Stay on Track

I have been interested in self-improvement and the process of growing spiritually, emotionally, and intellectually for most of my life. For the most part I believe we are all interested, to some degree, in growing and getting better at everything we do.

If you go to any bookstore, you will undoubtedly encounter thousands of books all claiming they can help you improve in all areas of your life. There are gurus and similar types of people throughout the world who will tell you how to change or improve one thing or another about yourself. For example, if you want to lose weight you are going to find plenty of experts who will help you work towards your goal. There are books, self-help programs, seminars, personal trainers, retreats, surgeons, hypnotists, psychologists, drug companies, food companies, dietary supplement makers, and all sorts of other people out there waiting to tell you how to lose weight.

If you adopt the advice of any one of them the chances are pretty good that you will lose the weight you want to.

Losing weight is not the problem, though.

The problem is keeping the weight off. None of these people and programs is going to spend the next 10, 20, 30, 40, or 50 years by your side, coaching you on how to stay fit. Instead, they are most likely going to take your money, help you lose the weight immediately–and then disappear into the wilderness.

In order to lose the weight you want, your challenge is going to be maintaining a diet over time. You are going to be tempted on a daily basis every single time food is put in front of you. Sometimes you may feel as if you are getting tempted each moment of every day. In fact, the environment, your metabolism, and a variety of other factors are all seemingly going to conspire against you to make keeping the weight off increasingly difficult.

You are not going to find a lot of books out there with titles such as How to Deal With Peer Pressure to Keep Weight Off. Instead, most of the content you will find is about getting you started on the right track, but not necessarily taking you to the finish line.

It is the same thing with achieving success in your career and life. You can read everything that I and others interested in your welfare write, and it may get you started on the path towards success. But you and I know too well that anyone can get started on the path to success–however not everyone can run the entire race. Running the entire race is about the most important thing you can possibly do if you want to succeed. Because running the entire race, and staying on the track no matter how difficult it may become, is something very few people can do. Most people start something not knowing what it takes to reach their goal, and then they get distracted and dissuaded along the way.

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