"Part 3" How to Write Out Your Fitness Goals

THE SCIENCE OF GOAL ACHIEVEMENT

A Three Part Series

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Here's why goal-affirmation statements need to be written and read in such a certain way:

Your subconscious mind takes everything literally - to a degree of subtlety that probably not one in ten thousand people understand. The subconscious accepts commands most easily when they are given in the present tense, personal, positive format and when they are read and visualized repeatedly with faith, emotion, gratitude and an already-having-received attitude (and especially when you're in a physically relaxed state). When a suggestion is accepted by your subconscious, this sets your body into

Motion and your automatic behaviors (habits) begin to change. When your behavior changes, your results begin to change!

Be open and do what I suggest. Write out your goal card! Read it at least twice a day - morning and night. Read it more often if you can. Carry your goal card with you everywhere you go. Keep it in your pocket at all times. Feel naked without it. Any time you have a spare moment - at a stoplight, waiting for an appointment, while you eat breakfast, heck, even when you go to the bathroom - reach into your pocket and pull out your goal card. Every time you read it or even touch it, think about your goal and visualize the end result you desire. Flash the picture of you at your perfect weight with your ideal body onto the screen of your mind. See yourself the way you ultimately want to look. Imagine that you're already there. Then watch it happen! It will and it must, for that is the law of your mind.

Did you know that the average person sees, hears or is exposed in some way to as many as 30,000 commercial messages per day? Television, radio, magazine and billboard ads literally "brainwash" your mind to win market share (also known as "share of mind"). If I ask you to name a cola, what comes to mind? "Coke" is what most people would say, and the rest say "Pepsi." You may not use these products, but you've certainly heard of them. Why? Because the advertising has achieved its objective: Share of mind. The frequent advertising has penetrated your subconscious. Not only that, but because you thought of Coke or Pepsi FIRST in that product category (and not some generic brand), these companies have achieved a LARGE share of mind, also known as "top of mind" in advertising lingo. When "top of mind" is achieved, you are much more likely to take action and purchase that product.

What if you achieved the same thing - "top of mind" - with your goals? What if you saturated your mind and penetrated your subconscious deeply and effectively by doing some "goal advertising?" As Fortune 500 companies have learned, repetition is one of the surest ways to penetrate the subconscious and move a person into action. Your mind is an amazingly powerful goal-achieving super-computer, but it’s a lot like a parachute – it only works if it’s open. Have an open mind and give these methods an honest trial. Use a goal card for 90 days, then write to me and let me know what happens.

Use the example provided above to help you. Take the time to re-read this section more than once so you get an understanding how important goal setting & affirmations are. Be sure to always state your goals in the present moment! Don’t hesitate to email me if you need any further assistance in creating your goals!

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"Part 1" How to Write Out Your Fitness Goals

THE SCIENCE OF GOAL ACHIEVEMENT
A Three Part Series
Part 1/3

Someone once said, "Success is setting goals. Everything else is just commentary." I wholeheartedly agree. Your success rate increases astronomically when you set goals properly. According to Zig Ziglar, Bob Proctor, Jim Rohn, Brian Tracy and other personal achievement experts, only 5% of the population has written goals. Is it any surprise that 95% of dieters fail in their attempts to lose weight and keep it off? Is it a coincidence that 95% of people retire broke?

Why don't more people set goals? Beats me. Jim Rohn once said, "I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they plan their lives. Perhaps it's because escape is easier than change."

Five percent of the world sets written goals and succeeds. The other 95% refuse to set goals and they fail; it's as simple as that. This is why I spend so much time educating my clients about goals. I teach goal setting and mental dynamics first, and then I teach nutrition and training second. Until specialized knowledge is linked with purpose, the knowledge is useless and there can be no intelligent accomplishment.

There is a science to achieving goals. If you want to be a success, it's your responsibility and duty to learn how your mind works and take conscious control over the programming that goes into your mental goal-achieving "super-computer" known as your subconscious mind. If you choose not to set goals in an orderly, scientific fashion, that's certainly your prerogative, but then by default, you've set a goal for non-achievement. If you fail to give specific instructions to your subconscious, or if you unintentionally give the wrong instructions, you're using the power of goals in reverse. Your subconscious mind works by law, which means that if you set your goals in a manner that's in harmony with mental laws, you'll achieve those goals with mathematical certainty. Your goal setting mechanism is infallible and it cannot be turned off. It operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, awake or sleeping. Your subconscious is completely impartial: Whatever commands you plant in your subconscious (or allow to be planted there), will inevitably be expressed in your body (as fitness, health or disease) and through your body (as behavior, habits, and action...positive or negative).

If you want to change your body and your life, but you're not getting the results you want, then you probably: (A) didn't set goals at all, (B) you set goals improperly (not working in harmony with your subconscious "computer"), (C) you set goals, but lost sight of them (You lacked consistency and persistence), or (D) you set goals, but didn't take efficient daily action.

