Bill Phillip's | Transformation

The old "High Point" is just that, the "Old" high point.

As good as it was is not as good as it gets.  Thank God for that.

Anyone who has ever kept a BFL success journal or training log knows this.  Today's level 10 effort will be your future level 7,6 or 5 effort.  That is the beauty of weight training properly, you DO get stronger.  BUT what about the mind?  What is the mental equivalent of this example?  My answer is VISION. I did not arrive at this epiphany on my own.  It took MichelleT to ask great questions to have me realize this among other things.

Michelle said, "Do not accept anything less than your best NOW. Not your best from previous challenges, for that is no longer your high point."

This hit me like the proverbial frying pan.  Even though I was given the title of BFL champion in 2004 I felt like that was then, my high point, as good as it was going to get---the pinnacle for me physically.  How embarassing it is to admit that my vision for my physical wellness was stopped there in 2004.  Now at 42 (and a half) I thought how now I am  nearly 5 years older than when I first officially took the challenge---so it is 5 years harder--- to maintain or improve. That "high point" was what I strived to maintain beacause it was hard to get there.  Now I want better than that.  I have run marathons, launched a successful business, written many books and been invited to speak to groups ranging from corporate  headquarters to local parent groups.  I know what I am made of and what is in my heart--But I didn't know how my mind was bamboozling me into believing I was doing the best I could in the "physical" arena.

New day, new thoughts on the matter. I thought I was finished back in 2004 but today I say, it was only the end of the beginning.

Today I am flushing out my erroneous beliefs and launching day 2 of my "Scary challenge".  My challenge will end when  reach my goal, however many days it takes.

It is my business to support others in their journey in life.  Whether it is my books,  workshops or speaking engagements my goal is to connect with people and have them vie for all that is possible for them.....and when they have difficulty dreaming big enough or believing something is possible--- I am a tool to help them scaffold a dream.  Now, I am holding myself to the same drill--This is what makes us human I think.  We often give others what we need ourselves.  

Day 2 of the "scary challenge" is underway.