Are You Confident About Your Future?
Yesterday, I listened to a Podcast and it talked about Futurologists. I had no idea that was thing, basically they are people who try and predict the future. Seems like that would be a fun job to me. I imagine they get consulted to help create shows for Star Trek and other sci-fi genre stuff. One of the more interesting predictions is that some babies born today, will live to the age of 150. On the outset that sounds pretty epic, but it made me think. Do I even want to live that long? I think it would greatly depend on...
Some perspective from a weight loss client named Dee.
I got this note from an epic client named Dee. Dee has always been into working out and being fit and at one point in her life she got down to 15% body fat. Then she got a “great” job and was super busy, she slowly over time gained some weight. Then one day she woke up and decided she was sick of it and proceeded to lose 50 lbs and get back to her ideal self. With Dee’s back story in mind this is the note she sent me. “I heard this song ‘Slow Fade’ by Casting Crowns on my...
A sad but powerful story about 6 year old Hattie May Wiatt
Today I am going to share with you a pretty powerful story about a little girl who made a huge impact in her community and the world simply because she was willing to share and sacrifice. It is a little sad, but powerful! I found this story while listening to the Bible in One Year App. here is the story: Hattie May Wiatt, a six-year-old girl, lived near Grace Baptist Church in Philadelphia, USA. The Sunday school was very crowded. Russell H. Conwell, the minister, told her that one day they would have buildings big enough to allow everyone to attend....
Celebrate Success!
I am some pretty epic news! Axel broke his first board in Taekwondo the other day ;-). You should have seen him and all the other kids. They were super proud of themselves and they even got to take the broken boards home with them to show everyone. This made me think, “How often do we celebrate our own success?” Rarely if at all, which is pretty sad and depressing if you think about it. When we do accomplish something, that was hard or difficult, most of us dismiss it with the thought, “It wasn’t that hard. I should have down...
Do You Resent Others Weight Loss Success?
My 5 year old son Axel has started a 2 week trail of Tae Kwon Do. I won’t lie it is pretty awesome and funny. I have taken him a couple of times and it makes me smile from ear to ear every time. The little kids are so cute and they all think they are Bruce Lee lol. Any way, the first time Axel went it was a semi-private session/assessment with only one other new kid. Axel was a little older, bigger, and more confident than the other kid and guess what? He LOVED the experience, it was great....
3 Reasons Why You Fail To Get Fit.
What kind of seed are you? What kind of fitness seed are you? Disclaimer, this awesome little parable is modified from an even awesomer parable from Jesus in the Bible ;-). This is how it goes. One day, a farmer was throwing seeds out into the field and one of the seeds landed on the walking path and the birds saw it and instantly ate it up. Another seed, fell on a rocky place that didn’t have much soil. It sprang up and grew really quickly, but when the sun came out it scorched the plant and it died because it had nothing...
Before you start training with weights you need to lose all the fat first…
Have you ever heard… “Before you start training with weights you need to lose all the fat first.” Unfortunately, I hear this myth often and it is beyond false! It’s like saying you need to pay off all your debt before you get a job. Makes ZERO sense! So, why do people believe this? First, they are afraid of going to a gym and working out. They often don’t know what to do or how to do it. Plus, there will be a bunch of meatheads judging them the whole time. Second, they already feel bad about their appearance. Why would they...
I Am Overcoming My Procrastination…I bought a Crossbow ;-)
Well, I followed my own advice… I thought about hunting and how much I used to enjoy it, plus Axel is talking about it all the time… So I counted 5-4-3-2-1 and….bought a crossbow and a hunting license lol. I took action even though my brain was telling me not to….”You don’t have the time. There is no where to go. Axel is just going to be noising.” As I counted down instead of dwelling on those issues I thought about how thrilled Axel is going to be even if we are just walking in the woods “hunting!” How about you? Are you...
Do you procrastinate in almost all aspects of your life?
If so, you need to take part in this weeks challenge, which is based on the book by Mel Robbins called, “The 5 Second Rule.” Disclaimer, I have not read this book back to back, the part I keep reviewing is about how to beat hesitation and as a result beat procrastination. If you don’t have time to read...
Walt Disney, “All our dreams can come true if have we the courage to pursue them.”
This weekend I was asked to write a letter to one of my old students back when I was a PE teacher. She is joining a sorority and part of the ceremony involves her getting letters from past teachers, mentors, etc… I figured if it was good enough for this sweet young lady it would be good enough for you as well ;-). First a quote from Walt Disney, “All our dreams can come true if have we the courage to pursue them.” I'm not a huge fan of the idea of believing it and achieving it. But I am a fan...