Sunday Story…Full Effort

Is Full Victory is something my coach used to say to me whenever I expressed dis-satisfaction in my performance. Those words helped me to focus on what was both important and under my control.

We are coming into a time when it is easy to lose focus…on your fitness, on your nutrition, on your important relationships. Many of us have conflicted experiences around this time of year. It is easy to fall back  into old patterns of behavior that we have spent years trying to shift. And when we do, we beat ourselves up for not doing what we know we are supposed to do.

Here's the deal…you aren’t perfect. You won’t eat perfectly every day. You won’t have a gold star workout every time. Sometimes you will be a jerk. Forgive yourself. Move on.

The idea is to give your full effort every chance you get. Real satisfaction lies in the effort. You won’t be first every time. You won’t be last either. Learn from your less than stellar performances. It is the effort that counts.

So when you fall off track ( and you will as we all do) acknowledge the misstep and decide to make another, better effort. Give yourself a pat on the back for doing it at all. Just the effort puts you so far ahead that victory is yours.

John Mariotti

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