Lack Of Planning

Over the years I've been noticing the small things people do to make life more convenient because of busy schedules. Whether its a drive thru to get your breakfast, lunch or dinner, a morning pit stop at the local coffee shop or the gas station for your "stress" relieving cigarettes. The lines in those places seem bigger and bigger every morning. People all over the nation are scurrying about these places because they haven't given themselves the time to figure out how to make their busy schedules easier. 

What everyone fails to understand or just plain refuse to notice, is we all have the same amount of one thing; time. We all have 24 hours in a day, we all have 7 days in a week, 30 days in a month and 365 days in a year. So what's the one thing missing in all of these people's busy schedules? Planning. There is a SERIOUS lack of planning on people's plates. We start blaming others for something we could have easily planned ahead and it escalates into something unnecessary. When it comes to deadlines or being somewhere on time or getting a quick lunch before you head back to work, school or wherever it is you have to be. People have failed to PLAN AHEAD.

"Lack Of Planning On Your Part Doesn't Constitute An Emergency On Mine" 

I grew up on that saying. My dad, one of the smartest & most successful men I know, taught me that if I fail to plan ahead for my life, it doesn't create an emergency on his behalf. I am the one who failed to plan things out, therefore, its my duty to take the responsibility of failing to plan upon myself & not point the finger at so & so because they forgot to do something. Its not the other person, its me. I am the one who was required to do my part in a job, a project, a meeting or whatever it is. I am the one who needs to hold my ownself accountable for the things I need to do in order to lead a successful life. If I keep pointing the finger at someone else for my faults, I am simply creating an unnecessary argument over something I could have prevented if I just planned it out.

So where am I going with all this? What is the point of my reasoning behind lack of planning? Glad you asked! Whether or not you were wondering, I'm still going to tell you. 

Excuses. Absolutely every single day I hear, and you do too, excuses that removes a person from being at fault for something. For instance, being unhealthy and overweight. & yes, I'm using that as an example because it is a SERIOUS problem and my blogs are based on health and fitness. The most common excuse out there and the most irritating in my opinion is "I am too busy." Too busy for what? May I ask? Too busy to take control of your life so you can actually live it out longer and enjoy life more? Too busy to take control of your eating habits & lose weight because it takes hard work & self discipline? DO YOU REALLY THINK its a legitimate excuse?? I don't. I wake up at 4am every morning, whether I'm going to class or a meeting, or even if I have nothing to do no matter what because that is the time I know I will be without interruption. I plan it ahead. I plan my eating ahead when I'm at the grocery store. I buy healthy things I can place in ziplock baggies, be carried in my purse or in my car, so I know when I get hungry, I will have something to hold me over until lunch so I don't starve myself & devour lunch in 1 minute when its time to eat. 

Start planning out your schedule. Sit down at night before you go to bed and make a list. It takes 10 minutes to write a list of the most important things you need to get done the next day and it ensures you won't be running rapid during the day TRYING to figure out what you need to do next. 

Did you know it takes more time to figure out what you have to do as opposed to already having a list you can refer back to more than one time a day to constantly remind you what to do? Think about a day in your life where it seemed that getting everything you had to get done was almost virtually impossible. Now take that day and compose it into a list. Would that day have been less frantic, less stressful and MORE productive if you had a list starting with THE most important thing first and finishing with the least important? The answer is Yes. If you had to think about that, we need to talk. Its absolutely Yes. Without question the people who follow a list are less stressed and have enough time to do everything they need to get done in their day. 

No more excuses. Start planning your days out. Understandably life happens sometimes & we are interrupted, you can't plan that, but what you can do for the time you have without interruption, is plan ahead & take control of your life one step at a time. Its easy, its simple and you will find yourself finishing projects, deadlines & more and still have time at the end of your day to take care of you. Start small & start today.

You Gotta Want It

 

"I'm gonna try." The most common sentence people use to give themselves the option to fail without feeling like they didn't at least try. Why is it that so many people give themselves the option to fail at something? It doesn't matter what it is, people all over the world, in many different languages use the same excuse over and over again; "well at least I tried." What does that feeling of failing give someone? Is there satisfaction behind it? Do they hold their head high thinking to themselves "I tried but it was impossible so I gave up."? How many people do we know today who think that way? The answer is most likely a very high percentage of people we know, think exactly like that. The problem is, they haven't given themselves a reason to believe that they can actually achieve something because they let their attitude, pride and ignorance get in the way. They cannot see the end point of achieving their goals.

I know so many people who have told me they've tried and tried but failed and just decided to quit trying because its just too hard. No matter what it was, they just decided that giving up was the best thing to do. Don't get me wrong, I've been there. I was at a point in my life where giving up just seemed like the easiest thing to do because I didn't have to work hard on giving up. All I had to do was just quit. Simple enough. Anyone can just quit. People do it everyday, but do you ever notice how far in life those people get? Do you see these people walking around with a smile from ear to ear extending praise to others they encounter? I don't. I see unhappy individuals who set themselves up for failure because it was much easier to give up than really give it their all. Its not something to brag about and it isn't something I see people gladly sharing with others. When I talk to people who give me their "I tried but..." story, their heads are hanging low and thier attitude is usually negative because the feeling of failure is ugly. 

