Have you ever had difficulty keeping a simple commitment to yourself? Sure. Nearly everyone I know has, sometime or another, found him or herself “trapped”wanting to do something yet not acting on their intentions.
So why don’t we do some of the things we want to or know we shouldlike improving our health and building a better body?
Let’s say you keep putting off that new fitness program. You can even imagine what it might mean to you: having a firm, strong, healthy body; feeling an abundance of energy; newfound confidence and sex appeal… Still, you don’t do it. So why do you keep putting it off? What’s preventing you from taking those first steps?
Consider this…
My observation is that our minds tend to see the obstacles firstthose barriers that lie between where we are now and where we want to be or who we want to become. Just as fast as you conceive of achieving your new body, your mind begins to spout out every excuse it can come up with why you can’t attain your goal. So even before we can initiate any action, we literally paralyze ourselves.
And once your head begins to fill with...