What image comes to mind when you think about winners? How does the person look, sound and act?
For example a loser is usually slouched over with their head down and talk very softly.
How you use your body affects your mind set. If you look like a loser you will act like a loser.
Stand up straight, stick your chest out and keep your head up and speak to the back of the room. You are going to look, act and feel like a champion.
Get excited and get happy for no reason. Do not make it where you need a reason or something has to happen for you to be excited. For you to be happy, you have to practice being happy. If you want to get better at anything then you have to practice. You must build the pathways in your brain and body. The more you practice the easier it will be to get there. The more you strengthen your synapses firing the more you will feel this pleasure. Whatever you are feeling you will feel more so why not feel happy.
I did a three day fast and it taught me a lot about myself and about life in general. The biggest lesson I learned is to be grateful. I am privileged and honored to live in the USA where our culture and society is so advanced that I do not need to worry about my basic necessities. On a daily basis I take for granted that we have running water, grocery stores, housing, farmers and easy access to any food I want. While others do, I do not have to worry about when my next meal is. I can go into the kitchen and get a clean and cold glass of water. The fast gave me a perspective about how I and other people live. The fast also taught me how powerful the mind and body are. Your body has urges and feelings but you can overcome them with your mind. You are in control of your life and if you take full responsibility of what you put in your body and what you feed your mind then you can control your destiny.
Use negative feelings like your car dashboard. Let it be indicators that you need to re-fuel, change directions, go faster or slow down. These indication are proof that the car is working properly just like your body. We all need to have self awareness of when things need to change. The negative states and emotions are proof that the car and body are working properly. The real problems come when we ignore these indicators.
If you’re lonely call someone.
If you’re angry go workout or let out steam another way.
If you anxious go for a walk.
If your depressed do what makes you happy.
Take care of yourself and give it what it needs.
How strong is your mind? Do you have control of you mind or does it control you?
When you get into a stressful situation can you handle it or do you break down?
If there is a conversation with your boss or partner that is heated, Do you get carried away in emotion or can you keep your cool?
There are many practices you can do to train your mind and training your mind is just as important as training your body.
Many things in this world can and are replaced. There are not many things that are irreplaceable. One of those things is your body. You only get one body so one of your goals should be to have a healthy body.
A healthy body is something where the reward is always worth the work. The more work you put in the bigger the reward will be. There is no way around diet and exercise because you eat everyday and unless your paralyzed you move your body everyday.
For diet, the only thing you have to do is improve and be conscious of whats going in your body. Your diet is your energy and fuel. Just like gasoline in a car you can put in supreme or regular.
The body can be a sports car, tow truck or a mini van depending on how you use it. Your body always steps up to how your challenging it. You will adapt. If you do weights then you will gain muscle. If you run then you will gain cardio. If you do yoga then you will feel good.
The more you put in the more you will get out and the rewards will come immediately.
