“Reduce your plan to writing… The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.” — Napoleon Hill
Life gets busy. Somewhere between family, friends, work, and sleep we’re supposed to be fit, healthy, thriving adults. The alarm sounds, we’re taking our morning coffee on our morning commute, wishing we had set the alarm a little earlier and taken care of thatdailyworkout that hasn’t been so daily. We stare at a screen, systematically sort through an inbox that moves faster than a twitter feed and navigate our day. We make it home and arrive at the moment of consequence… are we getting out the door? We aren’t really sure if we ran out of time or ran out of energy but the workout we had planned never gets off the ground. We make promises to ourselves that tomorrow will be different—tomorrow will be better. Trouble is, tomorrow is now today and things didn’t change.
也许那是您的故事，也许不是，但是我们都感到事物的紧张感，它们的状况，我们所在的位置和应在哪里之间的空间。我们可以更健康，更快，更强壮，更有生产力，更加参与吗？我们终于将借口放在休息的一年了，我们终于将所有借口融合在一起并意识到自己的潜力？我们可以希望更多，相信更多，做更多吗？
I’ve been around too long to tell you that fitness is the most important thing in life- even at the professional level. There are things more important than times, teams, contracts and the daily sweat – things like family and relationships. But I will say this- living a healthy lifestyle will enhance every area of your life, athletic and otherwise. And if you don’t take time to care for yourself you won’t be around to take care of anything, or anyone, else.
“Life doesn’t have to be something that just happens to you… but it will, if you don’t have a plan.”
The common denominator with my most successful friends – from businessmen, to big league ballplayers, to brokers, to writers, to television personalities – is they show up. It sounds simple, but they’ve made a commitment to a particular way of life, one that doesn’t involve settling or taking the easy way. Working out isn’t easy but it is rewarding. We don’t control how much talent we possess but we do control our alarm clocks, how hard we work and how we spend our 24 hours. Get out the door; show up. The first step is the best step; it’s where intent meets action.
我在少数夏天的癌症中失去了父亲。从诊断到死亡的九个月使我改变了我。它把老头放在年轻的肩膀上。它给了我关于生活，人际关系，目标和我想做的事情的新镜头。我父亲是59岁，最后他一遍又一遍地告诉我一些事情。这是我永远不会摇晃的事情，我现在可以听到他说：“我想我会有更多的时间。”他知道自己在死亡的门上，他有一个遗憾的世界和一长串他想做的事情。
如果您像我一样，您可能会发现自己有类似的列表，并认为您有足够的时间。我们所有人都可以使用紧迫性。明天被保证没有人。您想做的那件事，您想成为的人，从今天开始。
What does that mean? Start by writing down your top goals for the next six to nine months. Next, circle the three that are most important to you. Cross out the others – you’re only kidding yourself. If you try and do everything, you end up doing nothing (if you can accomplish more than three then well done, repeat the steps above and aim higher). Examine the three and write down five to six objectives that you can accomplish over the next month to move you closer to your goal.
到2015年，我们已经有一个多月了，我们的许多决议已经在烟雾中。为什么？对于我们大多数人来说，目标太模糊了。“减肥”不是目标，而是管道。“吃5种蔬菜，喝三升水，每天步行30分钟”是一个特定的，可实现的目标。
Say your goal is to run a marathon. Your objectives would look something like this:
- Buy running shoes
- Sign up for the marathon
- Get a training program
- Keep a workout journal/log
- Find someone to run with this week (join a running club/training group?)
- Run 5 days a week (3 days a week before work)
Signing up for a race, getting a training plan, and finding a training partner or training group are some of the best ways I know to kick-start a healthy lifestyle change.
想写一本小说吗?每天读一个小时然后write an hour a day. There are no shortcuts to anything worthwhile. InThe Lord of the RingsJ.R.R.托尔金说：“我们要决定的就是如何处理给我们的时间。”托尔金会知道的。他花了14年的时间写一本小说，今天是所有虚构文学的基准。
Plan the work and work the plan. Another great idea is to create a personal mission statement, I write a new one each year. It will change over time and if you keep them you’ll see how you’ve evolved.
Have the courage to write your goals down and put them somewhere you’ll see it every day, because dreams don’t come true, goals do.
