Small Changes Add Up
Think about an area of your life you'd like to change
by Roy S. Johnson
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Are you insane?! OK, settle down.
I don't mean clinically, at least
not for most of you. (Smile.) But too
many of us are going about our lives
in a way that can only be explained as,
well, insane. We are doing the exact
same thing over and over and expecting
a different result.
We continue to do the same half-assed
workout and wonder why we're
not building muscle.
We still eat fatty, grease-filled foods
filled with more calories than can be
counted on a scale from The Biggest
Loser and wonder why we've still got
a gut and/or spare tire.
In fact, we do the same thing over
and over in too many areas of our lives,
and yet we wonder why it still sucks.
We do the same thing at work and
never get promoted.
We use the same tired lines with
women and wonder why they laugh
out loud.
We continue to take shortcuts,
instead of making the extra-extra effort.
We never truly challenge ourselves,
and yet we still wonder why we
haven't achieved our dream.
Are you insane?
Take one minute today and quietly
think about at least one area of your
life you'd like to change. It doesn't
even have to be a major one, like your
job, your relationship, or that extra
15 pounds you've been ignoring.
It might simply be your attitude.
Or maybe the fact that you haven't read a book since you last bolted out
of a classroom. It might be that you
haven't passed on the dessert menu
for a while.
Now, ask yourself, and be honest,
Why have I not been able to make
those changes?
You probably won't be able to
come up with anything significant.
Chances are your biggest obstacles
aren't external but something
requiring only a slight change. But
small change adds up quickly. Great
wealth begins with a penny.
Sure, you might want to blame
your struggles on your boss, your girl,
the economy, President Obama,
The Man, or whomever. But if you
take a hard-assed, honest assessment,
you'll find your biggest hurdle—one
you keep jumping and jumping
and jumping over—just might have
your name on it.
How insane is that?
Onward,
Roy S. Johnson
Men's Fitness
Editor In Chief
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