Ready, Fire....Aim!

I was talking with a friend of mine, Clyde Odgen, about some marketing projects that I had in mind. Clyde owns a really cool marketing firm in my town. After listening to my lofty ideas and my proposed timeline for the project, Clyde simply stated, "Rick, it's like I tell all of my clients, just get started! If you wait to launch your ideas until everything is perfect, it's not going to happen." At the time it seemed like such a simple statement but Clyde had just identified the number one challenge of an OCD business owner! Just get started and work out the details as you go.

I thought about this theory the other day at the kick-off party for our 3rd annual Fall Back to Fitness Challenge. At the challenge I spoke about strength training and its benefits for weight loss. We even demonstrated a dumbbell workout that could be performed at home with little or no equipment. I was having a conversation with one of the participants and he said, "I can't wait to get started on my new workout program. I'm going out this week to purchase some new running shoes and then I am going to look at treadmills at the mall. Do you know where I can one of those multi station workout machines? I'll train every day once I get that stuff. I am psyched." The truth is by the time this poor guy receives all of his equipment the 6 week contest will be over and he will be stuck with some really expensive clotheslines in his basement and no fitness accomplishments.

A better plan--Quit waiting and take action. Even minor changes in your nutrition and exercise habits can result in great success over time. Walk for 20 minutes after dinner, drink three extra glasses of water....... Everything counts.

Any grammatical errors in this blog should be evidence that I have made great strides to overcome my OCD! How about you?

Ready, Fire...Aim,

Rick Mayo