Q. How do you reach a goal?
Those words – "Never, never, never give up" – declared by Winston Churchill to rally England during World War II can be found on inspirational greeting cards and T-shirts today. But his words out of context really don’t express the utter desperation of a country ready to surrender to an invading army.
His words worked. England prevailed. Ah, the magic of a powerful mantra and a single focus.
Kids have this mantra instinctively. Somewhere deep inside all of us exists this rhythmic beat. Maybe it’s more like go - go - go. Anyway, how would any of us be walking on two feet instead of crawling without that determination and obsession? Watch them, kids are up for a second and then ker-plunk… followed by weeping for the sheer joy of the experience.
The Ker-plunk Factor
You’ll be surprised to know that the ker-plunk factor is one of the most important training programs our brains can experience. To quote John Medina from his book – Brain Rules – on how the brain learns: “What we pay attention to is profoundly influenced by memory. “
Memory of a ker-plunk teaches us how not to do something. Our onboard computer kicks in and looks for new strategies. Achievement and success get logged in too. So look at one of our first ker-plunks and first brilliant victory – learning to walk. Take that determination right into your fitness quest and routine. Not getting what you want fast enough? Don’t give up. Learn what works and what doesn’t. Be vicious with anything that takes your determination away.
Double Memory Imprint
When I learned to walk, I also learned how to take off my clothes and for some odd reason, my parents didn’t make the effort to help me distinguish between the two. This resulted in me sneaking out of the one room apartment my parents had in downtown Portland, Oregon to visit all the neighbors – naked. Wow, what a memory imprint. I guess that’s what landed me on the cover of Playgirl a few years ago.
Cute little toddlers make you smile, don’t they? They don’t require a “gym body” to have total fearlessness that comes from belief in possibility. Not giving up is having belief in yourself – and belief is the mind’s most powerful creative tool.
Slicing & Dicing Attention
Kids brains aren’t trying to multi-task learning to walk. By multi-task I’m referring to the “attention” directed at a task. They give just one thing total focus, and then they move on to the next thing. I used to think I was pretty good at mutli-tasking, until I realized that each task was happening slower. I was exhausted at the end of the day and my efficiency was poor. Studies show that when you interrupt a task, it can take up to 50% longer to complete it.
Wandering Eyes
If you want to achieve something, be committed, believe in yourself and your process, and stay focused on the task at hand. I don’t let my client’s eyes and mind wander at the gym (just another form of multi-tasking). If they start to, I may have them repeat a phrase “mind in my muscle” or something that works for them in order to keep attention focused on the muscle and form.
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Burn & Build a New You
The Burn & Build Body 14-Day Anti-Aging Detox is almost magical in it's ease of use and ability to focus attention on healthy transformation. The 14-Day Detox guide book "has your back" and keeps you inspired.
My clients who have wanted to lose body fat or those "last 8 pounds" have immediate success when they follow the program. It's the perfect foundation program to achieve your New Year's body composition goals. You'll Burn Fat and become stronger – the program requires eating, it's NOT a fasting diet -- and it is designed to maintain lean muscle so you don't rebound at the end of the 14-Days. There's even a Detox Maintenance Kit that you can use to continue with the "feel good" results of the 14-Days.
If you’re having difficulty reaching your goals, just remember that with razor sharp attention, you once stood up and defied gravity against huge odds and never, never, never gave up.
Train your body. Train your mind. Tame your tongue.
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