One of the major things I learned from Motivational Speaker James Ray was if you want to be super successful don’t spend high quality time with people you don’t want to be or become. This may sound harsh but I get it. It makes sense.
It doesn’t mean you are better than those friends it merely means you have a different mission for your life.
I hope none of you are thinking “what do you mean a mission”.
Do you ever see an eagle flying with a flock of pigeons? NO they are on a completely different plain. Birds of a feather flock together – bet you have heard that one. You have probably even said it. It is true in general isn’t it.
We can probably all agree that there is a lot to be said for surrounding ourselves with like minded people whom want to the same things out of life that we do. This no more obvious than when you are trying to raise your level of fitness.
Think about how hard it is to eat “clean” when you are surrounded by a bunch of people who don’t care about their bodies. How about the way your non exercising friends look at you when you express how great a hard workout was.
So here is my new variation of James Ray’s rule
“Don’t eat like anyone you don’t want to look like”
More on this later in the week
C. Todd Lowder “The Fitness Guy”
