I started doing the Spartacus Workout three weeks ago...really trying to get those last 10lbs off... ok...15!
My wife goes to the gym daily. It's primal...animal...public.
I would prefer to get my fitness on in private...where no one is watching to see me quit after 10 reps if I so choose.
Don't judge me...I can run 10 miles and not sweat a lick...I got stamina...for running.
But what my body needs to change is body weight...pressure. Push-ups, mountain climbers, burpees...as Mr. T said in Rocky III...
"Pain!"
I have to admit, I had trouble doing 50 push ups on day one. The internet instructor (too cheap for a personal trainer!) said that to build endurance three times a day to "drop down and give me 20".
Ok, I took his advice because he is ripped! When I woke up...I dropped down and gave him 20.
Before lunch...I dropped down and gave him 20. Before bed...I dropped down and gave him 20.
I had to think about it each time but on the 5th Spartacus Workout, I did 75 pushups!
I am in the action phase of my journey as it relates to my physical goals, but to really change I need it to become a habit.
What is the difference between action and a habit?
You have to talk yourself into taking action...
but you can't talk yourself out of a habit!
With a habit, there is no question you are going to do it.
Get up in the morning...coffee?
Habit.
Come home tired from a hard day at work...fast food and television?
Habit.
Habits can support change or inhibit it through continued behavior that is contrary to what you want. The way to build supportive habits is to take consistent steps often...until you can't be talked out of it.
As it relates to sales each time you want to stop prospecting I want you to "drop down and give me 20". Call 20 clients, prospects, or influencers.
Strange thing will happen...some of that activity will generate opportunity!
What do you do next?
Drop down and give me 20!
Send 20 thank you notes to the people you sold last month and include a brochure about a complimentary product.
Goodness, 4 of them want to talk to you about additional solutions they need!
What do you do next?
Drop down and give me 20!
You instinctively know that activity breeds more activity (an object in motion...remember?) and when signs of progress emerge from that activity you become "hooked"...it becomes a habit!
Regarding the Napoleon Hill statement you constructed yesterday and specifically the service you were going to render to warrant that income...
What habits do you need to establish to meet that objective?
Higher than thoughts, more than words, and more committed than sporadic intermittent action, what HABITS do you need to support you in your goals?
Today, I want you to write down 20 things that if you did them as "automatic"...habits, would help you gain momentum, stay focused and breakthrough to the other side.
Yes, Drop Down and Give Me 20!
Until tomorrow, I wish you Money, Power, Success!
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