{"id":123,"date":"2008-04-30T14:51:20","date_gmt":"2008-04-30T14:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/changeyourbody.wordpress.com\/?p=125"},"modified":"2008-04-30T14:51:20","modified_gmt":"2008-04-30T14:51:20","slug":"goal-setting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/2008\/04\/30\/goal-setting\/","title":{"rendered":"Goal Setting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica;color:#000000;font-size:small;\">One of my \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tchildhood memories is collecting the little paper tags from the Lipton tea \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbags. They had sayings on them and I kept them in a little clear plastic box. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEvery time my Mom got a new box of tea bags, I would pull off all of the tags \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twith new sayings and add them to my \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcollection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica;color:#000000;font-size:small;\">Two that I remember clearly are, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8220;When the going gets tough, the tough quit&#8221; and &#8220;If at first you don&#8217;t succeed, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tquit, quit, quit&#8221;. Oh, sorry, I guess that I was thinking about themes in \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttoday&#8217;s world and not what the tea bag tags actually said, &#8220;When the going gets \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttough, the tough get going&#8221; and &#8220;If at first you don&#8217;t succeed, try, try \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tagain&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica;color:#000000;font-size:small;\">If those were among our mantras 40 or \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t50 years ago and beyond, why are so many people struggling with success now? \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPerhaps it is a lack of goal setting. As you read this, good friends of mine \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tand fellow coaches, along with many thousands of others, are running the Boston \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarathon. In order to accomplish this, all of those people who work hard, have \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfamilies and have, I am sure, many other responsibilities and commitments, took \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ta significant amount of time out of their busy lives and trained to run a \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmarathon. They created an admirable goal, did the training required to finish a \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmarathon, made the arrangements to be in Boston this weekend and lined up with \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tall of the other people who had made running Boston their goal and they are \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdoing it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica;color:#000000;font-size:small;\">Do too few people have goals these \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdays? I don&#8217;t know. Are too many people saying, &#8220;it&#8217;s too hard&#8221; when it comes \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tto losing weight or getting in shape or giving up some bad lifestyle habits and \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tworking toward a healthier life? I don&#8217;t know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica;color:#000000;font-size:small;\">If I had to lose 100 pounds, as I visualize \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tit, that would be a big challenge. My body would already be stressed from \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcarrying around the extra weight. My eating habits would have to be poor \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbecause that is how I put on the weight. I most likely would have some health \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tissues from being obese and psychologically, I probably would be far from the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttop of my game and perhaps a little depressed over my physical problems and \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlimitations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica;color:#000000;font-size:small;\">But I would set a goal. As \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lao_tzu\">Lao-tzu<\/a> didn&#8217;t say, &#8220;A \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tjourney of a thousand miles begins with a single step&#8221; and instead the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.quotationspage.com\/quote\/24004.html\">correct translation \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfrom the original Chinese<\/a> would be, &#8220;&#8216;The journey of a thousand miles \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbegins beneath one&#8217;s feet&#8217;. Rather than emphasizing the first step, Lao Tzu \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tregarded action as something that arises naturally from stillness. Another \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpotential phrasing would be &#8216;Even the longest journey must begin where you \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstand&#8217;.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica;color:#000000;font-size:small;\">The point is, there are extraordinary \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstories of people who couldn&#8217;t run around the block and went on to run \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmarathons or do Ironman distance triathlons. These days, losing 100 pounds is a \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsuccess story that is told over and over and is almost commonplace. What all \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\taccomplishments have in common is setting a goal and &#8220;starting where you \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstand.&#8221; Let&#8217;s all set our sights on our goals and never, never quit!<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my childhood memories is collecting the little paper tags from the Lipton tea bags. 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