{"id":2245,"date":"2011-10-18T10:51:20","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T17:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/?p=2245"},"modified":"2011-10-22T10:15:17","modified_gmt":"2011-10-22T17:15:17","slug":"inspiration-pulling-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/2011\/10\/18\/inspiration-pulling-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Inspiration Pulling You to Your Goal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had today&#8217;s newsletter all done in my head and I just had to put it on &#8220;paper&#8221; and send it out. Then I read something by one of my fellow Team Beachbody Coaches, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teambeachbody.com\/HealthEcoach\" target=\"_blank\">Julie Ann Price<\/a>, and I knew that I had to share it with you today.<\/p>\n<p>As some of you may know, I am trying to train for a <a href=\"http:\/\/support.worldvision.org\/goto\/howtobefit\" target=\"_blank\">Team World Vision half marathon<\/a> in Dallas in December. It wasn&#8217;t too long ago that 13 miles was my long run  and just part of a normal training week. But since early June I have been hammered by one thing after another health wise and this morning it was something new and unprecedented &#8211; my left knee hurt so badly that I had to walk home. That is a first time ever!<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s newsletter would have been about &#8220;switching gears&#8221; and finding alternatives to training when you are sick or injured, but I will save that for another day. More important to whether you keep moving forward toward your goal when you face challenges is your mental attitude and that is why I am switching topics.<\/p>\n<p>My question for you today is, are you motivated to achieve your goals or are you inspired? Because I am training to support <a href=\"http:\/\/support.worldvision.org\/goto\/howtobefit\" target=\"_blank\">Team World Vision<\/a> and to help underprivileged children, I am inspired to find a way to keep training and will now have to ride my bike for awhile. I have to find a way to achieve my goal. Let&#8217;s see what Julie Ann has to say about motivation and inspiration:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People who are driven by motivation push themselves to get into action.  Unfortunately when you push something up a hill you get tired. Doing something you don&#8217;t want to do, like working out, can be one of the most difficult things you have to do and it can be downright hard. After a while, that rock is going to roll back and you just won&#8217;t have the energy to push it again.  Well that is motivation in a metaphor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In contrast, inspiration is about being pulled toward your goal.   When you have a burning desire to reach your goal or goals because of your &#8220;why&#8221;,  then you are acting on inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>Inspiration pulls you and you can be pulled all day long every day and it never feels like work (at least most days it doesn&#8217;t). To find that inspiration, uncover your real \u00e2\u20ac\u0153why.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d  Figure out what really makes you get out of bed and find that reason or a purpose that makes you have a burning need to achieve your goals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Whether it is health, family, friends, a new life or  <a href=\"http:\/\/support.worldvision.org\/goto\/howtobefit\" target=\"_blank\">supporting cause<\/a> like my inspiration, find the real &#8220;why&#8221; and be inspired. That inspiration will pull you toward your goal day in and day out until you achieve it.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Rich Dafter<br \/>\nIndependent Team Beachbody Coach <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teambeachbody.com\/howtobefit\">Howtobefit<\/a><br \/>\nHead Coach of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtobefit.com\/team-howtobefit.htm\">Team Howtobefit<\/a><br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtobefit.com\/\">http:\/\/www.howtobefit.com\/<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook Member Page: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/144486288965621\">Working Out to Make America Strong Again<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook Running Group: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/213820372013692\/\">Born To Run &#8211; A Facebook Group for Runners of all Ages<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook Personal: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rich.dafter\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rich.dafter<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook Business: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/howtobefit\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/howtobefit<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter Personal: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/richdafter\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/richdafter<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter Business: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Howtobefit\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/Howtobefit <\/a><br \/>\nTeam Beachbody Message Board Thread: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teambeachbody.com\/connect\/message-boards\/-\/message_boards\/message\/130692638\">Coach Accountability Journal<\/a><br \/>\nTeam Beachbody Message Board Thread: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teambeachbody.com\/connect\/message-boards\/-\/message_boards\/message\/68648319\">Share Your Faith and Gratitude<\/a><br \/>\nEmail Rich: <a href=\"mailto:howtobefit@aol.com\">howtobefit@aol.com<\/a><br \/>\nText questions to: 5054638865<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had today&#8217;s newsletter all done in my head and I just had to put it on &#8220;paper&#8221; and send it out. 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