The Best Way To Do It

We waste a lot of time thinking.

We waste a lot of time searching.

We waste a lot of time evaluating other people’s strategies.

I saw a t-shirt the other day that said, “The best way to do it is to do it.”

Imagine how dramatically your life would change if you took action each time you had thoughts of “I wish…”, “I hope…” or “I should…”

Imagine how your life would change if you turned off the thought faucet and turned thinking into doing.

It doesn’t have to be some massive action, but even a small step in the direction of your goals each time you think

I should workout…

I should make a good choice….

I wish I was seeing more results…

I wish I had more self-discipline…

The best way to do it is to do it.

Let those thoughts be a trigger to take ACTION.

Do something.

Put yourself to bed.

Prepare a fat loss friendly meal.

Go to the gym.

Stop thinking, start doing.

The best way to do it is to do it.

Train yourself to be a person of action, not a person delayed by over-thinking.

247: Eyes On Your Own Work (And How To Stop Comparing)

247: Eyes On Your Own Work (And How To Stop Comparing)

I’m sure you’ve heard that comparison is the thief of joy yet most of us manufacture insecurity & shame by comparing ourselves to others.

In today’s episode we’re talking about why it’s so important to keep your eyes on your own work but also HOW to do it. It seems like we almost automatically compare ourselves to others.

Plus, when we stop comparing and pay attention to ourselves, we are often confronted by negative thinking & judgement.

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Eyes On Your Own Work (And How To Stop Comparing)

In today’s episode, I explain the dangers of comparing yourself to other people. Frankly, they have NOTHING to do with you and your journey.

See, when we focus our attention on other people, we can’t be focused on ourselves and the opportunities in front of us to grow, improve and take action.

The only journey that matters is your journey. Any time or energy spent on someone else’s journey is time wasted.

One of the reasons we focus on others is because we aren’t comfortable focusing on ourselves.

When we focus on ourselves and our journey, we often face negativity, shame and judgement.

It feels far more comfortable to judge others than to judge ourselves and face our own challenges.

First, it’s dangerous to look away from your own journey.

Second, if you change your attitude about yourself & your journey, you will dramatically change your trajectory.

You must keep your eyes on your own work and you must improve your perspective about your journey.

Don’t miss today’s episode for HOW to change your perspective on your journey.

Resources:

I get lots of questions about the coconut butter I eat & where to get it. Here’s the brand I buy.

The first 3 episodes reflecting on lessons learned about life & fat loss through yoga can be found here, here and here.

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247: Eyes On Your Own Work (And How To Stop Comparing)

246: 5 Dietary Changes For Faster Results

If you feel stuck, frustrated, confused or like you aren’t seeing the progress you want, don’t miss these 5 dietary changes for faster results.

The key to today’s episode lies in not seeking new information but in measuring your own consistent implementation of what you already know but aren’t yet doing.

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5 Dietary Changes For Faster Results

Often, we sift through information evaluating what we know instead of what we’re consistently doing.

If we know something already, we gloss over it, whether we’re consistently doing it or not.

Today that stops. As you listen to these 5 dietary changes for faster results, I don’t want you thinking of what you know or what you don’t, I want you evaluating what you’re doing consistently and what you’re not.

As you hear each strategy, ask yourself the following questions:

  • Am I doing this?
  • Am I doing it consistently?
  • Is there room for improvement?
  • How will I implement those improvements today?
  • How can I practice consistency with that improvement?

While there are dozens of dietary changes you could make to accelerate your fat loss progress or improve your body composition, today we’re talking about the following:

  1. Stay off the hot mess express blood sugar roller coaster (especially in the morning)
  2. Slow down on the sweets (the more sweet you eat, the more sweet you crave – this is true whether it’s a “healthy” sweet or not)
  3. Dial back on dairy (for more on dairy and fat loss, listen to episode 25 and 128)
  4. Limit labels – how much of the food you consume has a nutrition facts label and added ingredients? Do an inventory of the % of your intake that comes from something with a label and strive for an improvement. Eat more foods that have no label and eat fewer foods with labels.
  5. Stop snacking – snacking is often out of boredom/habit or because your meals aren’t satisfying you for long enough. Either improve the composition of your meals so they satisfy you for longer (adding more non-starchy veggies, protein or whole-food fats) or increase awareness of when you’re eating when not hungry.

