It's really about the "Feelings" attached to the goals.

I've written before about Motivation being about keeping the "Outcome" or goal clearly focused in your mind's eye. This will cotinually cause your choices to be driven by that goal, that picture. There's an additional component that may also be helpful. The "Feeling" that you will get when you achieve the outcome or goal is also key. It's extremely helpful to remember how good looking like that is going to feel. How will your body feel? How proud will you be? What will having that body do for your confidence? How healthy will you feel? How comfortable will your clothes feel? How much fun will it be to get complements about how you look?

If you think about it, everyone sells feelings. Regardless of what you think your product is, you sell feelings. You buy a cup of coffee because of how you feel when you drink it, or after you drink it. You may buy it in a place when you feel good about sitting. I'm in a coffee house as I write this. I feel great when I'm here. If you purchase an expensive automobile, you probably feel great while driving it. Or maybe you feel totally safe while in it. If it's an envirnomentally friendly car, you may derive good feelings from knowing you're contributing to the health of the planet. Whatever it is you certainly get a "feel good" from achieving whatever it is you are doing.

Do you get it? Does this make sense? Your visualization is important and when you combine it with how having that outcome or goal makes you feel, you'll be unstopable. Go for it. Push yourself. You'll never know how much you have if you don't push it.

John Hudome, DCH
"Workout and eat as if your life depended on it."