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I have a busy life, with a lot of travel, often last minute. I didn’t let that throw me. If I missed pushups in the morning, I did them in the evening in my hotel room. I didn’t let schedule become an excuse. I learned that excuses are many and I heard myself use them all.
And that was my other learning, that excuses are many BUT purpose or the promise is one. And that’s all I must focus on. So I told myself that the day I start with an excuse, I will do 5 extra push-ups. A few weeks later, the excuses stopped.
Within 3 months, my backaches were gone, my shoulders and chest filled out. I felt proud of my commitment and my respect for myself grew. I became more positive, as a result. Externally, my shirts fit better and suits looked good. Every time I looked in the mirror, it felt good.
Schwarzenegger, when asked about his success, said do it one time. Then do it one more time. And then one more time. I followed that. I only focused on the day I woke up. That I will do it today. Only today. And then the next day, I did the same. And then again.
And that’s when I realised the power of breaking a big goal into small parts and only focusing on the small. If I thought of 20,000 push-ups, it was daunting. But 20 push-ups, was easy. And I had to do it 3 times a day. It takes less than 3 minutes to do. Changed my life.
Now, I do a full body workout every alternate day. Push-ups, squats, crunches and stretches. My goal is to be fitter at 50 than I was at 40. And fitter than that at 60. But all I’m focused on, is that I will do my set tomorrow morning.
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