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by Juanita Bellavance
You’ve tried before and now you are ready to go for it again.
This time you will want to condition
yourself for the win. Now you
know there is more to success than you thought previously. What’s
your first step then?
Your mindset is the first thing to address. Until you have had
enough experience of your own to master the area of your choice, you
will want to choose a masterful mentor. Choose someone you have
complete confidence in and then “do what the teacher says do.”
In other words, “be coachable!”
Let’s take a moment to consider the concept “do what the
teacher says do.” In general, when a teacher is telling you the
steps to achievement of a lesson, the teacher knows exactly what to
do to achieve the result. In the process of following the
instruction, you may think you could skip a step the teacher is
telling you to do. The choice is yours. However, to achieve the
exact result the teacher promises, you will need to do every step
taught. To do otherwise will achieve a result. The result will be a
different one than what the teacher is promising. You can only hold
yourself responsible for the outcome when you veer off the track of
what the teacher is teaching you.
Now that you are prepared to “do what the teacher says do,”
your next step is to align your body with your goals. Create an
exercise plan. If you already exercise regularly, congratulations.
You will want to increase your regimen. If you are not exercising,
you will need to create a plan that you will stick to. Make the plan
match your current abilities. For example, one entrepreneur decided
to get in better physical condition. As a first step toward that
goal, she began going up and down the stairs ten times every
morning. She began by doing only two repetitions. The next day,
three, the next day, four, until she was doing ten times. Gradually
she began doing ten times in a row almost effortlessly and began
increasing the repetitions to twenty. In the meantime, while
catching her breath between segments, she began doing some arm
strengthening “push-ups” against a table standing up.
Besides committing to follow the instructions of the teacher, you
will need the emotional support of peers. For that reason, you will
want to be part of our success conditioning mastermind group. As the
first assignment for students of my teleseminar class, students are
required to determine a physical exercise they are willing to commit
to and email the group what the exercise is and what time each day
it will be done. Then, report to the group daily the number of
repetitions you have done that day.
Why the big deal over exercising when it has nothing to do with
the specific business goal you have? Several reasons: It will
increase your energy level. It will create a positive state of mind
and release your power. It will strengthen your muscle for taking
disciplined action and keeping your word to yourself. It is a baby
step toward committing to an action and following through on it.
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