Resources

Q&A 6: How To Make Breakfast A Fat Burning Meal

Episode 115: More on Breakfast

Fat Loss Friendly Lunches

Fat Loss Friendly Snacks

Episode 007: Carb Timing

Episode 025: Pros & Cons of Dairy

Episode 128: Is Dairy Slowing Your Progress

E-Course: Carb Strategies for Sustainable Fat Loss

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247: Eyes On Your Own Work (And How To Stop Comparing)

245: How Successful People Think

I don’t know about you, but I used to think that people who reached their goals simply had something I didn’t have.

They had more motivation.

More self-discipline.

Better genes.

Whatever they had that made them successful, I just didn’t have it.

I was wrong. And if you think that way, you are too.

In today’s episode, I want to talk about how successful people think. I want to look at how successful people respond to things that might be a real challenge to you – temptation, setbacks, frustrations – so that you can stop letting those things stop you.

Today is about figuring out how to turn your stop signs into starting lines.

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How Successful People Think

There are two ways to approach your choices:

  • You can blame them on other people and circumstances outside your control (work, time, etc)
  • You can acknowledge that you are totally in control of every choice you make

How successful people think: No matter what happens around them, they acknowledge that they are in control of what they choose and how they think

Everyone faces temptation. Whether the temptation is to hit the snooze button, skip your workout, grab a biscuit at the drive through or have the second glass of wine, we all have temptations.

When you “zoom in” on the temptation, locking in like a laser beam on whatever tempts you, you’re less likely to overcome it.

How successful people think: They “zoom out” when facing temptation. They see that there are two things – what they want most & what they want now. They ask an answer the question, “If I say yes to this, what am I saying no to?”

Everyone encounters setbacks. Things don’t go according to plan. You drop the ball. You don’t get the results you want.

If you focus on the setback, and you harp on what went wrong and how you’ve failed, you’re bound to feel defeated and far less likely to make progress & overcome it.

How successful people think: They look for the lesson. Instead of settling for the setback, they’re seeking a solution. They don’t focus on what went wrong but rather they look for the next right move.

Remember that if you aren’t getting the results you want, add more effort. 

You will get out of life what you put into it.

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Do The Work

One of the most powerful short books I’ve ever read is Steven Pressfield’s Do The Work. The book introduces the concept of “resistance”, that pervasive force that pulls us away from our goals.

The subtitle is perfectly appropriate: Overcome Resistance & Get Out of Your Own Way.

I think we can all relate to being in our own way!

Sometimes “resistance” is internal – doubt, excuses, procrastination, fear – and other times it’s external – competing priorities, setbacks, crisis.

Either way, our ability to reach our goals depends in large part on how we train ourselves to identify resistance and respond to it.

Pressfield suggests that we will experience resistance almost anytime we pursuing something that requires us to reject immediate gratification in favor of long term growth.

Basically, we can expect resistance if we want to improve our eating habits so we can lose weight, if we want to start working out to build strength & endurance or if we want to stop making excuses so we can move towards higher goals.

They key here is recognizing resistance & then not giving into it! 

Here’s one of my favorite quotes from the book:

The enemy is our chattering brain, which, if we give it so much as a nanosecond, will start producing excuses, alibis, transparent self-justifications and a million reasons why we can’t/shouldn’t/won’t do what we need to do.

Take a look at the short video below for my thoughts on overcoming resistance & doing the work!

Cravings, Discipline & ResistancePosted by Primal Potential on Sunday, October 2, 2016

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