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Learning To Be A Better Self Made Person

Part 1

Why Affirmations Work:

Workouts are always challenging. You are building and working on something in a day-by-day fashion. It’s never one and done, but more of continuous daily or weekly repetitions that add up over time. Working out is a lifestyle change you commit to, to maintain health, body figure, and confidence. You feel incredibly confident because you’ve put in the work, you look fabulous, and knowing “YOU CAN” is enough to make all confidence skyrocket through a roof. Clothes are much cheaper with less fabric or materials in the manufacturing process.

 

Gym affirmations work because as soon as you decide to do something fantastic for yourself, Old Man Doubt comes. Or that lazy friend who swears they will go with you to the gym as soon as they buy the latest fitness attire so they can look stylish. How about someone who continually shows you pics or brings up things when you were the old you, simply because they do not have the guts or drive to make the journey themselves?

 

Gym affirmations build mental strength and longevity during workouts. It gives you the confidence necessary to continue when you want to quit. You will reinvent yourself each day and step into a new life filled with happiness and success. There is something very satisfying about changing from a caterpillar crawling along the ground or a leaf on your belly for so long and changing into a beautiful butterfly that takes flight.

 

“There is no magic pill” ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger.

“You must put in the work” ~ Dwayne The Rock Johnson. 

 

List of Gym Must Do’s: Recap of Arnold’s Inspiring Words 

    • Must develop a workout routine
    • Eat the proper meals for your health.
    • Learn how to discipline yourself and put in the work
    • Learn what exercises are suitable for your body type and goals
    • Listen to positive messages while you work out. e.g., upbeat music or positive messages created by you. 
    • Avoid the Naysayers
    •  Trust Yourself
    • Don’t forget to develop your mind
    • Drink plenty of water
    • Get plenty of rest

 

@Portal of Awareness | Arnold Schwarzenegger's Motivational Speech

Memory = replays your past. Imagination = pre-plays your future. 

Your mind comes with standard equipment and must be maintained and upgraded over your lifetime. Every life battle is in the mind. Your mind needs a hero and a focus. If you win in your mind, you succeed in your life. You will always act like the person you think you are. It would help if you had someone that excites you to motivate and inspire you. Your mind is on the prowl for knowledge. Therefore, it needs instruction. Direct your mind in the way it will go. The picture in your mind will direct your steps. Knowledge is the seed for change. Picture yourself in your mind and work steadily toward your goals. You’re not competing with anyone, so go at your own pace. 

 

Humility

Humility seeks to ask questions where you may lack the knowledge. Humility seeks to understand more and recognize, whereas one might appear to be an arrogant know-it-all. We must apply understanding for it to work. It’s learning, sharing, and mostly asking. Nothing works without action, so request, seek, and learn more. Your self-portrait determines your behavior. How do you see yourself? Something you need to recognize will cost you later. Anything you cannot recognize will leave your life. e.g., health, financial. Use wisdom to discern your needs. Knowledge allows you to identify opportunities to better your condition. 

 

Distractions

Annoying people will not voluntarily leave your life. Those same naysayers will continue until you decide to discontinue them. Genuine friendships may cost time, energy, and even money. Re-evaluate the people in your life. Nurture good relationships with people, inspire, encourage, and learn. Nothing kills a relationship like ignorance and stupidity. Ignorance is not knowing, and stupidity is not caring to know. Avoid judgment, but use wisdom for those lasting relationships. Go where you are celebrated, not tolerated. 

 

Mindset

Wisdom is to use discernment, and accurate knowledge is a seed that leaves clues. Whatever you are, you reproduce. e.g., orange seeds produce oranges; wood reproduces wood chips; bears reproduce other bears. To grow your seeds of knowledge is to become better. Knowledge is facts, information, and skills gained by a person through experience or education, the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. Wisdom is acting on the knowledge received and understanding it to form the best decision or course of action. 

 

Be careful what you feed your mind. The knowledge seeds of negativity can grow just as abundant. These things are tools most cannot adhere to, and they cause anxiety. To succeed, you must have discipline, wisdom, and the ability to recognize learning opportunities. Success is your ability to have anything worthwhile. You may have several successes over your lifetime, small and large. Both major and minor successes help build confidence and back your faith in truisms. Be sure to avoid majoring in little things. These are your first set of building blocks to a significant starting point for success. 

 

Check out other lifestyle-changing articlesOur next article will discuss several other lifestyle building blocks for success.

 

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