of weight gain, distraction, over indulgence, and excuses.
People love to make excuses.
The old 80/20 rule is a hard pill to swallow for some people. So many people think they deserve certain things or wonder why success or results seem to evade them. The truth is, that most people are too lazy to get the results they want. They are lazy or make excuses constantly, that keep them from achieving the results they desire.
Can you imagine Michael Jordan telling his coach that he wanted the day off because it was Christmas? Of course not! He was the epitome of a true professional.
How strange to use “You only live once” as an excuse to throw it away. ~Bill Copeland
But its the holidays….is that really a good reason to let your health go to waste?
Staying committed to a goal, when you feel like or not, is a lesson that more people need to learn. Will you always ‘feel like it’? Of course not, but people we all admire stay committed, learn from mistakes, keep pushing ahead and never quit.
The reason you know Abraham Lincoln’s name:
1831 – Failed in business
1832 – Defeated for legislature
1833 – Again failed in business
1834 – Elected to legislature
1835 – Sweetheart died
1836 – Had a nervous breakdown
1838 – Defeated for speaker
1840 – Defeated for elector
1843 – Defeated for Congress
1846 – Elected for Congress
1848 – Defeated for Congress
1855 – Defeated for Senate
1856 – Defeated for Vice-President
1858 – Defeated for Senate
1860 – ELECTED PRESIDENT
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts. ~Edward R. Murrow
So, here’s my point. AS the years pass, I watch people every week sabotage their own efforts, allowing laziness and distractions become excuses for not working hard and staying consistent with their workouts. It doesn’t matter if its a fighter or someone wanting to lose 30 lbs. Both can make bad decisions, based on emotion, that keep them from achieving their goals.
Bottom line, I guess its human nature and there will always be winners and losers.
There are those that do and those that don’t.
Those that will and those that won’t.
In the end, I suppose that I have to come to grips with the fact that people make their own decisions. It just pains me to see so many people repeatedly allow their old bad habits to dominate their lives and control them.
“First we make our habits, then our habits make us.”
Now, please understand, that I don’t expect people to be perfect. There is always space and time for relaxing and enjoying yourself, but most people live like spoiled kids, unwilling to change their ways.
Think I’m wrong? A little too harsh? I don’t think so. Look around. People have become lazy and so many of their decisions are based on selfish emotion. I want…but I….
Want to change?
Then grow a spine, learn to stay consistent and disciplined, change, adapt and grow up. Change is never easy, but what is your alternative?
Do you really think Michael Jordan always felt like going to practice?
Do you really think that Winston Churchill felt like making tough decisions?
This is always an exciting time of year, but remember why and keep things in perspective.
Get excited about changing, growing and becoming a better person (mentally, physically and spiritually). You will be rewarded so much more by staying consistent and teaching yourself that YOU CAN DO IT. Believe me, shopping, eating tons of food and drinking like a fish will not leave you satisfied. Those are bottomless pits that will suck your money, time and youth away.
Have fun and enjoy your holiday season!
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