Right now I'd like to share with you two powerful tools that can assist you in setting and achieving your goals. Don't underestimate the apparent simplicity of the principle at work in both of these tools. It's so simple, you're likely to shrug it off as trite and inconsequential, but unless you're already 100% thrilled with your present results, then I would strongly advise you against doing that. Every part of this

Formula is necessary and has a purpose. Be open-minded and do not deviate from these instructions.

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Stay tuned for part 2 where we show you;

• how to create a goal card
• how to write out your goals
• and an example of a goal in a statement

"Part 2" Self-Image: The 3 P's

STEP 2: CREATE A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF YOUR NEW IMAGE

Once you’ve got the picture in mind, the second step is to put a description of your new image in writing. The act of writing what you want on paper is an intermediary step in going from the ethereal, untouchable state of thought (imagination & dreams) to the concrete, tangible state of form. Once on paper (or a “goal card” you carry with you), your image has in essence, begun the transformation from mental to physical. When you write your goal, use the three P’s: POSITIVE (what you want to achieve, not what you want to avoid or get rid of), PERSONAL (use the word “I”) and PRESENT tense (an already-having-received attitude). Don’t worry if it’s not perfect. Just sit down and write, write, write. You can always go back and edit, change or update it later. Just start. Stay tuned for part 3; Act out the Part!

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"Part 1" Self-Image: Your New Self-Image

The part of the self-concept that affects your physical condition and ability to achieve your perfect weight is called the SELF-IMAGE. Maxwell Maltz, a plastic surgeon and author of the best seller, Psycho Cybernetics, stumbled onto the discovery of self-image with his patients. Even though he had corrected physical defects and deformities with surgery, his patients often retained their old self-image and continued to see themselves as “ugly,” “scarred,” or “deformed” even though they appeared quite beautiful by society’s standards. As a result, they continued to behave as they always had; shy, retiring, lacking in confidence. This led Dr. Maltz to the conclusion that changing the physical image was not the real key to changes in personality and behavior. There was “something else.” That something else is the self-image. When the self-image is “reconstructed,” the person changes. If the self-image stays the same, the person’s behavior stays the same.

Emerson once wrote, “Of what use to make heroic vows of amendment if the same old lawbreaker is to keep them? Jesus taught that it is folly to put new wine into old bottles or a patch of new material on an old garment. People who don’t understand self-image erroneously put all their attention on changing their eating and exercise behaviors, but the problem with this physical-only approach is that it’s not addressing the SOURCE or cause of the behavior. The source of your behavior is your mental self-image. You are more than just a body. You are a body, a mind and a spirit. You will always act - and can ONLY act - like the type of person you SEE yourself to be in your mind. If you see yourself as an overweight person, you will behave like an overweight person. If you see yourself as a lean, fit and healthy person, you will behave like a lean, fit and healthy person. An overweight person usually doesn’t work out faithfully every day, so why is it any surprise that someone with an “overweight person” self-image would skip workouts? Their brain is programmed to skip workouts. Someone with an “overweight person” self-image usually doesn’t eat healthy, low fat, low sugar, low calorie meals, so why would it be surprising that they cheat on their diet and binge on junk food? After all, their brain is programmed to eat junk food. Is this starting to make sense?

To make a lasting change, you must work on the physical AND the mental planes. Of course you have to change your lifestyle, exercise and nutrition habits, but the real secret is not trying to force new behaviors, but changing the self-image, which controls the behavior. Put your energy on a new mental picture, and the new picture will create new behaviors. Best of all, the new behaviors that spring from a positive new self-image will come without as much effort or willpower because they’re hard-wired into every cell of your body. The “unseen forces” are now working for you instead of against you.

So, let’s suppose you have the self-image of an unfit or overweight person… How the heck do you change it if it’s so deeply embedded in your mind from years of conditioning?

There are four simple steps:

STEP 1: CREATE YOUR NEW SELF IMAGE

The first step is to choose your new self-image. You could say this is goal setting, but your self-image is not as much a “goal” as it is a PICTURE IN YOUR MIND. I was on a conference call with success coach Bob Proctor recently and one of the participants said her goal was to lose weight. Bob said something to her that really struck me. He said, “Have you ever noticed how people are always losing weight and gaining it back? Well, it’s because if you lose something, your subconscious mind will immediately begin looking for it. Instead, you have to release it and be at your perfect weight. And your perfect weight is a not just a goal, it’s a picture.” So what you have to do first is decide what you would really like to look like if you could have any body you wanted. See the picture in your mind. Make it clear, vivid and dynamic. Dream. Fantasize. You’ve been endowed with an amazing creative faculty called imagination. Use it - it’s the starting point of a new self-image and all lasting changes.

Many people get scared at this step and ask only for what they think they can get, not what they really want. It’s okay if this scares you a little. In fact, if your goal isn’t scary and exciting at the same time, then you’re not thinking big enough. Don’t sell yourself short. Ask for what you really WANT. Ignore anyone who tells you to “be realistic.” Take that "lid" off your mind and DREAM! Stay tuned for step two ; Create a written description of your new image...

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