100 days to overcome your inertia…
Sir Issac Newton: Movement Guy
Though this post doesn’t deal with Human Movement directly, it does touch upon a broader sense of “inertia” which loosely defined from Sir Issac Newton’s 1st Law states that “a body in motion tends to remain in motion and a body at rest tends to remain at rest, unless acted upon by an external force.”
In my case, it was my own resistance to moving beyond the status quo, my comfort, my excuses. I was staying at rest. Immobile.
And it was my fault.
Have you ever wondered what you could really and truly accomplish in only one hundred days if you focused all your energy on it?
Think about it.
The only real difference between those that are successful and those that don’t enjoy the same success is usually related to two words: “taking action”.
Adding that external force. Action.
A while back, I came across a fantastic step-by-step success blueprint created by one of the United Kingdom’s most successful personal trainers and fitness entrepreneurs, Dax Moy.
Me and Dax: He really is that much taller than me.
In my excitement I immediately invested in the same program that so many others had used to craft their own success.
I was tired of, as Dax calls it, “serial goal setting” and was finally ready for “serial goal getting“.
Note the incredible difference between the meaning of those two phrases with just one word changed!
That evening, I read through all the information and listened to all the audio. I was stoked and jazzed as I downloaded the program and was ready for my next 100 days towards success. I was going to get things done!
Then what happened?
Life.
My work schedule as a physical therapist and human movement specialist filled up and expanded, surprise medical-legal reports from years long forgotten popped up, a few personal projects with pressing deadlines “suddenly” appeared.
It was like the world conspired against me.
Inertia struck again.
Isn’t that typical?
We end up being our own roadblock to achieving our success.
With all those “immediate” obligations, I didn’t even get started on my own journey of a hundred days. I didn’t write out all the things I wanted to work towards in those few months; the trips; the financial achievements; the educational pursuits; those personal and professional goals that would lead me towards self-actualization.
Serious Goal Getting
Now that things have settled down and I have some time to truly start the habit forming, I’ve dug out the powerful message extolled by Dax and am going to start (again!) immediately.
Through this blog, which was one of the goals I had set for myself to accomplish in the past, I hope to share with you a bit of my journey and perhaps encourage you to work on your own magic 100.
This program definitely gave me the push I needed to get working with Rocco and he’s definitely been a tremendous asset in my corner. Thanks again Rocco!
If you’re interested in learning more about Dax’s incredible program of self discovery and empowerment, check it out HERE.
Set those goals. Get those goals.
Let the journey begin.
To your success.
Dev Chengkalath
