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Being Your Own Personal Trainer

You have to be your own personal trainer in life — Photo by Alora Griffiths on Unsplash

Are you motivated by other people telling you what to do or more motivated when you decide when to do something? For most someone else telling you what to do even if it benefits you can be met with a defensive force. But when you decide to do it for yourself you can have all the energy in the world to complete it.

For example, if a personal trainer in a gym came over to you and started training you without you agreeing to it. You’re not going to engage in what they say. Compared to you personally approaching that same personal trainer and then having the best experience of your life in the gym. That’s why you need to be your own personal trainer of life and direct and motivate yourself to achieve your goals.

Motivation From Others Should Be Bonus Mode

Motivation can come and go like the wind. When your tired and think you can go no more than external motivation from others can definitely spur you on. Sport is a great example of this when you have the crowd roaring behind you pushing you through to the very end. Sometimes this external motivation can’t push you through and that’s because when you’re reliant on external motivation it can only take you so far especially when there is none. That’s why external motivation from others should be seen as a bonus to propel you further forward to push you through different pain barriers.

Why Self-Motivation Gives You More

The biggest fire of all is you and what lies deep inside you. When the internal goal is strong a man or women can achieve anything they think is possible. Things that have been deemed impossible by others have been achieved by the internal desire of some-ones goal. Roger Banister breaking the mile record to the first European voyages to the Americas. When you know what you want and believe with everything you have that it’s going to happen it will happen.

You Have To Know What You Want

So by knowing what you want. That’s when the magic can start to happen. A good idea is one thing but taking action is a different game entirely. There will be forces from yourself and others that will try and stop you and take you off course. That’s where you have to be your own personal trainer.

How To Get Into Your Own Mind

To be a great personal trainer you have to unlock the inner strength and motivation of another person to achieve their goals. How you do it for yourself? It’s by knowing yourself and what motivates you. It could be mirror talk, meditation to quieten the mind or is looking over your goals and visualising your success. Whatever it is, find and use it all the time to unlock your inner drive to pursue your goals. This is important because procrastination is lying in wait to pounce on your lack of preparation.

Consistency Is King

Once you know what your goals are and how to get into the state to achieve your goals, then you have to be consistent with the recipe you have created for success. For me to work at home. Doing yoga and breathwork with no distractions get me in the zone. As I know it works I build momentum around this that makes it a normal habit I do every day I need to work at home. This has brought me great success in achieving my goals because I’m consistently doing the right actions that fight of procrastination and distractions.

Final Thoughts

For you to succeed with your goal you have to be your own personal trainer in life is a must to motivate you to achieve them. Waiting around for someone to motivate you might never happen or you might not be ready for it when it comes your way. Understanding your goals and yourself for what motivates you can go a long way in pushing you in the right direction. Is it challenging? Of course but anything worth doing is. With consistently it gets easier and easier to do. I challenge you to become your own personal trainer and your success will determine your hourly rate.

By Adam Smith

In today’s article, Surrounding Yourself With Good Energy Will Change Your Life. I will discuss the importance of good energy vs bad energy. Followed my easy to follow strategies to help develop your mindset into a place for good vibes only invitation!

Good Vibes Only

We’ve all walked into a room and got a rush of energy. A feeling of how that room feels without even speaking to anyone in it. You immediately get a feeling of should I be here or this is amazing. Sometimes we can’t always run away but our instincts are definitely in the right place.

Negative energy is consuming and can easily get into your mindset. It can change your whole outlook on your day if you let it. Progression in these settings stops to an immediate halt as gossip, bitchiness and evil-doing hang around in this setting.

It’s even known for your health to suffer from this with stress and anxiety levels skyrocketing. That’s why surrounding yourself with good energy will change your life.

Then there’s positive energy which is the main focus of this post. I will be explaining how you can attain it in your own life. Also learning about how being surrounded by positive energy is in your control. With some simple strategies, you can be radiating in the right direction in no time.

Understanding The Impact Of Energy On The Mind

Subconsciously it’s easy to get sucked into other peoples worlds. We all have a desire to fit in and sometimes in life. The only thing that seems to be around you is people with bad energy who ultimately bring you down.

Consciously now. I know the importance of the experience of surrounding yourself with the right people. Being conscious of what you read and listen to. Has a major bearing on your mindset.

