When the new year hit and you thought about wanting something better for yourself, whatever it may be, a motivation was sparked. For you it may be a better job or promotion. To feel and/or look better. To finally pay off debt. Whatever it is, you had a spark of motivation. The bigger, badder and bolder that want, the more motivation you may feel at the onset. The problem is, don’t most people want more from and for themselves? If we don’t fan that spark, motivation can die. People may want to lose weight, yet they aren’t actually motivated to start. This is something I run into ALL the time in my work. Brendan Bouchard hits the nail on the head when he says that the trouble is people lack expectancy. Even though people may want or hope for change, if they don’t expect it, they either won’t start or won’t continue long enough for change to happen. I looked at that darn p90x infomercial over a 100 times over the course of 2 years. I didn’t believe that it could work like they said, and if it did, I didn’t believe I could get results like they said. Even though I knew I needed change and wanted it, I didn’t have the motivation to invest because I didn’t believe I could be successful. I did finally order when I believed in myself and expected to see change. I didn’t expect infomercial change, but I believed in me and the product enough to know that change could happen and that I didn’t need to look like the infomercial to be successful. “Expectancy is the great differentiator between mere hope and motivation.” Brendon Burchard Those athletes that are often called “clutch” players are are those players that always expect to win, to hit the big shot when it matters. They might not do it every time, but every time they believe they will expect to do it. You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them - Michael Jordan If you are lacking motivation, start looking at your belief in you. Start to retrain your mind by visualizing yourself being successful. Start to see, feel, touch and taste what that victory will be like for you. What would it mean to you and your family to reach that goal? Stop hoping for things to happen for you. Expect great things and then do the work to achieve them!
****************************************************************************************************************** I would love to work with you on some of the goals you set for yourself this year! I have created a Facebook community for those looking to set and smash goals with their fitness and nutrition. I would love to have you join us at Finding My Fierce
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