Goal Setting For The New Decade: Beyond The New Year's Resolution
By Tom Venuto
www.BurnTheFat.com
When you take a moment to reflect on the past decade, as you look ahead to a new one, you can appreciate how short life is, how valuable time is and how quickly that time can pass you by - with not so much to show for it, if you don't plan otherwise.
 That's why the passing of another decade can feel like a
wakeup call as much as a fresh start: Looking at the technological
wonders that surround us in this year, I can't help thinking it
feels like science fiction.
In fact, modern technology is one of the reasons why some people have
succeeded at body transformation while others have failed.
I’m still in awe of the web. The satellite navigation system
in my car amazes me every time I drive. I can store a library of books
in a device that fits in my pocket. It blows my mind that we can speak
to each other face to face through the internet live on video.
That’s straight from Star Trek! And those are just the
everyday little things.
It’s the greatest time to be alive in all of human history!
Unfortunately, today’s modern conveniences have brought a
dark side upon us.
Rising obesity has paralleled the march of technology. The chair-bound,
desk-job, computer, car, elevator, television based society of today is
helping to make millions of people fat and lazy.
Our current way of life is less than a century old, yet our biology
hasn’t changed in tens of thousands of years. Our bodies were
designed to move and work, not sit and click.
We’ve become spoiled. Complacent. Dependent. And we are
paying a price for it. We are fatter than ever before in all of human
history. More than two thirds of Americans are now overweight. One third are obese.
People are dying because they‘re too fat.
Ironically, none of our new technology can solve our body fat
problems. There’s no easy way. No pill. No machine.
No drug. More knowledge isn’t going to help. We already have
most of the answers. We know more about the human body than ever
before. But it’s all academic.
The problem lies in the doing. You have to do the work – in
the gym and in the kitchen. Hard work.
We are a quick fix society. It’s partly human nature, but
technology is making us more impatient. We can have products delivered
to us with one click and even do it from our cell phones. We have
instant downloads, movies on demand, and drive through coffee shops. We
get our food made and delivered in just minutes while we are
sitting in our cars, and it’s still not quick enough. The
internet is blazingly fast, but most people will abandon a web page in
seconds if it hasn’t loaded. It’s no different with
fat loss. We want six pack abs yesterday.
Simultaneously fighting the pull of human nature and the convenience of
new technology is no easy task. But there is a solution: Future
Orientation.
The most successful people in the world today are those who have a long
term perspective. They plan 5-10 years in advance and beyond. They know
how to enjoy and live in the present moment, but they take action and
make decisions based on their future vision.
The passing of another decade makes you take stock of yourself and your
achievements, or lack thereof. “What did I accomplish in the
last 10 years? Am I a better person today than I was in
2000?”
If you don’t like the answers, then it’s time to
finally get serious about your future because the next 10 years are
going to fly by even faster than the last 10 as the pace of life and
society gets even faster.
To succeed in the new decade, think beyond new year’s
resolutions. Think beyond the 12 week fitness goal. As you write your
goals this year, don’t stop with 3 month or even 1 year
goals.
Project yourself into the future: 3, 5 and 10 years from now. For each
point, dream, fantasize, visualize: if your body, your health your
physical performance were perfect in every way, what would that look
like? Describe it in vivid detail.
With our ingrained penchant for quick fixes, we often overestimate what
we can achieve in the short term and set unrealistic deadlines on our
short term goals. But the flipside is that we often underestimate what
we can achieve in the long term, so we set our long term goals too
low. Do you realize that people have gone from broke to
billionaire in 10 years? In this internet age, some have done it even
faster.
My challenge for you this year is to start thinking about your body and
your life with the same type of creativity that has led to our greatest
technological advances:
Not the same thoughts as yesterday. Not just positive thoughts. just
bigger thoughts. NEW THOUGHTS! Creative thoughts! Inventive thoughts!
From new thoughts will spring new goals, new actions and new
achievements.
Fitness goals should not take over your life, they should enhance every
other part of it. So take this opportunity to achieve balance by
setting long term goals for every area of your life – health,
fitness, finances, career, relationships, experiences, travel,
possessions and spiritual growth.
Most people didn’t set any goals 10 years ago.
They’re among the masses who are in the same place today as
they were a decade ago.
Some people only set short term goals, so they accomplished a few
little things, but then stopped, as if a goal were a final destination
rather than a stepping stone along a path. Other people set goals but
didn’t follow through on them. They forgot that goal setting
and goal achieving are two different things.
Don’t fall into these traps.
If you need coaching in the goal setting process – from the
daily and weekly baby steps to the long term goals and dreams that span
a decade – read chapter one of Burn The Fat, Feed the
Muscle. If you already have it. Now is the time to revisit
it.
If you don’t own a copy yet, you can get the program at:
www.burnthefat.com
Most people make resolutions. Some people set well-formed goals. But
long term goals are the goals that almost everyone forgets to set.
If you didn’t do this exercise 10 years ago, do it now. If
you do, I guarantee that in 2013, 2015, 2020, you’ll not only
find yourself living at a whole new level, you’ll find
yourself living in another world - one of your own creation.
Happy New Year!
Tom Venuto, author of
Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle
www.burnthefat.com
PS. Remember, goal setting is just the start. Goal ACHIEVING requires a
nutrition and training plan. Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle is
the most comprehensive fat loss program of its kind because it teaches
you every element necessary to succeed: nutrition, cardio training,
weight training and "mental training" (goal setting and mindset).
Learn more about the Burn The Fat program at:
www.burnthefat.com
About the Author:
Tom Venuto
is a fat loss expert, lifetime natural (steroid-free) bodybuilder,
independent nutrition researcher, freelance writer, and author of the
#1 best selling diet e-book, Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle: Fat-Burning
Secrets of The World’s Best Bodybuilders & Fitness
Models (e-book) which teaches you how to get lean without drugs or
supplements using secrets of the world's best bodybuilders and fitness
models. Learn how to get rid of stubborn fat and increase your
metabolism by visiting: www.burnthefat.com
If you want to learn how to burn fat, a great book to read is Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle by Tom Venuto
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