IT STARTS WITH WHY

The ‘real why’ leads to the best results.

Perhaps you started running, or a particular diet. Maybe your involved in a certain career or occupation. But whatever you do you can’t seem to stay motivated and are achieving far less than you should be.

It could be time to ask yourself why: why did you take this particular path, because without a real and deep reason why you probably won’t be able to persevere and will fall away long before you have achieved any great success. It’s one of the common problems we have, that we often look at the what and the how without asking ourselves that important question why am I doing this.

An example from my own life was when I began running. I got into it on a daily basis and had friends who would put all their effort into training and running the Comrades Ultra Marathon. I was asked many times why I was training but avoided the Comrades. When I asked myself the question, it all came down to the why. I was not excited by the thought of the Comrades, or in fact racing in general. I discovered that my real reason why I ran was to train and stay fit, I enjoyed the daily training, not the competitive event. That discovery changed my approach to, and my enjoyment of running.

As human beings we need a purpose for the things we do or we end up finding it difficult to persevere. That purpose does not have to be any great altruistic dream. It can be as simple as I need to do my job well in order to put food on the table. That acknowledgement alone can change our approach to what we do. Or perhaps I want to go to gym regularly and eat properly in order to be around to see my kids graduate college. It applies to all aspects of life, career, health, wealth, where we stay and so on.

Once we have identified the real reason why we want to do something it is much easier to put the what and the how into place and to look forward with enthusiasm to what we are doing. That enthusiasm leads to greater success and fulfilment.

So the next time you feel stuck in a rut ask yourself why am I doing this, or want to do this. It could turn the whole game around.

Terri Codd MCF Corporate Training & Life Coach: 076 751 3556: coddterri@gmail.com: terri@m-c-f.co.za: terricodd.blogspot.com 

THE AUTHENTIC YOU

Here’s a question for you – I believe that God created each of us to be unique, a ‘one of a kind’ person, so why is it that so many spend so much time trying to be somebody else?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that we cannot learn from each other, that is something different, but to copy, imitate, look like, sound like somebody else is way beyond learning.

The word authentic means true or genuine and that is what we expect from the things around us. Ask a Ferrari enthusiast if he wants a genuine one or a look-alike, or is a genuine rose from a lover better than a plastic one? So why do so many not apply the same principle to themselves?

It is so much better to be a first rate you than a second-rate copy of someone else, no matter how good that copy may be.

You have your own value, you have your own worth, so value it, value you. It will change how people see you and interact with you- for the better. You are not an actor playing a character in someone else’s drama, this is your life, be in it authentically.

I once heard someone say that the word beautiful means ‘be-you-to-the-full.’

So, embrace your ‘youness’ and see how you become full and fulfilled.

Terri Codd MCF Corporate Training & Life Coach: 076 751 3556: coddterri@gmail.com: terri@m-c-f.co.za: terricodd.blogspot.com