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Do you Have the Burning Desire to Lose Weight or Reach any GoalMike Matthews NOTE: This article is one of the component parts of the 9-step WTA3 program contained in the ebook titled "The Action Path -Your Key to Success!" due out in 2005 at http://www.your-key-to-success.com/index_actionpath.html. - Do you have a Burning Desire -
The key phrase is "Do you have a burning desire to...". We all have hopes, dreams, wants and wishes. Do you have a Burning Desire to make the right choices on a daily basis and take positive action steps toward your goals Lets start with a common goal of reducing body fat or losing weight. While losing weight is a more common goal, reducing body fat to your bodys optimum level is the better route to take. For this illustration, imagine you had a personal goal of losing 10 lbs in 30 days. Because youre smart, you know that losing weight can be accomplished by taking in fewer calories than you burn. This is a law of nature and makes logical sense. Even though we are aware of this basic principle, losing weight continues to be a difficult goal for many people to accomplish. Now the question; do you really have a Burning Desire to lose 10 lbs in 30 days If youre like many, your answer is "...yes, I have a desire to lose weight..." but in reality you dont have a Burning Desire. Another source for creating your own Burning Desire is a program from Tony Robbins titled, Get the Edge! You can see a product review of his program at http://www.your-key-to-success.com/product_gettheedge.html. To further illustrate our day-to-day choices and the difference between a desire and a Burning Desire lets pretend that you are two days into your diet and youre at your favorite hamburger restaurant for your usual lunch. What are you going to choose from the menu What choice are you going to make Will it be the usual double cheeseburger, large fries and a soft drink
Most will order the usual lunch or might only cut down slightly. You might even justify it by convincing yourself that later in the day youll eat less, youll exercise more at the gym or you need all this food because you are starving. By choosing to order the usual lunch, youve made a choice to take action towards your goal of losing weight. Let me repeat in a slightly different way. By selecting the usual lunch, you have made a wrong choice to take a negative action towards your goal of losing weight. Every minute of every day you have the power, potential and intellect to make good choices that will help direct you to take positive actions towards meeting your goals. Will you succumb to a need for immediate gratification or can you delay it for a short period with your eye on the prize, of a larger, more gratifying long-term goal. Was choosing the usual lunch the right choice for you to meet your goal of losing weight It probably wasnt the best choice, but only you can make the decision to make the right choice. Your decision to eat a high calorie lunch was probably based on a short-term craving and the need for immediate gratification. After the meal, youve met your short-term craving but youve moved farther away from your long-term goal of losing 10 lbs. You need to be aware that your day-to-day choices are often based on a superficial need to satisfy your immediate gratification. When short-term wins over long-term, it shows that your immediate gratification cravings have registered more votes in your brain. Your objective it to move the pendulum; make your long-term goals register more votes so you will automatically start taking more consistent and positive action steps. You need to create a Burning Desire to make long-term win over short-term. Dont forget to check out the other examples, such as increasing your net worth, outlined in other chapters of this book. You can also check out a product review of Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle at http://www.your-key-to-success.com/product_burnthefatfeedthemuscle.html. Stop reading and take your first positive action step to create a Burning Desire. You can apply this technique to any goal. To make this exercise easier, use the form in the appendix section of this book.
What if this didnt work and youre not emotionally excited - what if you didnt create a Burning Desire. Your current goal has reverted back to a wish, a want, a dream or a hope. At this stage you have a few options. First, you should go back to step #1 and try this exercise again. Often during the first attempts, you may not have put enough time or energy into the process. Right now is the time to change for the better - take a positive action step and give it another chance. Second, if youve tried this exercise or other techniques and still cant seem to create a Burning Desire, than you may need to pick another goal, abandon the goal or change the goal. Changing the goal is not giving up; changing the goal is often one of the best ways to get yourself re-energized, motivated and excited about moving forward. By taking these 5 steps to create a Burning Desire for each one of your goals large or small, you will make your goals much more attainable, you will start to consistently meet more of your goals and you will have more fun along the path to success. This technique can be used in other areas of your life such as your business career, your personal finances and your relationships. Other chapters in this book will provide the details on how to use this technique to succeed with more of your personal goals. Authors Personal Note: I have successfully used this technique in the area of weight loss and have lost 10 lbs in 45 days, reduced my body fat by 3% and dropped from a 35-inch waist to a 32-inch waist. What was my Burning Desire I had about seven of them, but two created the most passion and drive. First, was when my youngest son commented about how big my stomach was getting and that I looked out of shape. This comment was my negative reason that drove me to make a change. If I didnt attain this goal, I would continue to hear these comments . Second, I had a closet full of size 32 pants and was ready to go out a buy more tight-fitting 34 size pants. Since I personally dont like despise spending money on clothes, I created a visualization of all the money I would save by not having to buy another 3-4 pairs of pants. If I did attain this goal, I would have another $150 to do what I love most - invest. My personal visualization for the first reason was a flat stomach instead of the love handles and no fat comments from my son. My visualization for the second reason was seeing $150 invested in 3 shares of a blue chip stock on my portfolio statement, instead of pants hanging in my closet. While my personal visualizations might not get you motivated, these visualizations created enough push, motivation and drive for me to change my dietary habits and eat right not necessarily less and exercise more often. Remember, each of you will have your own personal visualizations that will get you to take action. It was the first time in my 40+ years that Ive ever wanted to lose weight and while it was difficult to make these dietary and exercise changes; I sacrificed my short-term immediate gratification needs for the benefit and success of my long-term weight loss goal. Not only did I receive gratification from meeting my weight loss goal, but I received even more gratification by knowing that I could make the appropriate day-to-day choices to minimize my short-term immediate gratification needs to meet a long-term, more gratifying goal. It was worth the efforts. Other personal success stories can be found throughout this book. Its time for You to take Action! What are you going to do right now to take one positive action step towards meeting one of your personal goals To get the momentum moving in your favor, you need to take immediate action. After reading this article, take the next 30 minutes to complete this 5-step process for one of your goals You dont have 30 minutes, take 5 minutes to start the process. The key is to take Action. You owe it to yourself to be successful and one key component for making your personal goals attainable, is to create your own personal Burning Desire. Start it now!
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