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Mindset for Success in 3 Steps
One of the essential components in my training style is mindset. Think about it. If you have goals you haven’t reached yet, it could be your mindset holding you back.
To reach your goals, you have to develop a mindset for success.
There are two types of mindsets:
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Fixed Mindset: If you have this type of mindset, you might believe you are either born with talent or without it. You may think you are stuck with your situation and accept that you’ll never reach your goal.
Growth Mindset: You have a growth mindset if you believe your abilities come from your efforts. If you can’t do something, you will learn to do it.
Having a growth mindset sets apart the wishers from the doers. The only person who can change your mindset is you! Listen up, fixed mindset folks—this is something you can learn! But you don’t have to do it alone.
Here are three tips to help you get started.
Stick around until the end to learn how you can get your hands on a free goal-crushing exercise.
Mindset for Success Tip #1 Create Successful Habits
It is rumored that it takes 21 days to make or break a habit. Whether this is 100% true or not, what matters is that you start a new habit and find a way to track it. Start making small changes in your daily routine.
Let’s say you want to (gasp, here comes a typical personal trainer example) drop 10 pounds of body fat.
First, download our fitness journal to create a list of the things you need to do to make this happen.
Your list can include:
- Take body measurements
- Take body fat percentage
- Get a free consultation with GLM PT Fitness
- Find exercises to do
- Create a realistic meal plan
Every day, make small steps towards your goals. Don’t overwhelm yourself by doing everything at once.
Your small steps can include:
- Park farther away from work
- Carry a large water bottle to drink throughout the day instead of soda
- Take multivitamins
- Sleep a little more each night
The first step in setting your mindset for success is creating successful habits.
Mindset for Success Tip #2 Understand and Remember Your “Why”
Breaking old habits is not easy, so changing your mindset will take some work. You will have to be mindful and catch yourself when you start reverting to your old habits. Knowing and remembering your “why” will help you stay on track.
When you have a great reason for making this change, you won’t need to rely on motivation.
When you accomplish your goal, it will be more rewarding. This transformation will be a lifestyle change rather than a short-term change.
When your “why” goes from “I have to lose fat because my clothes don’t fit” to “I want to lose fat to improve my moods and have more energy” your “why” becomes more impactful.
Think about it: if your clothes don’t fit, you can just buy new ones. But that isn’t usually the actual problem, is it? The problems happen when you get frustrated and start beating yourself up for allowing those pounds to creep up.
You then spend the rest of the day in a mood because you have nothing to wear. Who does that affect? You and the people around you.
Once you determine your “why,” write down why it really matters to you. Put it on sticky notes and place them all over the place!
Mindset for Success Tip #3 Create a Vision for Your Life
Stop looking at your past if you want to develop a success mindset. Think about how you truly want to live your life. Visualize it. Your brain doesn’t know what’s a vision and what is real.
Envision what your ideal day looks like. What will it be like after you lose the 10 pounds (or reach your goal)?
Create your ideal day once you reach your goal and go back to that place when things feel too hard today.
If you are crafty, create a vision board—have fun with it!
Bonus Tip Failures are Lessons – Learn from Them!
People who have a growth mindset are okay with failure. They have learned to look for the lesson and move on. Successful people, if you notice, don’t make excuses and quit when they hit a wall.
They realize that giving up is the true and ultimate failure. Here’s a quote I love to recite when I feel like giving up (especially after a day of bad eating):
“Giving up on a goal because of one setback is like slashing your other three tires because you got one flat.”
Successful people are prepared mentally for failure. Once you set your goal and find your why, prepare to fail. Then learn, get back up, and continue on.
Giving yourself permission to fail will take the pressure off and keep you moving forward.
Remember, adopting a growth mindset and setting yourself up for success will take work. It won’t be a one-time job either. This is your new side gig.
But this is something you have to choose for yourself and act on it.
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