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Dust Off Your Childhood Dreams

When I Get Tall Enough I'm Gonna...
When I Get Tall Enough I'm Gonna...

Can you recall some of your childhood dreams?

You know, the ones where nothing was impossible.

An acquaintance told me last week that she has always wanted to be able to do a push up.

Just one.

You know, maybe if she could achieve one, the second one could, quite possibly, come within reach.

Are you waiting for permission?

If you are, you’ll wait forever.

Huh?

Exactly.

You are the only one who can grant yourself this type of permission.

If you know this to be true, will you still continue to wait for permission to dust off your childhood dreams?

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Back To Health Basics, OK?

Let’s get back to health basics. Man, this seems so incredibly important, and basic.

Isn’t that what First Lady Michelle Obama clearly articulated in her June 23 White House Press Release?

Here’s the bottom line: We can never tire of the basics.

None of us are really in a position to tell the others what or how they should maintain their health.

But there are some who have found “something” and, “somehow“, to maintain it for over a decade, they are becoming your experts. And you can listen to them or not.

But the one thing you can not do, is deny that these people have accomplished much, simply by using the basics. There are people close to you that you should tap into. Find out what motivates them.

No drugs. No coach. No personal trainer. No easy job providing extra time to exercise. No convenient location next to a gym, a “Y”, or school athletic facilities.

Just a pair of running shoes. Wake up. Lace up. Shut up. Walk to the mailbox. And start running.

Running. Just one of many ways to stay active.

What’s yours?

Check Blood Pressure @ The Store
Check Blood Pressure @ The Store

One Profound Secret

Each Day Is A Test Of Our Will
Each Day Is A Test Of Our Will

Do you struggle to stay focused?

Assuming you do, like me, then how does this lack of focus affect you?

Want to know a profound secret?

Create a ridiculously simple mantra that crystalizes your goal, your desire, your reward.

Here are two of mine. The first for overcoming addiction. The second for remaining motivated to exercise.

1. Every day or not at all. There is no middle ground. None. Period. End of story.

2. Stay healthy, have fun.  Being injured makes staying healthy and having fun nearly impossible.

Everyday Or Not At All

I Needed To Overcome My Addiction
He Needed Me To Succeed

Eventually, the energy and enthusiasm of a “New Year’s Resolution wears off.

Then what?

This is where most people fail.

Only about 3% of New Year’s Resolutions ever make it.

So there was a desperate need for a simple tool to overcome the temptation to give up and revert back to the old ways (again)…