Secrets to success in 2010.…#1 Don’t Be a Stick in the Mud…

If you’ve sunk enough sugar, fat, salt and alcohol to feed an entire army and their friends, then never fear, you are not alone!

At this time of year it can sometimes feel like you are suffocating amongst the sweets, the savories and the liquor…it seems to keep coming from every angle..just when you think “Ahhh, thank goodness, that’s the last of it…” up pops Aunty Betty with the most spectacular cream scones in the world, absolutely insisting that you MUST have not just one, but half a dozen, and oh, you MUST put jam, cream and butter on them otherwise you are NOT doing them justice! ("Oh, OK...you twisted my arm!!")

Oh my…don’t you just feel like you could drown?! It’s like, “Get me outta here!!”

OK, well calm down…I’m here to tell you that from this very point is the MOST IDEAL to begin your NEW Year plan :)

How many of us makes New Years Resolutions related to our health, fitness, thighs, belly, bum, or some other piece of our body that carries too much body fat, not enough lean muscle and WAAAAY too much lethargy?!

The good news is that none of us are alone, and the even better news is that although ANY time is a good time to step into a new way of operating that ensures endless energy, vivacious vitality and copious confidence, the NEW YEAR is a PERFECT opportunity!

I am here to share the VERY first SECRET of ensuring success with your grand plan in the New Year as all too often we arrive at the same time EVERY year, feeling the SAME way or WORSE than the year before…

This year does NOT have to follow suit....make your VERY FIRST resolution one that translates to sailing into the end of 2010 feeling the FITTEST, most FAB and WONDERFUL you have felt in a VERY long time, maybe even EVER!

Keep this in mind ALL YEAR and look FORWARD to a close of year in which you feel really GREAT about YOU,all of your achievements and HOW you went about all that you did.

I urge you NOT to make your New Year’s Resolutions something that is negatively geared, or “AWAY” motivated. For example, “Lose 10kg”; “Get rid of my beer belly”; “Lose my thunder thighs”; “Give up meat, dairy, wheat, sugar, alcohol….” etc

Really consider and give time to the way you word your New Year’s Resolution. It is VERY important…

Check that it is POSITIVELY worded and “TOWARDS” driven in terms of motivation.

The trick with this is that your mind will WANT to move TOWARDS that which it will ALWAYS desire…

Who does NOT want to be fit, healthy, full of energy and exuding confidence? We will generally ALWAYS want something of this nature and gearing your goals in this slant will add a lasting BOOST to the flames of your desire.

Consider wording of the aforementioned kind. For example, “Lose my thunder thighs”.

How will your motivation rate when either:
1) You see no progress in this area after a solid week or two of real effort OR
2) 3 months down the track you have made real progress and no longer feel the threat of “thunder thighs”?

For many people motivation is temporary and HARD WORK! Keeping up the MOTIVATION to feel MOTIVATED drains all the energy out of us even before we get on the stepper!

So my suggestion to you first is to find some words and a goal that will INSPIRE you! Something that will automatically light and regenerate your fire of desire and get you out of bed every morning feeling GREAT and moving TOWARDS that which you would LOVE to BE, DO or HAVE!

Honestly, I know that I would never have had the lasting success (17 years and counting) that I have had in turning my life around if I had’ve had all these negative and depressing drives.

If I kept telling myself how terrible I was, how hopeless, fat, stupid, lazy, unmotivated and DISGUSTING I was, how would I EVER have found the energy, motivation or desire, to get UP off the couch and DOING something positive for myself??

I see this over and over with my clients too. When they are busy spending all their time and energy telling themselves how BAD and TERRIBLE they are and focusing on all the things they are doing WRONG, and all that they are NOT doing right, they feel so deflated and uninspired that they get STUCK in a rut and cannot possibly get themselves out!

Just like the term, “stick in the mud” once you get caught in it, its REALLY tough to get out…everything you clutch at adds to the sticky, heavy mess you find yourself in and trying to pull yourself out takes EVERY inch of your energy…

Additionally, any person you reach out to with this type of energy you pull down and leave feeling a little muddy and sticky too. So you drive people away from you at the very time when enrolling support and allies is most useful...After all, as humans, how do we function best??

In TEAMS; with OTHERS! We feel GREAT when we are working WITH others and when we have the SUPPORT of others…This inspires us more…

So my key point is, are you being a STICK IN THE MUD, bringing yourself and others down with you? OR are you being your own BEST FRIEND and by doing so inspiring others and enrolling their support and help?

This ONE ASPECT makes the difference between those I see who have lasting success and those who year after year arrive where we are now HATING where they are at, and possibly themselves…

I'll leave you with those 2 key points to consider that both relate to how you speak to YOURSELF...the WORDS you use...

Words are VERY powerful....do your own WORD check and just check in on the language, tone and manner in which you chat to yourself..

How are you goals worded? What is the ongoing dialogue in your mind all day everyday?

Which are you? The stick in the mud who can't get out of their own way, or the FUN and inspiring spirit who gets results?

My advice....Don't be a stick in the mud in 2010! :)

See you again soon with "Be LEAN in 2010"

Mwah!

BridgetJane
Food Body Lifestyle Guru
Speaker, Writer, Consultant
www.newleafnutrition.com.au