New FEAR's Resolution

Over the past few years, I've noticed a trend in fitness as well as society in general.

People are afraid to commit to a lifestyle change....

I remember a time when clients would come up to me excited about their new year's resolutions and would actually have a list of changes they were committed to making. But by February, the list and memory of had disappeared.

Did most of them fail?

Perhaps... but just because something didn't work the first time, does that mean we can easily throw out the statement, "New Year's Resolutions don't work"?

No, we shouldn't, we can't. Because you see, it's not that New Year's Resolutions DON'T work, it's that YOU don't work your resolution!

Whether it's poor planning, lack of self-control or discipline, work excuses, or simply caving to peer pressure at parties or outings, if we verbally or contractually commit to something, we need to see it through. Yes, even if that means the words 'sacrificial' 'pain' 'resist' 'abstain' 'discipline' come to mind.

As Americans, we don't like being told:
- what or what not to do
- we are wrong
- what to eat, wear, buy
- and we don't like being told we have to wait

We have to wait for the results of a disciplined life. Whether that means saving a little more now to produce financial freedom later, or eating healthy now to have a six-pack later. No matter the goal, you're gonna have to work, you're gonna have to commit.

Are you ready to take that step?

Are you ready to change your habits?

Are you ready to live life more richly?

If so, I challenge you to make a New Year's Resolution AND commit to seeing it through.

2008 can turn out to be EXACTLY what you decide it will.

Are you ready to own your outcome?

Happy New Year!

Jimi Varner