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Where Will You Be This Time Next Year?
Posted by: | CommentsYears ago I was the manager of a fitness center. There was always a HUGE spike in business beginning January 1. Massive action was taken by all those who resolved to lose weight and be healthier by “this time next year”.
Of course you can guess what happened next. By February 1, half of those who started a program had already quit. By March 1 all but a few of the New Years’ members had disappeared. Out of the whole newbies group, only a couple would still be working out “this time next year”.
I see the same pattern with beginning Internet marketers. GUNG HO is their keyword in the beginning. But gradually and surely, their lack of commitment weeds them out.
OK, I’ll cut right to the chase.
By nature, all humans have an evil “lazy gene”…you, me and everyone else. It’s a whole lot easier to get up, go to work, come home to eat, watch some TV, and then get up only do it all over again.
That’s called a “RUT”.
What will that rut bring you by “this time next year”?
Of course you KNOW the answer.
In one of Clement Stone’s books, he writes about the first requirement for success being the ability to take sustained action. He points out that the rate of “taking action” is directly proportional to one’s discontentment with the current status quo.
In other words, if you’d like a better life, you have to WANT IT badly enough to take action and go after it!
I was in that boat and I DID want it badly enough. I took the action and I’m reaping the rewards. I understand the level of effort needed to achieve success and change old habits.
I want you to look back “this time next year” with a proud sense of accomplishment for what you have achieved.
Okies in Las Vegas
Posted by: | CommentsI finally have some pictures to show of our recent Vegas trip. We stayed for 3 days and on the second day was my run at Boulder City (about 20 miles away). I ran the half marathon…no problem with the distance, it was a race of heat endurance. Many of the runners in it used it as a “warm up” for the Badwater ultra run. I worked at running in the heat of the day to get ready for it. I ran it in about 2:33…that’s about 30 minutes slower than normal for me…but it was 112 degrees too.
Oh, and if you have not been to Freemont Street in Las Vegas, you have to check it out. We like it much better than the new strip. I bet a lot of people go to Las Vegas and never leave the new strip; you are really missing out if you don’t make it down there. Oh, and always go after dark. The 3 block long, overhead, curved video screen is something you can’t imagine!
We’ll be back next year!….Our next trip this year is to Tahoe in September…we’ll both be running the half there. We ran it last year and had a lot of fun. Lake Tahoe has to be one of the most beautiful places on earth!
