Task for Today
Take a piece of paper and fold it in thirds.
On the top third, write “12 Week Goals”. Write out five specific goals you will achieve over the course of your 12-week program. Make sure you define and state your wish, as well as setting a deadline. (I.e., Within 12 weeks, I will lose 15 pounds of bodyfat.) This transforms your dreams into goals. Be sure to look at them frequently — I do first thing in the morning, and last thing at night, if not more frequently.
On the middle third, write “Reasons” and put three reasons you decided to achieve your 12 week goals. What do you WANT. DO you want to be healthy? Do you want to look good? Feel great? Be an inspiration to others? Be sure to read you reasons when you remind yourself of your goals. It helps shape actions into patterns.
On the lower third, write “Transforming Patterns of Action” and write 3 patterns of action you need to change in order to achieve your goals. You know, the “Old Pattern/New Pattern” routine. What have you been doing that hasn’t worked for you up to this point? How can you change that negative into a positive? Do yo need to eat less junk? Do you need to exercise? Do you need to have faith in yourself? Maybe you don’t love yourself as much as you should, and one of your transforming patterns of action is to carve out a certain amount of time as “me time”, where regardless of activities (life-or-death situations don’t apply here, folks), you will take that time just for you; be it to meditate, have a bubble bath, a serene walk in nature, or even sit quietly and read.
Transformation begins on the inside. You have to reinvent yourself from within.
Tomorrow I’ll talk about the Positive Mindset that Bill Phillips discusses in the Body for Life program.
(This information is also available in the Success Journal, where Bill discusses, in greater detail, the points I’ve touched on.)
You can do it!
