Alright, you’ve set your goals and you’re feeling motivated to smash them!
That’s it, get into it and hope for the best, right?
We’d say you’re missing one key step
A step we go through with all of our personal training and small group class members everytime we sit down and set goals with them
During our Success Sessions, every 13 weeks
This actually could be the most important step
And the one that if implemented could be catapult your results
It may seem a little depressing at first, but done well, makes a lot of sense
Some call it a pre-mortem
Once you’ve set your goals and got your action steps
You need to ask yourself one serious question:
“How am I going to fail?”
That’s right
Imagine you’ve failed
It’s all gone wrong
Give yourself 10 minutes to write down exactly what happened, and how it happened
The reason this is the most important step is because it anchors you in reality
When your motivation is high at the start you’re overly optimistic
Which is great for 5 minutes, but in a couple of days when reality hits you in the face you feel unprepared
And by surprise, you fall off, like last time
However, you kind of knew what would happen
Because it’s happened before
And if you spent 5-10 minutes to planning for it, it wouldn’t be a surprise
You’d be prepared and when it happened, instead of panicking and getting pissed off at yourself
You could think “Ah, it happened, thank god I know what to do this time”
Forewarned is forearmed, and you know you better than anyone
You know how you fail
And you probably know or can start to think of some solutions to those problems
Of course, help is the fastest way to get results
If you want results fast, reach out and we can help you plan for failure
So you can reach success