Ready, Set, Achieve!: A Guide to Taking Charge of Your Life, Creating Balance, and Achieving Your Goals - Softcover

Diogenes, Yuri; Miller, Jodi Leigh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1630475890 ISBN 13: 9781630475895

Verlag: Morgan James Publishing, 2015

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This book will explore some of the main problems of existing in a technologically advanced world that is built for ease and efficiency while our bodies are built for stamina and endurance. The book will further examine how this can negatively impact a person’s livelihood as well as work performance. It will then delve into the important reasons for change in one’s eating and exercising habits and will provide tips and suggestions on how to embrace this change and to be successful within a fast-paced environment. This book is not the typical “90-day” or “quick and easy” approach to fat loss. Instead, the focus will be centered on longevity and consistency for one’s personal fitness lifestyle.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Yuri Diogenes, M.S, MBA, technical speaker and author of more than ten technical books about technology and information security published in United States and Brazil. In the past Yuri was also a University Professor and a Certified Instructor. After his journey to lose one hundred pounds, Yuri became a NPC (National Physique Committee) bodybuilder competitor.

Jodi Leigh Miller earned the title of Ms. Natural Olympia in 2011 and 2012, and set national and world records in the American Powerlifting Federation and World Powerlifting Congress. Jodi is currently a top-five national-level National Physique Committee (NPC) Women’s Physique Competitor and has previously competed in Figure and Bodybuilding, having won the 2007 NPC Team Universe in the lightweight bodybuilding division. She holds a BA in English from the University of Texas at Austin, a lifetime secondary teaching certification in Texas, and is a certified personal trainer.

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Ready, Set, Achieve!

A Guide to Taking Charge of Your Life, Creating Balance and Achieving Your Goals

By Yuri Diogenes, Jodi Miller

Morgan James Publishing

Copyright © 2016 Yuri Diogenes & Jodi Miller
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-63047-589-5

Contents

Acknowledgements, 
Yuri Diogenes, 
Jodi Leigh Miller, 
Foreword, 
Chapter 1 It's Time to Change!, 
Chapter 2 Building the Best You ... Brick by Brick, 
Chapter 3 Enlightening the Mind and Activating the Body through Exercise and, 
Chapter 4 Performing Better: At Work and Beyond, 
Chapter 5 Planning for the Future, 
About the Authors, 

CHAPTER 1

IT'S TIME TO CHANGE!

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Introduction

Every time I watch the beginning to a Dreamworks production, I wonder what life would be like if we really could climb up to the moon, settle into the crook of it with our legs dangling, attach bait to a fishing line, and swing far and wide to catch our dreams. Would we have the same appreciation for our achievements if it were that simple? I doubt it.

But the starting line of reaching our goals actually does exist in a farfetched, fairy tale-like world. We typically see another person doing something we wish to do, or we experience a change in our lives that sparks our desire to move to a different rung on the life ladder. Whatever it is that initiates the spark, that ember is a very necessary part to our ability to grab a fishing pole, hook bait upon the line, and swing with all of our might to catch the big one.

The thing is, we cannot simply grab that pole and catch our metaphorical fish in any body of water. We have to determine what type of fish we wish to catch, where the best place is to catch such a fish, what type of bait will attract that variety of fish, and what we will do should changes in weather, lake levels, or boat maintenance change. This means that while achievement of goals begins in the recesses of our imagination, order and organization must exist if we expect to actually attain said goals with any measure of success. This chapter will delve into how we can go about doing exactly that.

Setting a Winning Goal

We could begin this section with a discussion of desire, but in all honesty, desire is the easiest part of this whole process. So instead, let's jump straight into the deep end and examine how to set a goal. One word sums up this process well: SMART.

