Personal Fitness Professional - May 2008 - (Page 10)

By clearly identifying the things that matter most on a daily basis and working on those things, you decrease the risk of squandering time on activities that distract you from manifesting the greatest positive consequences in your life. what do you desire to beco me? passion Without this element, clarity is irrelevant. Many people know someone who is technically competent yet cannot get himself to take action. Anything that is meaningful will require sacriﬁce, overcoming disappointment, endurance, ingenuity and inspiration. Without an intensely internalized and motivating reason why you desire your goal, it is unlikely that you or anyone can accomplish anything of great signiﬁcance. Conversely, with great purpose comes great accomplishment. Anyone who has ever achieved anything that was seemingly impossible did it through intense desire. Thomas Edison failed to create the light bulb after 11,000 attempts. If the invention was of no consequence to him, how many attempts do you think he would have made? Necessity is the mother of all invention. When you come to the realization why your goal is an absolute necessity for your life, you are close to being unstoppable. checklist: ✔ Write two to three reasons why you intensely desire the achievement of your goal(s). What is so important about its achievement that it’s an absolute necessity? ✔ If you achieve your goal(s), what are three ways in which your life will be more meaningful, better or less painful? ✔ The fear of loss for many individuals is an even greater motivator than the desire for gain. Write down three reasons why your life will lack meaning or in what ways you will experience intense emotional pain if you do not achieve your goal. commitment Passion is an essential element of success because it inspires action. Action is the precursor to all eﬀects in your life. You cannot achieve something unless you are ﬁrst willing to do something. Below, you will write your personal declaration. This includes what you will give on a daily basis (encouragement, coaching, training, etc.) and to whom (family, friends, clients, employees, etc.) in order to yield the value required to achieve your goal. In order to achieve something, you must become something. checklist: ✔ What do you desire to become? ✔ What commitments will that take (training, courses, skills, etc.)? What are the habits that you are committed to developing in order to accomplish your goals (e.g. waking up 30 minutes earlier every morning to study subject matter)? ✔ What are three commitments that you will make immediately in order to achieve the goal(s) you most intensely desire? A strategy is a plan that allows you to systematically assign your mental, physical, emotional and capital resources toward a clearly deﬁned outcome. The clearer your pre-determined outcome, the better strategy 10 MAY2008 · WWW.FIT-PRO.COM http://WWW.FIT-PRO.COM

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Personal Fitness Professional - May 2008 Contents Letter from the Editor, Writers Live Your Supertrainer Legacy Current Controversies Effective Employee Manuals Product Profiles The Coolest Training Zone The Making of a Top-Notch Boot Camp Instructor Mark Your Calendar Caffeine Exercise Spotlight Product Profiles New on the Market [Spotlight] Trish Muse

Personal Fitness Professional - May 2008

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