So you walk a little today, get your heart rate up, you lift a few weights, you eat a little differently, then tomorrow morning you wake up and look in the mirror… and see the same old flubber. You have to be pretty well along the path to see any significant results. What keeps you doing this simple thing, day after day?
Some say it’s will power! You just need more will power. A friend of mine used to say that people on diets who complain that they lack will power are usually suffering more from a lack of won’t power! For most people, will power ends up looking and feeling like some sort of grim self-tyranny, and involves creating an elaborate reward-and-punishment system.
Do you want to change? If so, I can tell you how to tap into the most powerful force for change there is. Would you like to know? Here it is: TIME. Position your daily actions so time is working for instead of against you.
What keeps you on the path is your understanding of the secret of time. If I stay on this road long enough, I’ll get the result I seek. It’s not a question of your mood, your feeling or your attitude. And it’s not a question of will power. It’s a question of simply knowing.
When you enter a darkened room, why does your hand reach out for the light switch? Because you know that when you hit the switch, the light will go on. You don’t have to give yourself positive self-talk about how you really ought to hit that light switch, or set up a system of rewards and punishments around whether you follow through or not with hitting the light switch. You don’t need any rigmarole; you just hit the switch. Because you know what will happen.
It’s the exact same thing here; you walk a little every day, lift a few weights, eat a little better, (hit the light switch) because you know it will make you healthy (the light will turn on).
