REVIVE YOURSELF SHOP
“Long term consistency trumps short term intensity.” – Bruce Lee.
Remember this quote over this festive period.
It’ll be very important if you want long term success.
This is because it’s not what you do between Christmas and New Year that matters most …
It’s what you do between New Year and Christmas.
After two days of eating all the food and drinking all the drink, I can already hear people talking about how they are going to make a fresh start in the New Year, and how they are going to cut out all of the “bad” foods.
Unfortunately, this motivation is short-lived for 99% of people, and after a few days or weeks, they fall back into their regular patterns.
This in large part is because the majority of people hugely overestimate what they can achieve in a week, and hugely underestimate what they can achieve in a year.
This short-lived intensity is matched by an all or nothing approach which can only last so long.
For example, when most people go on a diet, (especially at the start of the New Year,) when they do something which they deem a mistake, or slip up, instead of taking it in their stride and realising it’s not a big deal, they throw the baby out with the bathwater, burn everything to the ground, and wait until Monday to restart all over again.
Sound familiar?
Well, whether it’s diet and lifestyle, or any other facet of life where you are trying to reach a goal or objective, this approach rarely works.
In fact, it’s almost always guaranteed to fail.
The key is to remember, it’s not what you do every now and again that matters, it’s what you do the majority of the time.
So, if, or should I say when, you make a “mistake” or fall off the wagon, instead of packing everything in, and feeling guilty and like a failure…
Without guilt recognise what took place, note why it happened so you can put something in place that could help you if that scenario crops up again, then get back on the saddle and start moving forward again.
This is the real key to making progress.
The Japanese have a term for this, which is called Kaizen.
Continual improvement will see you much further down the road in a week, month, year, or a decade from now than a stop-start approach will.
And, when you realise that the journey is far more important than the destination, this is process is much easier to follow.
After all, it’s on the journey where all the fun takes place.
Health & Happiness
Ryan
P.S. If you have been struggling with your weight management or a chronic health issue, and you want 2020 to finally be the year you put this behind you for good, then click the link here, and we can have a chat about how we can help you.
