Attitude is Everything even at our Fitness Journey; to start, to continue and to improve in it.
The way we think, feel, behave or view at something defines our Attitude.
Each one of us has an internal voice, we talk to ourselves. That's the Attitude, that's what we believe.
Attitude is important because it can impact our success in life, in relationships, and in ability to achieve our goals.
There is not a single person who will say, he doesn't want to be fit and healthy.
But when we observe around, 50% people start, 25% people sustain and hardly 5% people progress in healthy habits required for the same.
Results are different because of difference in attitude of people.
We are the producer, director, script writer of our own mental movie.
Here are few Attitudes that are essential to start and to remain consistent for fitness journey.
1.Teachable
Being teachable is about becoming humble and open minded to receive information what is opt right now.
It's about coming out from our perception, our position and enter into the role of a student and surrender ourself to learning from health coaching process.
There is clutter of information in digital world, therefore unlearning that clutter and deep learning what process is teaching us to become knowledgeable about subject, about our own body.
It's a journey from what I don't aware of...to what I know and then to become wise about decisions for whats important for me now.
2. Adaptable/ Willingness to Change
We can not expect new outcome with old method.
New habits need room to get accommodated, they either come in place of old habits or we need to create space for the same.
We should be adoptable for making these changes.
3. Focused
When we get laser focused on the process for certain timeline, produces results. Take example of board exams.
We can not succeed by keeping all options open and keeping oneself available everywhere. Focus can help us to prioritise our options towards reaching our goal.
Some key points are -
- Focus on process more than results.
- Focus on learning.
- Focus on thinking about improving Health and not discussing Diseases.
- Focus is where our energy flows.
- Focus on self and not comparing with others is also very important.
4. Clarity
What we want is important, but more important is what we don't want in life.
When we start or when we are already following healthy habits, it's important to understand why are we doing it.
Also a point to note here; what we don't want should be put in affirmative belief.
E.g. I want to achieve /maintain healthy body weight because I want to live physically, emotionally independent lifelong. (And not to say I want to lose weight, because I don't want to depend on medical treatment).
Clarity about differentiating between important and urgent tasks is also important.
E.g. when we need to skip exercise because of some office work. Both are important, but here we need to see whether office work is urgent or can get postponed little.
5. Patience
Everyone's journey is different. We should respect our own process, our body and time it is taking to get adjusted with new habits and produces expected results.
We should start celebrating habits and process more than results.
In outside world we see only success but rarely know time and amount of efforts one has put to reach there. And therefore we are programmed to focus on results and get impatient quickly if it gets delayed.
Patience helps to enjoy the process and helps to get desciplined towards that.
6. Dedication:
Focus and Dedication go along hand in hand, but dedication is extra efforts till we get satisfaction about our own efforts.
E.g. Even if we feel like skipping a day of exercise, we make sure to do it anyhow.
Dedication comes with purpose /mission / goal.
It's a willingness to give required time and energy towards that purpose.
7.Visionary
Visionary about goal comes with clarity of mind. Goal can be short term, mid term and long term goal.
Being visionary for long term goal brings dedication.
E.g. For me, Achieving healthier body weight is a short term goal. Remaining regular to exercise for improving body toning is a mid term goal. Improving holistic fitness for enjoying life to the fullest like professionally remain active, performing dance, going for trekking, enjoying holidays lifelong is a long term goal.
Long-term goal matches with a Life Purpose.
We should be visionary about what is a realistic goal for us and what is sustainable process towards that.
8.Taking Ownership
Every goal comes with responsibility to take up all the work it needs.
Person can either make excuses or does progress.
Blaming situation, work, people around for not eating right or not exercising is an attitude of failure.
We need to take up ownership of our health, and put all efforts to find solutions for developing all required habits.
9. Gratitude
Attitude of Gratitude is a magic.
Gratitude for being alive today. Gratitude for Mind & Body that we have. Gratitude to ourself for taking care of self.
Gratitude for food we eat and people who are taking all the efforts to get it available in front us.
And gratitude for everything that's directly and indirectly contributing to improve our Health and Fitness.
Emotional energy of Gratitude vibrates at 540mhz power, it unblocks energy flow/prana within and around us.
This concludes the list of few attitudes which I am feeling important towards making change for healthier us.
Never underestimate our power to change ourself. A positive attitude is a person's passport to a better tomorrow. Let's do it.
