Contemplation-Consideration-Participation

Day after day I'm amazed at why people seek professional help. Whether the help be from me, their coach, their consultant, or best friend. Many people seek help so they can weigh their options and then decide. Is that really the best thing to do?

I can understand that in some situations they don't need to make a decision right away. However, when you or me or anyone else has goals laid out that need to be accomplished either for our health or for our financial success we need to follow this success simple strategy.

This strategy is so simple it is only one step.

Step 1. When you ask for advice/direction/etc, it is not for you contemplation or your consideration. It is for your participation.

If your car is out of gas and you ask your mechanic what is wrong with it and why it wont start and he replies, "It seems that you need gas, put some gas in it and you'll be set". Do you contemplate whether or not that is the best thing for you? Do you say to yourself...I don't know I think it needs oil. Or maybe it needs windshield wiper fluid. Of course you don't!

You know if your car isn't starting and the gas gauge is on E that you need gas. The E doesn't stand for exhaustion, and your car doesn't need to just rest.

Now let me switch gears and sit on my soapbox for a second here. This may sound harsh to some but it's my blog and I can say what I want how I want :).

If you ask your trainer/coach (me) what you need to do to get rid of fat on your (insert body part here) and I give you a an answer based upon my experience and expertise, know that your bodyfat will not leave your body as long as you contemplate and/or consider my response. It will not leave that area until you participate and follow that advice.

If there is one thing that burns me up it is when someone asks (and pays) you for your advice and after you give it (knowing 100% that it will get results) the person does nothing with that information. It's like the old saying that knowledge is power. Really that is not true. Applied knowledge is power.

So the moral of this story is. If I say you need to change your diet in order to drop fat, then change your diet. If I say to change your workout in order to see results then do it. Don't be paralyzed by contemplation and consideration. Begin the act of participation.

Step 2. Follow Step 1 over and over.

Thomas