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What's Really Holding You Back -
Building The Foundation

By Chris Gray

Here's a great quote that will give additional clarity to what I'm talking about.

"To desire something is in proper accordance with the laws of attraction. You attract what you desire. To need something is misuse of the law. You cannot attract what you need if you feel you need it urgently or desperately, because that emotion contains fear. That kind of "needing" keeps things away...Desire everything. Need nothing." - Rhonda Byrne The Secret... bringing joy to billions

Fear driven behavior will take over your life if you let it, and could legitimately sabotage any chance of true success you'll ever have. To avoid this fate you must re-wire your brain to eliminate fear from your decision making processes, actions, and beliefs! You are in full control of this, it's simply a conscious decision! Now let's take a look at this word desire, and for the purposes of this post we will interchange the word "desire" with the word "vision", and get into building the foundation or your road map for success in 2012.

But first, you must ask yourself why...? Why are you doing this...?

Before attempting any goal, no matter what that goal might be, step 1 is drilling down your "why?"

This is a critical step missed by most, but your "why" is the driving force that fuels the "desire", or that "vision" I spoke of. Without a strong "why", even small bumps in the road will throw you off track. At the first sign of difficulty or adversity you will be ready to quit, unless...you have a strong "why" that keeps you motivated and focused on the big picture and what's really important.

Step two, once you have your "why", is establishing a clear vision of what you want to achieve. When establishing your vision or what I like to call my "Dream List" or "Dream Lifestyle" you absolutely cannot allow fear to play a role in your decisions.

I challenge you to go all out, get crazy, and put anything and everything you would ever want to achieve on that "to do" list. Or let me put it in Hollywood terms...your "bucket list" :)

Step 3, once you have clarity on your vision, is to set consistent "targets" that you must hit over time that will eventually transform your vision to a reality. These "targets" or "goals" are what I like to call "daily victories". These daily victories should be frequent, small, and attainable.

Finally, step 4 is review your targets often. By reviewing your list daily your targets or goals get burned into the subconscious mind and become automatic. Failure to do so will surely keep you from achieving your best.

For example, a client of mine sat down with me for a progress review and felt that her progress has stalled slightly for the past 2 weeks. I said "ok, no problem, how long has it been since you reviewed your goals?"

Her response was, "yeah...just about 2 weeks". So it was clear that when she stopped reviewing her vision & goals her progress began to slow almost immediately.

If you want to achieve success, reviewing your vision & goals daily is simply not an option. It only takes a few minutes before you start each day but the payoff is huge long term. Yes, it takes commitment as does any great achievement in life!

I will leave you this week once again with a quote...which by the way is hands down my favorite!

"Successful people do all of the things unsuccessful people aren't willing to do."

About the Author:

Chris Gray has been in the fitness industry for over a decade now where he has made his mark as one of Delaware’s top trainers and club owners. Along with his many certifications Gray is also a best selling fitness author and is considered an expert in his field.

Gray’s latest co-authored book “3 Steps To Your Best Body In Record Time” hit the Best Seller’s list in 5 categories which resulted in his induction into the Academy Of Best Selling Authors.

Gray is also a regular contributor to multiple publications, most recently featured in USA Today Magazine, but it’s his experience that truly sets him apart from most making him the true expert in his field.

Chris started playing football at age 8 and continued competitively through college and into the semi-pro leagues for 4 years. Gray also an established bodybuilder and strength competitor, he has truly has made his mark in the sports. He has also competed nationally with an elite team of professionals in the Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge competing in 3 World Championships on featured on ESPN.

His very unique kettlebell training center located in Dover Delaware, is literally changing lives using techniques and equipment never before seen by most.

After years of witnessing people struggle every day to lose weight and get in shape Gray realized that most gyms and fitness programs set people up to fail right from the start by not providing them with all of the key elements needed to achieve success. It’s the failure to provide these tools that results in most people’s failure to accomplish their fitness and health goals.

Gray and his team have made it their mission to provide life changing results with their highly sought after training methods as seen in the Delaware State News, Dover Post, Wilmington News Journal, USA Today Magazine, and ESPN.

At Punch Kettlebell Gym Dover, Chris Gray and his team use integrity as the backbone of their life changing program, ensuring to provide all the essential tools that most programs miss and offer guaranteed results or your money back!


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