I found a blog post written by a personal trainer who has done the Landmark Forum and recommends it to her clients–She says Landmark Education is what has her be the kind of person who gets in action instead of procrastinating. I include it here because she points to the human tendency to complain about things rather than taking action to impact the situation you are dealing with to get what you want. It’s also pretty funny! Sometimes we need a bit of a kick in the pants to get moving, in whatever area of life we’re dealing with.
Your Big Fat Butt Isn’t My Problem
It really isn’t my problem, so stop all the whining, blaming, and excuses you continue to dump on me about your dump truck! They will do nothing for you but kept your butt as big as it is! Seriously!
I am a positive person, really I am. I am definitely someone who can find the silver lining on a rainy day. Sit next to me for a while and you will see for yourself. Have I always been this way? Hell no. But at some point in my life I got tired of hearing myself complain about my body and I got into action! Why? Because what I wanted in my life was not what I had. So, I could have continued to do exactly what I was doing, and I would have continued to get exactly what I got. Or, I could stop convincing myself that I was helpless to change the outcome of my life, and stop making excuses why I was right that I was helpless and finally be happy with my choices.
Now, it is not easy to look at your life – I mean honestly look at your life. It takes courage, strength and fortitude to be honest with yourself and see that you are the only one to hold accountable for where you are. I still do this all the time. If something in my life is not working out the way I want it to I have to look in the mirror for the person responsible. Don’t you want to be known as someone who is courageous, strong and determined? Do you believe Nelson Mandela, Gandhi or Martin Luther King listened to their own excuses or the excuses of anyone around them? There was an easier life for them to choose, but they knew what they wanted and were willing to hear a million ‘No’s’ before they achieved their goals.
And you want to do what? Lose weight? Eat pizza, donuts and beer and blame me when you don’t lose weight? It may look minuscule now in comparison to what another human being is taking on their life.
Look at your entire life, not just your health and fitness, but any area where you are not 100% happy and fulfilled. Are you doing the same thing there? Are you making up reasons, really good reasons why you can’t have what you want and why you are right that you can’t have what you want? You are the only person who tells yourself that, truly. You are the only person who will stop yourself from getting anything you want out of life.
Go get what you want!
Here’s this personal trainer’s website if anyone is interested to read more posts like this!