The SMART acronym, as shown in Figure 1-1 displays the following five necessary components to successful goal setting:

1. A goal must be specific.

If a goal is vague, the outcome will be blurry and fuzzy as well. If we wish to have crisp, sharp, precise changes in our lives, then our goals must have the same clarity. We cannot simply state we wish to lose weight and expect a considerable shift in our appearance. We must narrow the focus of our goal. Is this one pound or 20 pounds? Is it fat we wish to lose or muscle? Do we care from where we lose the weight, or are we focused on our derrieres? Do we have a lifetime to lose this weight, or are we trying to fit into a bikini or bathing trunks for a summer vacation? When we add details to the goal at hand, we see our eventual results better and can plan a precise path to our change more adequately and appropriately.

2. A goal must be measurable.

This sounds redundant to the "specific" portion of the SMART acronym, but this is where a little mathematics comes into play: numbers and percentages. We will stick with the losing weight scenario to explain this since ultimately this book is focused on your ability to transform your body in today's society. What if you set a goal to lose 20 pounds? That seems specific enough, right? But how will you measure this goal of 20 pounds? Will you weigh yourself at the end of your designated time for achieving this goal? What if you are building muscle and don't lose 20 pounds but actually look better than you did if you only lost 20 pounds of fat and didn't gain an ounce of muscle? Would that mean you failed? No. So determining a specific measure for this weight-loss goal is extremely important to ensure you are attaining the exact change you wish to achieve. You might instead have a goal of fitting into a size-six bikini or a 32-waistline for men's swim trunks and seeing the outline of your obliques when that time comes. Now, with a measurable element in hand, it is okay if you do not quite reach a 20-pound weight loss since you would presumably gain muscle while you simultaneously work towards this overall goal. As you can see, we have taken a specific goal and added a measuring tape to it.

3. A goal must be aligned to one's life or attainable with one's resources and time allotment.

The Biggest Loser and other weight-loss reality shows often depict massive weight loss achievements. We are talking 100-pounds or more in a very short span of time. What we forget when we talk about these shows the next day around the proverbial water cooler at work is that the contestants on these shows are spending upwards of six to eight hours per day sweating, grunting, running, lifting and also have access to very vocal, passionate coaches who watch their every move like a hawk waiting for road kill. Most of us don't have this luxury of time, amount of energy, or monetary expenditure; thus setting a goal to lose 100 pounds in less than six months would not only set us up for failure but would be a truly unhealthy, rapid result in the span of our lives. So after adding specificity and measurement to our goal, we need to assess our budget, our schedules, the people with whom we share our lives, our other goals (since we can and should attain more than one goal at a time), and many other influences in order to determine if we can reasonably insert this goal into our lives without driving ourselves insane in the process.

4. A goal must be realistic.

There is a distinct difference between a dream and a goal. Winning the lottery fits into the category of a dream because it is dependent upon so many factors outside of our control. No matter how diligent we are, we may never achieve the correct selection of winning numbers. In contrast, a goal is typically chosen based upon one's time, resources, and capabilities. And these are the factors that determine whether the goal is truly realistic. If I am a size 12, can I realistically fit into a size-four bathing suit within the next two months without causing damage to my metabolism? Additionally, do I have a gym membership? Do I have the funds for a personal trainer? What is my work schedule like? Is my partner someone who is understanding and supportive, or will I experience a hint of sabotage and jealousy that might slow down my progress? Is a size four even the right size for my body type? Maybe I should give myself six months to reach this goal rather than just two months. And maybe I should alter this goal to fitting into a size six pair of jeans by the fall months rather than a size-four bathing suit by the summer months. This way, I give myself a fighting chance to capture this goal instead of setting myself up for failure before I've even put bait onto my fishing line.

5. A goal must be time driven.

Have you ever had a boss or a friend or a significant other ask you to do a task or chore and simply told you, "as soon as you can"? Did you do it right away? Or did it get buried in a pile of other "as soon as you can" tasks while those with specific deadlines took priority? There is something about a specific...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Morgan James Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1630475890
• ISBN 13: 9781630475895
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 148
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