Could dog food hold the secret to helping you make 2016 the year you FINALLY keep your New Years Resolutions?
How’s that New Year’s Resolution going?
Signing up for a marathon sure sounded like a great idea before you had to hit 3 miles of pavement while nursing a January 1st hangover.
With February coming right up, this is about the time when those New Year’s Resolutions that looked so achievable as you were still digesting Christmas dinner are starting to seem not so important… And not nearly as fun.
According to one source, only 8% of people achieve their New Year’s goals.
Just as the laws of gravity will invariably pull you down after a jump, so will the inertia of old habits pull you back into the same old routine, unless your course is influenced by “an outside force.”
To help keep you on track and actually do the things you say you wanna do (the job description of personal trainers according to Dan John), I offer you a two-step process for making sure you actually do those things you say you wanna do.
#1 – Set a deadline.
Parkinson’s law states that work will grow to fit the time allotted to it. That’s why when a teacher assigns a paper due 3 months in the future, rarely will a student finish in one week.
Don’t think of a deadline as a pass/fail situation though.
Think of it as a definite time to either “test” progress or a time for critical review. For example, if you have a deadline to lose 10lbs in 2 months, but only lost 4, that’s not a failure, it’s simply time to evaluate what worked and what didn’t.
#2 – What’s at stake?
Have you heard of the Alpo Diet?
Just imagine: eating an entire can of dog food in front of your friends IF you deviate from your diet even once in the next 30 days.
Do you have skin in the game? What are the repercussions? What’s at stake?
You’re free to choose both the “carrots” and the”sticks,” so make sure both are clearly on the table.