Let’s talk about mindset today.
The hardest part is getting up and keeping your eye on the goal. Yes, today is Monday. It follows Sunday. You have a tough week ahead. If you’re already lying there groaning at your alarm, you’ve defeated yourself before you’ve even begun.
Today is going to be a fantastic day. Get the F up and make it happen.
It’s been 10 years since I’ve done anything with Serial Trainer. Do you know why? I lost my drive. 55k views on my page, and I didn’t “feel motivated.” How? Because my mind wasn’t fit. Having your mind, body, and soul in sync is the key to being successful at anything. If you can’t find the passion in what you’re doing, is it worth doing at all?
I’m a mentor and coach to a lot of people and I kept wondering to myself, “who’s there to motivate me?” I saw this person every single day staring back at me in the mirror and I couldn’t find my own coach. The person who messaged everyone else and said, “Get up, you can do this!” wasn’t motivating herself.
You guys, there’s no excuse. You can have a coach but the motivation has to come from yourself. I can only motivate you as far as your desire will take you. If you have no desire, you’re going to be sitting at square one over and over, wondering why you are failing.
Get. The. F. Up.
You are worth it. You have to make yourself believe it.
One of the methods I use to help others with their mindset is a journal. Not your ordinary journal where you just write your thoughts down. Those are important, too, but here’s the difference with mine: You have to ask yourself hard questions, and then answer them. Not only that, but you have to write down the truth, and find your own resolution to them. You can’t just keep writing negative things without clearly defining a solution. It’s taken me ten years to figure this out. What good is a journal if you’re always lost? What good is writing down the thoughts if those thoughts are dark and condescending? All your doing is drilling the negativity into your own head.
The second part of that journal is to define how you feel with a color. Sometimes we don’t have words for how we feel. Colors are like photos. Everything you feel wrapped up in one neat shade. You can be red today (whatever red means to you) but a soft red, a deep crimson, a romantic vermillion … you have to know what your own colors are and what defines them for you.
Start today. Go to your calendar-I don’t care if it’s digital or not-give yourself your color today. When your color isn’t your best color, write down on your calendar a note how you’re going to bring that color up by the end of the day.
Now, go have a drink of water (yes, you have to drink water before your coffee) and spend some time on yourself. Get your workout in and have a badass, kick-ass day.
Comment below and let me know you’ve done and how you felt afterwards!
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