A thriver's guide to physical health and wellness
World-class tips, tactics, strategies and serious motivation
Something to be said for keeping track of certain things - the power they have to show things are good is amazing.
How many consecutive years has it been since you made your final commitment promise to yourself to get and stay healthy?
Insight: When I finally had failed enough times that I was disgusted, I used that fact to find the indomitable will to maintain a 13 year run.
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Windows of opportunity only offer a view if you make the effort to look out.
Dear God, thank you for my injuries. They are a gift from you.
Insight: Don’t expect your health and wellness efforts to be trial free. They won’t be. Seeing them as disaster or blessing helps shape our habits.
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There's actually a place to celebrate everything.
Dear God, thank you for my injuries, especially the ones that take years to overcome.
Insight: God loves a believer, a follower, a worshiper. Commitment is a lifetime event, no matter what.
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Is that the world's largest dunce cap?
April Fool’s Day is an American tradition, a time to play practical jokes and have a great laugh at someone else’s gullibility. Laughter is the best medicine they say. I still chuckle at how I started running one mailbox a day back in 2000. Yep, it was April 1st. Now, 13 years later, it’s one of the best foolish things I’ve done.
Insight: A foolish beginning can lead to serious results.
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Maybe an 11 year old can care as much as me (doubt it though), but I'm the only one who can do the work.
The one person more passionate about your health than you? The one who will hold your hand and take care of everything you need? Assuming you’re a Baby Boomer who’s been around the block, you should know this is a trick question (sorry).
Insight: Nobody is more passionate about your health than you. Nobody.
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Symbols and metaphors are under rated, especially for personal health and wellness goals.
To save yourself from a lifetime of frustration from starting and quitting, you must slay the excuse whisperer one bad habit at a time. Each day we procrastinate is a victory for the devil. Each day we act is a personal victory.
Insight: Winning and losing are both contagious.
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Lane 8 is chemo and radiation therapy for excuses.
You know who owns you and me? The excuse whisperer.
Insight: Excuses are cancer to our resolve to be focused and disciplined.
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If our goal isn't impossible...
Profoundly simple and simply profound. The first victory must be over self.
Insight: We conquer nothing until we conquer ourselves.
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Wanna be good at anything (say motivation), practice, practice, practice.
How much damage do unimportant distractions cause? Remember practice and energy from the past few days? The reason these are critical is because they help us develop the habits of focus and discipline – the origin of all longterm success.
Insight: Nothing can substitute for practice and energy.
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This does not look boring.
What an exciting idea. Combine regular practice like that of an aspiring musician, and high energy like that found in nature’s Springtime rituals. The combination ought to ensure survival of the species.
Insight: Find a million ways to replicate these circumstances, or succumb to boredom and excuses.
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Mind, body, spirit, money, and hq...
You see four of them below. The fifth is the "box" the holds the other four...
America's unheralded work life balance expert. jeff noel, is a Servant, Husband, Dad, Boomer, speaker, author, runner. He believes work is only work if you'd rather be doing something else. Allergic to most pollens and mediocrity, he can't wait for the alarm clock to go off every morning.