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If you struggle staying motivated to workout regularly, I totally understand. Even as a personal trainer I struggle with this from time to time. But while we tend to preoccupy ourselves with finding motivation hacks, rarely do we take the time to figure out how we're sabotaging our motivation to begin with. 

1. You're pigeonholing what it means to 'workout'.

If you say you don't like working out, chances are you have a very narrow perspective on what working out is. Getting your exercise in doesn't mean you have...

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1. Consistently gather information until you can't ignore the facts.

2. Figure out YOUR why. Remember, an object at rest stays at rest. And an object in motion stays in motion. You need your goals to be acted on by an outside force; that's what your why is. But it has to be strong enough and powerful enough to get you moving. 

3. Quit 'playing' with the idea. Draw a line in the sand and make the DECISION to change. And do whatever you have to to make that commitment real. Tell it to all your friends, post it on...

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"I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me." - Erica Jong

1. When you have an opinion, say it! Especially when someone asks.

2. Be unapologetically you.

3. Own your mistakes. 

4. Take one small action towards your biggest, scariest, most important goal every single day. Even when you're not ready. No, especially when you're not ready.

5. Ask for what you want. In bed, in business, in friendships, and even in restaurants.

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• In a finite game, you're playing for the purpose of winning, the rules are well defined, and players are squarely defined as winner or loser. 
  
  • The problems with playing the finite game in life are knowing what to do once you've 'won', committing to an all-or-nothing mentality, and defining yourself as 'winner' or 'loser.'
  • 3 ways you might be playing the finite game:
    • Following a diet with an end date... remember, if your diet has an end date so do your results.
    • In fights with your significant other,...

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• Environment in this context entails the people you spend time with, the items you surround yourself with, and your literal location.
• People
  • According to a study I came across in the NY Times, when a close friend becomes obese, you are 171% more likely to become obese yourself. 
  • The people around you influence what you view as acceptable, they influence your habits, and because of mirror neurons, we tend to mimic their beliefs and behaviors.
• Places
  
  • Maybe you never have candy. You aren't even...

Be honest, how many times have you let other people's opinions steer your life in one direction or another? 

Tens of times? Hundreds of times? Thousands of times?

How would your life look different right now had you followed your own heart, your own intuition, that internal compass that pulls you towards decisions that you may not even understand in the moment?

Would you be in a different job? A different relationship? A different state?

Would you have started that blog, or that Etsy shop, or that online course?

Would you be...

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Do you ever find yourself thinking about how different your life would look had you started working on your dreams when you first conceived of them?

What would have happened if you had started that food blog when you first began experimenting with paleo recipes 3 years ago? Could that have turned into a career? A book? Or maybe even just a little extra pocket change for that trip to Florida you've been salivating over?

How would...

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July. It seems like a good time for reflecting. We're half way through the year and can look back at our New Years resolutions and see if we need to get re-engaged with our goals, or maybe even set bigger ones.

But I wanted to look back further than New Years. See, this past week, I reached the end of my day-planner and I always find it fun to look back and see what I was working on a year ago.

And man you guys... I have failed a LOT over the past 365 days. I mean, almost everything I was...

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I already know what you're thinking. You're thinking I'm going to give you some planning tip, scheduling tactic, or organizational strategy to help you find more productivity in your day.

In the eloquent words of The Grinch... WRONGOOOOOO!

Now if we've met before, you know type A organization turns me on. File folders? Oh yeah. Notebooks? That's the stuff. Day planners? Give em to me.

But I'm not going to talk to you about all those sexy tools and gadgets.

Why? Because YOU KNOW...