Success requires relentless consistency.
These days I spend more time learning and thinking about motivation than I do exercise technique. After more than 15 years as a coach, I know the selection of exercises is secondary to your desire to perform them.
Here’s what we know about motivation:
Success has to happen before you’ll become motivated;
Success has to KEEP happening to keep you motivated;
We don’t always recognize success when it happens. We’re pretty hard on ourselves.
That means we prioritize being better than you were last week over competing with others in class, we track our progress on our athlete cards, and we need to take five minutes every week to reflect on the GOOD in our lives. The practice of thankfulness doesn’t come naturally to anyone. That’s why we call it a practice: it’s hard, we don’t feel like doing it–and then we feel better once we’ve done it.
“Bright Spots Friday” is our practice of thankfulness. Every week in the Fitness & Performance group, we post our “Bright Spots”: things that went right, things we’re celebrating, and little ‘wins’ from the week.
Bright spots aren’t always directly workout-related (“I told my boss he needed to extend my deadline”) but practicing gratitude and thankfulness IS an exercise.
The first time, you’ll be reluctant to post your Bright Spots. “I don’t really know these people THAT well…they don’t want to hear about my life.” Or “I don’t want to share all my personal stuff…”
So I’ll go first. And I encourage you to follow with one TINY little Bright Spot. Make it workout-related to start, if that’s easier.
What did you do RIGHT, or do BEST, or do for the FIRST time this week? Share in the Fitness & Performance Group in the Fit by Wix app!
We’re all a team here! It’s a safe place. Look within and start your weekend happy!
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