How to win the diet lottery
Master Motivator
Do you feel lucky?
If you are into expanding your life, your business, your mind and yes, improving your body, read on!
A recent issue of Money magazine featured an article about "People with Daring Vision." What stood out to me were these points:
There is a difference between lucky people and unlucky people. No, there is not a luck gene (darn it!), but there is determination. "Luck" really isn't anything more than determination, being in the right place at the right time and having the guts to seize the opportunity!
Another important point was about attitude. There was a story about two people driving cars - they hit each other in a head-on collision and wrote-off both cars. Both people walked out of the wrecks essentially unscathed. One "lucky" person said, "Ah, it is great to be alive!" The other "unlucky" person said, "Look at my car. This is horrible!"
The moral of the story? The lucky person went on to have a good day, positively affecting everyone he came in contact with. Smiles were everywhere and life was good. His enthusiasm made his day even luckier.
The unlucky person complained, scowled and was unpleasant. People picked up on his negativity and by the end of the day, he was convinced he was cursed!
The article contained great stories of perseverance and not giving up. Most of them were related to business successes, but they were still very eye opening for all of us. What I want to have you learn from this article is that it applies to your weight loss desires.
I guarantee many people reading this are "unlucky" at dieting! You are convinced that diets suck, and you are just destined to be overweight. After all, you have "tried everything" and nothing works. You allow that negative energy and thinking to cloud today, this attempt and your dreams.
The good news is that each and every one of you can decide to be lucky. You can decide to look at the positive and focus on what you ARE capable of doing, not that which you are not. You can choose to focus on what is good about your past and leave the unpleasant behind as you move forward!
Don't sit around and wait for the proverbial diet lottery to draw your number and deem you a successful weight loser! The rules of luck don't apply to gambling or the lottery - they apply across the board - to all areas of life! With a little more luck, you will realise ALL of your dreams and desires!
I know a woman who wants to lose weight more than anything in the world. In fact, she has been at it for 20 years, going from diet to diet, trying everything but not realising the body of her dreams. Why? Because she bought a ticket for the “diet lottery” and is wishing, hoping and praying that she will lose weight with the next attempt. What is the missing ingredient? She isn't really trying!
That's right! I said she isn't trying. Giving it your 20 percent isn't trying. Buying all the foods called for, reading the books and printing out the meal plans isn't "doing!" It is only going through the motions, and that will get you nowhere. When I told her to buy a water bottle, she said, "Oh, I have a few of them!" Well, bully for her! What good does having them do her? Actually drinking water from them all day long is the point. I laid down the law, the lucky law, with this woman: “No more trying, only doing!”
Wanna get lucky?!
