🌱 The Do Something Principle

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THE DO SOMETHING PRINCIPLE

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So I have been reading Mark Manson’s ‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck’ recently.

I came across the ‘Do Something Principle’ - and I have to share it with you…

Motivation is transient.

Some days you are flying and nothing can stop you.

On other days you’re struggling to get out of the door, waiting for the inspiration and motivation to sweep you up and spring you into action..

Typically, you first feel emotionally inspired, an that drives the motivation to take action.

This leads you to, for example, train, eat well or get that recovery session in.

But how can we tick these boxes (above) when inspiration and motivation isn’t there?

We have a finite time to reach our athletic and aesthetic potential…

Are you really going to let your progress be halted every time you don’t have the inspiration and motivation to take action?

Here’s what Manson suggests…

Take the smallest possible action:

• Taking your training kit to work.

• Planning what you will eat tomorrow.

• Put your phone away in the hour before bed.

Executing these smaller tasks makes the larger tasks seem so much easier.

It is the small amounts of action that drive inspiration and motivation

and the cycle continues with more positive action.

TODAY’S TRAINING TAKEAWAY 🏋️

Success is driven by action.

Taking action kickstarts this positive behavioural loop:

Action → Inspiration → Motivation → Action → Inspiration → Motivation etc.

You don’t need to move mountains to feel motivated

You’re human.

But take just one small step.

Start the loop.

And if you’re lost in what that one small step is…

Start your Month-Long Muscle Building Blueprint Challenge with us…

And we will help you identify and take that first step, together.

See you tomorrow,

Dan.

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