Three things hit me right in my face this week why being my very best self I can be and having the passion to help other to discover their very best self is the most important thing in my life.
I just came home, turned on the TV and there was a story about a father and son playing table tennis together. The son played
competitively. It was mom's dream that they could play together. Dad had been in a wheel chair for three years because he lost both legs. It took all that time for dad to fit and be able to use his new
artificial legs. I have run next to people who have lost one or both legs in half and full marathons. How could you run that distance or want to with out your
normal legs? With or without legs, once a true runner...always a runner, it's what we do. How would losing your legs affect your life?
Believe it or not the answer is simple. Is the motivator to do what is most important to you stronger than the obstacle of losing your legs. As I look back the past two years as to what clients had the greatest success and those who had on-going challenges, they all had one thing in common.
Motivators must be powerful and in front of you all the time to be stronger than any true or created obstacles. I wish you could have seen both the dad and his son's face as they played together.
Second is hard to me to type. A good friend told me about a local family who was in a car accident in upstate New York around the holidays. The parents were killed. The daughters, 14 and 12, survived. In one second, everything change. Years ago, family friends lost all three of their children in a car accident. I can only imagine how that feels. A whole inside us that can never be filled. I believe a large part of the foundation of our best self is positive energy and emotion leads to
positive action and outcomes.
But bad things happen. The loss of loved ones, lay-offs, addiction in family members or
chronic stress
situations that one may not see a way out. There is no easy
answer. But take the time to ask yourself:
What are the three most important things in my life? Am I dedicating the time I really want AND need to those important things. Where am I at as my best self to make the impact I desire? We never know what tomorrow will bring. How are you living today?
Last is the perfect
Christmas gift. My son, Craig and his wife Amy, where married in June of 2009 and moved to Germany two weeks later. My daughter Katelyn is going to school at Tampa University. Mark Jr lives locally and Taylor is still home. Christmas was the first time in almost a year and half that the whole family was
together at our dinner table(The family's favorite spot). I miss having everybody together. "Nothing is more important than family" is our mantra. But I also strongly believe we all have to follow our own path. I did and at times it took me places I highly regret going. 20 years ago, I had a life changing event...I got sober once and for all. 14 years ago, I found my passion in life in Wellness and impacting lives. So between many
certifications,corporate wellness program, marathons, lay-off and on-going self discovery-All-n-Won Wellness was born in January 2009. Today I have an amazing life right now because of my family and friends plus all the achievements, set backs and challenges that we all go through. Little did I know then, which is the first thing I preach to my clients is
Commitment-Consistency-Time=Results and Motivation. Without this, any change or goal, what do you think your success rate will be? I would like to share my favorite quote.
Where you are in life is exactly where you are suppose to be as a result of the things you have done up until that moment in time. To do anything else but accept your current situation would be crazy. The real thing to do is decide where you want to go, use both consistency and patience to get there, and enjoy the ride. It is, after all, the path your have chosen in life.
Train To Win, Martin Rooney, 2006 2nd edition
Take time to write down the following.
The three most important things in your life.
What are 3-5 goals that if your achieve in 2011 would make you feel amazing?
On a scale of 1-10, 1 the lowest. where do you feel you are as your best self?
What lifestyle
behaviors that I add or change would help me feel better, achieve goals or impact what is most important to me?
This is all truly achievable. Remember:
Commitment-Consistency-Time=Results and Motivation
Powerful Motivators in front of you and Stronger than any True or Created Obstacles
