This morning I was catching up in reading some past motivational articles from Josh Hinds’ “Let’s Talk Motivation” newsletter, and I found a great article about achieving success by increasing your awareness by Robin Sharma. She talks about how successful people found success:
“They started off ordinary—with a dream, a plan and goals. Then they made daily 1% improvements. The days slipped into weeks, the weeks slipped into months and the months slipped into years. Their dream grew and became real. Yet the first, and most powerful step took place in their minds.”
As I have mentioned before, the mind is a powerful tool. It baffles me sometimes to think of what one can accomplish by constructively using the mind to achieve a goal. You are in control of your thoughts. You are in control of your actions. Your body has short-term vision—it cannot see past today’s workout. When it becomes tired, it wants to quit immediately. You, however, have a brilliant mind that can see the finish line of your long-term goal. Your mind knows that, while your body may be tired now, you must push on in order to better prepare yourself for tomorrow. When tomorrow arrives, your mind will push your body to prepare itself for the next day. And if you apply discipline and persistence, your mind will continue this process with each workout. You may not notice vast improvement in your performance on a daily basis, but if you honestly challenge yourself each day, your efforts will add up to a substantial improvement in the long-run.
It is much easier to accomplish an objective when you break it down into pieces. Looking at eight months of training is very intimidating. Your mind and body may question your commitment and you may find yourself searching for an excuse not to continue. But if you break down your workout into weeks, and within each week days, the mind is much more willing to proceed. Breaking down your workouts also allows you to achieve miniature successes when you complete each part of your training. These successes, as small or big as they may be, are essential to keeping you inspired to push on. With each small success, you build up confidence, and the more confidence you have, the easier it is to fight off negativity and doubt when workouts get tough.
Make the daily difference. Push yourself today. You’ll be glad you did tomorrow.
TODAY’S WORKOUT:
Bench Press- Lock-out 4 sets
Curls- 3 sets
Chest Press- 3 sets
Pullups- 3 sets
Dips- 3 sets
Abs
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