BURN THE FAT INNER CIRCLE NEWSLETTER December 15th, 2006

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::: Count Down To Success ::: By Tom Venuto

By now, most people have already set their goals for the new year and have begun working on them in earnest.

Unfortunately, less than half way into January, many people have also hit their first snag or setback as well, and as a result have slipped in the mental focus and motivation department.

There are many fantastic ways to get focused and motivated, but often the most difficult thing to do is keep that drive and ambition alive for more than a few weeks and see your goal through to completion.

Setting goals in writing is an essential, but how do you say focused on them?

One technique I have used ever since my very first bodybuilding competition 18 years ago, is the "contest countdown calendar."

I purchase a desk or wall calendar - the type that shows each week stretching horizontally across the page with an open block of space for each day.

After I set my goal and place a deadline on it, I do NOT stop there. I take out my calendar and start counting backwards.

T-minus 117 days....

T-minus 116 days...

T-minus 115 days....

you would be shocked - pleasantly so - just how focused this keeps you. Even better still, you get MORE and MORE motivated with each passing day you countdown because the deadline is getting closer

Deadlines are absolutely critical to your success. Little gets done without deadlines.

There is a saying in management and psychology that "work will always expand to fill the time allowed for it's completion."

Remember term papers in school? when you were given a term paper assignment and you had the entire semeseter to do it, did you run home that first night and get crankin on it?

How about after a week? two weeks? A month? TWO MONTHS?

probably not, eh?

If youre like most people, you put it off until the last minute and you barely got it turned in on time. In fact, a handful of people probably pulled all nighters the day before the paper was due

alas, the power of the deadline!

In your fitness endeavors, if you dont have IMPENDING deadlines that give you that twinge in your stomach that says "take action now, or else!" then you find it very easy to say to yourself, ' I have plenty of time so this one cheat meal doesnt matter... it doesnt make much difference at this point if I skip this one workout... I have time to make it up...

And then, just like the term paper, you are scrambling at the last minute to reach your weight goal. But in the case of a your body, the consequences are worse than just a bad grade or late penalty.

Inevitably, you succumb to crash dieting and overtraining or other unhealthy fast-weight-loss madness, which eats up your own muscle like a hungry cannibal and sends you spiraling into the dark pit of metabolic damage the inevitable plateau and weight gain that follow.

But the solution is so simple: Count your way down to success!

Put your goal countdown on paper and know, every single day, how many days there are until your target goal date. You will stay consciously focused and even better, your unconscious mind will go to work for you in keeping you motivated, keeping you in action and bringing you in for a landing on your deadline date like an F-16 landing on an aircraft carrier.

I did my countdown calendar earlier this week... T minus 118 days til my next bodybuilding competition, and thanks to this simple but powerful technique, I am already focused like a laser beam and have been making steady progress without so much as a hiccup... how about you?

Sincerely,

Tom Venuto, www.BurnTheFatInnerCircle.com

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