Monday Motivation 6/12/23

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I’ve been blown away by all of your responses to the documentary about my life on Netflix, and some of my favorite messages have come from our little village here!

Some of you pointed out that when I explain how I kept track of my workouts by marking on the wall of the gym, it reminded you of how I asked you to write down three daily goals in January and mark them off every day.

That is exactly where the idea for the New Year challenge came from!]

I have seen the power of writing things down so you see them right in front of you as you cross them off, and I wanted all of you to discover that power, too.

But it also reminded me: I haven’t checked in on your daily goals in a while, and this village has grown so much since I sent that first email on January 1.

We’re halfway through the year now, so it’s a perfect moment to recommit to your goals, because the January challenge wasn’t meant to just last a month.

Today, I want you to sit down for a few minutes and think about what you’d like to accomplish this year. In January, so many of you wanted to train every day, learn a new language, read more, and take more steps. I loved seeing all of the big things you wanted to accomplish by breaking them up into daily habits.

What 3 things do you want to work on every day? Write them down on a notecard, and put them on your bathroom mirror or refrigerator. Whether your goals are to walk every day, study German or Spanish, or read more books, you’re going to make a tally mark next to each once you do it. You’re counting your reps. And no matter what, by the end of the day, I want you to mark it off. If you’re brushing your teeth and realize you haven’t read, sit down and open a book for 15 minutes. You can do this.

We are going to prove there is nothing magical about January, and we can create big goals anytime. Count those reps, and tell me when you start to notice those little actions building up into big wins.