What happens when we refuse to quit?

Magicband sign at Epcot
What happens when we refuse to quit? Magic.

 

What happens when we refuse to quit?

Progress is made.

Finally down, and staying down, five pounds.

Still have six or seven to go before competition.

Man does it feel good.

Know the feeling?

Been waiting on this for nearly two years. Thought it would take two months.

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There are two lists we get to read from everyday: blessings and excuses

Marriott Harbourfront, Halifax, Nova Scotia
His room window view… In four days, never left the Marriott

 

He wondered how much he would weigh if he didn’t exercise at all and ate the way some of his friends ate.

He also wondered if he didn’t focus on rest like some of his friends, how much that would add to his weight.

And of course, there was the vision of how carrying around an extra 30, 40, 50, 60, 70+ pounds would affect his every move, his every thought.

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The Herd says, don’t become amazingly healthy

Madison Square Garden and Mid Life Celebration
Someday… sooner rather than later…

 

Al Sharpton has lost 170 pounds. Saw him on Oprah last night (watched five minutes) as we were searching for which channel was televising the Seahawks versus the 49ers.

Looking at the photos throughout his life and looking at him now…

Wow!

What’s stopping any of us?

The Herd.

The Herd says, don’t become amazingly healthy, you’ll make the rest of us feel too much guilt.

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Congrats to the Seahawks btw.

 

Again with the you don’t need to worry about it

Apple Store iPhone 5C window display
Apple fascinates people like few other businesses can

 

Spent yesterday in class with 30 extraordinarily bright business people learning why being insanely intentional about the operational details of a business is key to outperforming the competition.

And then during a break, in the midst of a casual hallway conversation, “But you don’t need to worry about your weight”.

Knowing full well it would fall on deaf ears, said it anyway, “I worry about my weight every single day, and am insanely intentional about the details, that’s why it looks like there’s no need to worry”.

Sigh.

And then smile.

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