YOU HAVE GOT TO WANT IT. Period. There is no "trying" in the sentence "I'm Going To Do It!" If you genuinely, want something, with everything you are inside, you WILL NOT give up on the goals you have set for yourself. You will make sure that everything in your power with the tools you have available are utilized in every way, shape and form to get what you want. Desire is the key asset to reaching your goals and getting what you want. Knowing, that its out there for you and you won't let anyone or thing stop you from getting exactly that. The desire is what keeps you focused, keeps you motivated and keeps you pushing every single day, no matter how long it takes, to reach your set goals. Ambition, faith and courage in yourself will drive you in the opposite direction of trying. 

I often wonder why it is people wait so long to take control of their health, finances or any type of security in their lives? Why is it that thousands of people would rather wait until its almost too late, and spend hundreds upon thousands of dollars trying to fix what they could have prevented if they just did what they were supposed to in the beginning and never gave up on achieving their goals? The only answer I have seen to be true, is that giving up was easier to do because there was no work involved. People have let their family, friends, co-workers, teachers and more give them comfort in the simple phrase "I tried." They have received recognition from those people and found comfort in giving up. Its a very sad situation and most people will either wait until its almost too late to fix it, or won't fix it at all because the work and effort they have to put in to do it is too much, too hard and it would take too long. They have lost sight of the end point and given up altogether.

Remind yourself every single day why you aren't giving up. Envision the end point in your goals. Your future can be so successful if you keep going and going until your goals are achieved. Set yourself up for success. Once you have taken the first step towards the direction of up, you'll never want to be facing the direction of down again. You will be accomplished, feel good knowing you never gave up, be happy in life and have a willingness to help other people you know and love reach their goals because you understand how much more there is to life when you achieve your goals. You Gotta Want It.

Passion in Fitness-Being a Beachbody Coach

DECIDE. COMMIT. SUCCEED.

In 2008 as I was sitting on my computer scrolling through Craig's List for a job, I stumbled upon an ad posted giving the opportunity to become a Coach for Beachbody. Since I had been using Turbo Jam, a workout Beachbody sells created by fitness expert & trainer Chalene Johnson, and their nutrition products, I thought to myself "Oh my goodness, I didn't know Beachbody offered jobs!" My first inclination was to find out about it as fast as I could considering I was using Beachbody workouts and nutrition already. I picked up the phone and dialed the number given and came across a very informative coach for Beachbody, Elaina Sapperstein. She explained it to me, had me watch a few short video's and when I was done I was to call her back to let her know what I felt about it and if I was remotely interested. I did just that. It took one video for me to DECIDE that I was definitely interested and this is something I can do. 

What I saw in the video boosted my decision & I quickly arranged to meet up with Elaina and get rolling with this business asap. What I didn't realize is how much I was going to fall in love with this company and the drive behind it to help others become physically and financially fit, all while doing it for myself too. I was amazed that a company was so willing to help other people reach not only their fitness goals, but also reach financial freedom. Without hesitation when I met with Elaina I was in. I signed up as a Beachbody coach and was on my way to a journey I never thought actually existed. It was almost to me, like a fallacy. I always heard people say if you love what you do, its not a job. I didn't realize that actually existed until I found The Beachbody Coaching Opportunity. 

Opportunity. That is what this is. Opportunity knocks at your door only so often and its on us to recognize it and take action, or let it slip away into another person's hands. I decided to take action and I cannot reiterate enough to anyone what a genuine blessing this was. To further elaborate on that, after I had stumbled upon the Craig's List posting, the ad was flagged & removed immediately that same day by Craig's List. Had I not come across it when I did I cannot tell you whether or not I would be aware of this wonderful opportunity Carl Daikeler, CEO of Beachbody, has offered to anyone and everyone who wants to be a part of something huge. Not just for the physical part, but for helping others with a community of the most positive & uplifting people and to reach financial freedom as well. Little did I know how much I would LOVE helping others until I came across the same like-minded people that day. 

I have grown to know and love so many new people in this community of Beachbody Coaches and people who just want to help others reach success in their lives. I have been genuinely touched by the positive flow of inspiration, love, belief in others and the drive to really get as many people healthy as we can to bring their life back again. To see what health and fitness does for families and friends is truly an amazing feeling and the reward to us, are the people's lives we help change for the better every single day. 

As a coach, I am often asked what we do & why we are called coaches. To answer that, I will simply tell you this: We are coaches in that we use and love the products Beachbody has to offer. We have and are succeeding in using them and all we do is share that with others. Not all of us are fitness experts, but there are those of us who have taken it upon ourselves to learn absolutely everything we can about health & fitness to better help others when they come to us for help. We are a community of people who also, in turn, help eachother when needed. There is no selfishness what so ever and I can honestly say there is not one business out there that compares to the love and compassion that is within this Beachbody community of people. 

If you are interested in learning more and still have lingering questions, please feel free to let me know. I am here to help and I am excited to say that I can! My websites are listed below this blog and I look forward to helping you DECIDE, COMMIT and SUCCEED.

www.beachbodycoach.com/tjash2009

www.mytimeismine.com/tjash2009 (referring coach is Ashley McTucker)