James Cameron, who directed one of my favourite series of films, the Terminator series and Titanic, has a great saying and it sums up what most people are trying to achieve in life, and i certainly take a lot from it.
“People call me a perfectionist, but i’m not. I’m a “rightist”, i do something until it’s right, and then i move on to the next thing”.
If you follow this advice you are unlikely ever to go wrong.
How many have started an exercise programme and gone about it the wrong way? Thinking there must be a short-cut every time and you could really eat”whatever you want”, and somehow cheat the system!!
I have been there myself and it took me a while to figure out that you couldn’t cheat the system, that it really did take hard work and consistency, and you had to be very mindful of what you were eating every day.
Then i discovered that you couldn’t really drink every weekend, all weekend. I found out for the best results, that once a week in moderation was really the maximum i could do if i wanted to lose body fat. People will try and beat this system too, usually without much success.
I thought too that i could do without sleep, that i could somehow do without it and still have unbelievable energy levels. Guess what? That didn’t work either!! Now sleep is paramount to me, for my performance and my general health, if i don’t i suffer full stop!!!
The secret is that i encourage everyone to work at all these CONSTANTLY.
In certain cultures, they strive for constant and never-ending improvement, successful people in all walks of life tend to use this mantra, and have figured out long ago that if you don’t try to keep on improving that you will get left behind.
Whichever way you are eating and drinking, what methods you choose for training, promise yourself that you will do IT RIGHT, and you will keep on even if you don’t get it right to start with. Focus on self-improvement and see this week as a fresh opportunity to get better once again!
