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Daily Motivation – December 15

Posted by Maria Kang on December 15, 2006

“Anything great accomplished is done through Focus, Discipline, and Consistency…Remember those words as you maintain your concentration in your fitness journey today.” – Maria Kang

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One Response to “Daily Motivation – December 15”

1. Craig Harper says:

   December 18, 2006 at 4:16 am

   Great post Maria!

   I would add – “Get uncomfortable.”

   As an Exercise Scientist and Trainer I have spent much of the last twenty-five years helping people change their body. Smaller, bigger, lighter, leaner, more muscle, more flexibility, speed, power… Athletes, non-athletes, kids, mums, dads…..whatever they were after; that’s what I did my best to deliver.

   Early in my career I discovered that whether or not someone achieved their desired goals had very little to do with what was possible, or their genetic potential, and everything to do with their ability to deal with discomfort.

   They say that every decision we make in life is in an effort to avoid pain, or gain pleasure.

   We choose to eat the cake because we associate cake with pleasure.
   We choose to avoid the dentist because we associate the dentist with pain.
   We choose to stay in a bad relationship because we associate more pain with getting out of the relationship than staying in it.

   But the reality is :

   1) we don’t need the cake
   2) we do need the dentist and
   3) we should get out of that destructive relationship.

   If only we would give up the cake, look after our teeth and deal with our relationship (i.e. get uncomfortable) we would discover that the short-term pain/discomfort would make way for a whole new world of possibilities and a whole new level of growth, understanding and achievement.

   Keep up the writing Maria!