Without knowing. Slowly the bad energy of your environment will bring you to your knees. This is where the majority of your thoughts are negative based on fear, anger, prejudice amongst many other feelings that harm you. When you realise what the pain is and where it comes from. That’s when you can start taking action to fix it.

How Is Bad Energy So Harmful

Bad energy is prevalent in our society. It becomes so normalised where positive energy is looked at with suspicion. It’s also viewed as something people need to tear down. With things like a news broadcast, whose job is to tell you all the bad news in the world. Then there’s Twitter where people love to hate on each other without consequence. In the UK we have soaps which are some of the most negative shows on TV.

It’s so easy to consume and easy to practice. It’s a habit we are currently stuck in within our society. This energy is not good for you. It’s like eating nothing but ultra-processed food all day or smoking 100 cigarettes a day.

No matter how nice or rush you get at first. It will not last and ultimately bad for you.

Why Good Energy Is Worth It

Having good energy fuels every part of your body and mind. This can lead you to experience some of the most amazing joys of life. But it’s much harder to attain as you have to work at it each day to combat the negative energy in the world. The best thing about it. It’s in your control and finding and keeping it should be on top of your list of things to do every day. This is where you will find your happiness.

How Do You Know If Your Negative

Finding out you’re the negative one in the group can be a hard pill to swallow. Even if no one tells you, it can difficult to realise how negative you’re being. Hopefully, you have good people around you who can honest with you and you can take it on the chin. With this knowledge just adapt to become more mindful of your energy.

If this is not the case. A good exercise is to be conscious of your actions and the words you say throughout the day. Also what you are watching and reading. Seeing whether these sources affect you in any way. By doing this you are taking action on yourself and the negative feelings you have will slowly go away once you address this bad energy in your life.

Strategies To Kill The Negative To Find The Positive

Social media accounts

This platform has been around what feels like forever but in reality a relativity short while. With all its amazing positives there are some major downfalls that need to be addressed going forward. With the freedom of speech being used in its utmost capacity, people feel like they can express any opinion they feel whether it’s about a topic or you as a person.

This, of course, draws criticism and the people being affected can deal with mental trauma consequently. That’s why it’s important to organise your social media account with people who bring you value and generate positive energy within your life. I do this with all my accounts. Instagram is my favourite platform and when I go on it I come out of it much more positive about myself and the world. Just like when you declutter your home, make sure you do the same thing with social media. You are in absolute control of who you follow.

Family

How you get along with your immediate family is personal for you. For some, family interaction can be a torturous one and because they are family you feel obliged to keep in contact. This shouldn’t be the case. You are your own person and if you feel worse around certain family members you should either address the issue or limit your time around that family member.

For me, I can’t spend more than one day with a family member until we clash on her belief system that I don’t agree with whereas another family member I can spend every day with. Again it’s a choice that you have full control of as your mental health comes first.

Friends

With friends, you have to ask yourself the questions. Do their values and mindset still align with mine? Are these people your friends or just leeching off your energy? It’s important to align yourself with people who are on the same path as you. It’s Ok to spend less time with people who don’t align with your values. This is a personal choice only you can make because every person and situation is somewhat different. Deep down you know the answers.

Workplace and colleges

Are you in a workplace that’s toxic and full of politics? Are you surrounded by people who bring you down? If yes. Don’t be scared of leaving, especially because of money. Look at this place as a short term. Then behind the scenes plot your way out whether it is finding a job and a team you’re passionate to work with. You could even create something for yourself to grow into a business. There are too many people in society who hate their jobs and the people they work with. Don’t live in it, change it.

Your environment

My final point is your environment. The area you live in and your home you live in should bring you good energy. This is somewhere you come to recharge, spend with loved ones and feel safe. If this place brings you bad energy everything else in your life can be affected by this. Make sure you plan diligently where you want to live and a home that you can enjoy. If you want your own home or live in an expensive area like London. Set a goal to achieve it and make it happen.

Final Thoughts

We are only human and we can exhibit different energy levels interchangeable throughout our day. The point hopefully you take away from this is that your energy levels are in your control.

If you organise your life the best you can. It helps generate positive energy all around you from the people you hang with to what you consume daily.

Some of my favourite positive souls in the world are The Yes Theory on YouTube and the person who inspired me to write this post is David Goggins who is a no-nonsense man with an incredibly disciplined mindset. You should check them out.

I would love to hear your thoughts on this? I hope today’s article Surrounding Yourself With Good Energy Will Change Your Life has brought you positive vibes and have a great day wherever you are