ShareThe Impatient Generation Have you noticed how impatient people are these days? Or how impractical and unrealistic they are when it comes to the issue of doing what’s required to create lasting positive change? Like the guy who spent thirty years destroying his body with alcohol, excessive food, drugs and a sedentary lifestyle. He has [...]
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Creating Change
ShareClarity “Sometimes, it’s a good idea to figure out what you don’t want and work back from there.” Clarity is often a hard thing to find. We know we want a great life but what, exactly, does that mean? We know we want to be successful but we don’t always know what that success might [...]
ShareSame, Same Have you noticed how many people exercise consistently, yet always look the same? Me too. Which wouldn’t be a problem if their goal was to avoid any kind of physical transformation. Some people have been doing the same workout (or very similar), at the same intensity, for the same amount of time, on the [...]
ShareDiscomfort There, I said it. It’s the thing we avoid. Be it physical, mental or emotional, we try desperately not to look it in the eye. We turn the other way and pretend. The irony being that, the very thing we avoid is often the thing that will enable us to grow, learn, adapt and become [...]
ShareReality Check In an attempt to help you navigate your way through the ever-expanding glut of self-help fluff and feel-good (but ultimately worthless) motivational jargon, here’s a quick reality check: 1. The ‘universe’ doesn’t give a shit about you. 2. Life is not fair or unfair. Life is life. 3. Things don’t work themselves out. You do. 4. [...]
Share1. Choose your attitude. 2. Stop waiting for the right time. 3. Make a tough decision. 4. Talk less, do more. 5. Take your power back. 6. Control your controllables. 7. Let go of your anger. 8. Adapt. 9. Unlearn something. 10. Ask better questions. 11. Be kind anonymously. 12. Tell someone how great they [...]
ShareAnd a big hello to my over-thinking friends. You know who you are. As I’ve said many times before… Thinking: good. Over-thinking: bad. The Almost Brigade Many of us have been almost doing things for years. Almost changing habits. Almost getting in shape. Almost facing our fears. We boldly stand at the precipice of change [...]
ShareStudent or Victim? As we’ve already discovered, in life, there are no failures until we say so. In fact, there are no universal failures at all – only individual responses to certain experiences, situations and events. One person’s failure will be another person’s lesson because we all get to choose what things mean for us [...]
SharePersonal Training One of the main reasons personal training exists (as a profession) is because, when it comes to the matters of exercise consistency and program adherence, many of us don’t seem to fare so well on our own. Well, not for long anyway. Statistically speaking, we suck. Of course, we use a trainer for [...]
ShareFree Stuff So, now we know how to get a bazillion comments on a post; give some shit away. To that end, could the following people send Johnnie an email with your postal details and he will send you a signed copy of my book for being clever: Brenda, Mark, Bob, Lisa, Joy. Here are my [...]
