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Consistency: The Key to Building Lasting Habits

Habits are formed when consistent action is taken.

If I want to learn a song, I must consistently practice it. Consistently, day after day. No Excuses.

To learn a new technique in Taekwondo, I must consistently practice it—consistently, day after day—without excuses.

If I want to get stronger, I move heavy things—consistently, day after day—without excuses.

If I want to get leaner, I must eat well—consistently, day after day—without excuses.

New habits do not come because you manifest them. They go because you work at them consistently. There is no magic number, i.e., 21 days, 60 days, etc. It is up to you and how consistently your practice it.

Pick one, get started, be consistent.

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#Stay Healthy, Stay Strong

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Force The Future #4 – Prepare

At this point, we are prepared. We are not letting our past overwhelm our future; our preparation allows us to worry less about the future. Now, what do I do? It is time to build the habits we need to force the future. Building habits today is the most important thing we can do to force the future. By building habits, we adopt the skills and characteristics we want to have in the future.

Take time today to map out the future you want, determine the habits you need to succeed, and start implementing the habits immediately.

#Just Be Better

# Stay Strong, Stay Healthy

Force the Future #1

Too often, people tell me they are scared of what the future will offer them. Maybe they will get an awful disease; they will not find the “one” to spend the rest of their lives with; they will not reach their goals; they will not be able to afford the future they want; they will not get into the school of their dreams, etc. These concerns are legitimate, but worrying about the future will not help you thrive and survive. To have a better chance of succeeding in the future, you must start those habits today that will influence your future most. I term this idea as Force the Future.

How do you force the future? The solution is easy: develop those habits and skills today that will force the future. Forcing the future does not mean you will get everything you want, but it does mean you have more say in influencing your future successes.

Case in point, if you are worried about living your future life as a fat person, spend the time now to develop healthy eating habits. If you are worried about financial security, start putting money (if you already do, add more) aside in an interest-bearing investment. If you are concerned about the effects of a bad habit you have, start doing your research on the habit to find the best strategies for stopping it before it influences your future. None of these guarantees success, but it forces your future to work harder to overcome the foundations you have laid for it.

#Just Be Better

# Stay Strong, Stay Healthy

Say No to the COVID “15”

The newest thing people are complaining about is putting on the COVID “15”. At first, I thought it was a typo. I asked my wife and she told me that it was a real thing. People are making terrible nutritional choices, and they are blaming the pandemic. I am both disgusted and disappointed.

The lockdown is a challenge for all of us. It is also an opportunity for us to rise above and become better. Instead, people are treating it with the same humor that we use to describe the terrible nutritional decisions we made when we were teenagers. This is a time to clean up our diets. It is time to find out more about eating well and to implement it into our lives. We have more time at home. We need to decide to use this time to learn how to prepare new foods that are good for us and fit our nutritional goals. Take the opportunity to Just Be Better.

OVer the years, I have developed some good habits that I can use to resist the COVID “15”. Here are some basic guidelines that I follow:

Get 7-8 hours a sleep per night

Eat 3 meals with no snacks over an 8-hour window

Eat at least 2-3 servings of fruits and vegetables per meal (half of my plate)

Stay away from processed food, fast food, fried food, microwaved food.

Drink ½ your body weight in water.

There are a lot of other things that one can do to be nutritionally healthy. Do not use the challenges of today as an excuse to add to the challenges of tomorrow. Resist the COVID “15” and use this time to make better decisions

Stay Healthy, Stay Strong.