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The Success Shift

After nearly 15 years working with hundreds of people within the health and fitness industry I can reflect back over that time and very simply split people into two distinct categories. Those who tend to achieve their goals and those who don’t (no one reaches every goal every time – if they do they are not stretching themselves far enough!)

What separates these two opposing groups is not financial prosperity, opportunity, geography, education or even the training they undertake. The one thing that really separates the two groups can be summed up in one word ‘ATTITUDE’.

I will be more specific.

I meet people nearly every week who have an idea of what they want to achieve (sometimes a very precise idea). That could be losing a certain amount of weight, dropping to a certain dress size, losing their belly, fitting into a pair of jeans, competing in a sporting event, totally reshaping their body or even improving their health for medical reasons. This is where the two groups will part with a distinct difference in ‘ATTITUDE’.

The ‘ACHIEVERS’ will usually have the view that they will tell me what they want to achieve and be prepared to listen to my feedback and within reason do ‘WHATEVER IT TAKES’ to get to their goal. SIMPLE! How many times per week do I need to train? What do I need to eat and drink? What should I avoid eating and drinking? How much cardio do I need? How much should I rest? etc etc etc

This ‘ATTITUDE’ starts from the basic ‘DECISION’ that you WILL reach your goal. It may take 8 weeks when you originally wanted it to only take 6 (but you don’t give up and consider yourself a failure at week 6!)

The second group, lets call them the ‘NON-ACHIEVERS’ come to me with a very different ‘ATTITUDE’ and view. They have an idea of what they want to achieve (this in many cases is more rigid, detailed and precise than the ‘ACHIEVERS’ group) BUT they will also have a very clear and rigid view of what they are ‘PREPARED TO DO’ to reach their goal.

“I really want a 6 pack (usually men!) BUT am not prepared to stop drinking beers with my friends.”

“I really want to get in shape for a Wedding (usually women!) BUT every Friday is our girls night out and we always go out for a meal and end up drinking too much!”

“I really want to regain the body and fitness I had 10 years ago (men and women) BUT can only train twice a week due to work commitments and HAVE to have a glass of wine every night with my dinner to unwind”

The secret to achieving more of your goals more of the time is to remove the BUTS! The Success Shift is shifting your ‘ATTITUDE’ from ‘This is what I am PREPARED TO DO for a specific result’ to ‘I will do WHATEVER IT TAKES to reach my goal’

If you are stuck in the ‘PREPARED TO DO’ category be prepared to downsize your goals and achievements considerably.

It’s an old cliche but very true: You will only get out what you are prepared to put in!

Yours in health,

James St Pierre