Mindset Monday 5/30/11- Why All Diets & Workout Programs Fail

Exercise programs, routines, and diets all fail for the same reason. They are too one dimensional. They focus on things you need to physically do. This is easy to understand, in theory, because it sounds so simple- do this, get that.
True change occurs in a different manner. If you transform your mind, you can transform your body, or anything else you would like. Consistency creates change. Lifestyle changes lives.

A diet, routine, or program implies that you will be doing some thing for a little while. You go off and on. A lifestyle implies something quite differently-consistency. Consistency is what makes a program or diet successful. A program or diet alone is nothing.

To succeed, you must focus on the person you want to BE, not the things you want to have. Exercising is not a verb, but a way of life. The same thing goes for healthy eating.

In goal setting sessions, I teach people the word BEHAVE. BE always comes before HAVE. Most people make the fatal mistake on focusing on what they want to have. Focusing on the things you have to DO is a little bit better, because your focus in now on actions instead of outcomes. But the best result comes from the focusing on focusing on the person you want to BE.

To succeed in anything you must BE the person who is consistent, intense, and intelligent. Work on seeing yourself as this person.

Create a list of the way you would like to be. Read this list daily until you have it memorized. Then switch to reviewing the list several times a week. Remember, you need mental reps for success. Train your brain.

Gene Zannetti
Peak Performance Specialist
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(908) 337-6143
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Mindset Monday 5/23/11- Jump Levels

My college wrestling coach at the University of Pennsylvania was a world champion. He had an insight on success. He won the silver medal and was voted the most technical wrestler in the world. The one thing I remember him telling us, as we struggled endlessly in practice, was, "we need to jump levels." You jump levels by elevating your intensity and improving your mindset.

You are at some level right now. So is everyone else. The reason people buy gym memberships is because they are trying to get to the next level. This is a bold statement now: Very few people are truly satisfied staying exactly as they are right now. Deep down we all feel like we can have more, achieve more.

We become annoyed when we hit a plateau. We want to jump levels. Being human is jumping levels. So the question is: How do you jump levels? As I said before, elevate your intensity and MASTER YOUR MINDSET.

If you can make your mind work for you and not against you, you will release the emergency brake and fire on all cylinders. You will get more out of yourself when you are in full throttle.

You will not jump levels if your mind and body are working against each other. It is like two horses pulling a cart in different directions. It just wont move, or it will barely move at best. Master your mind and have both horses, mind and body, pull your cart toward your goals.

The mind is my specialty and I will help you master it. You will learn exactly how to jump levels. Stay with me...

Gene Zannetti
Peak Performance Specialist
908-337-6143
genezannetti@gmail.com

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