YOUR MIND IN SUCCESS
Most of us work hard to take care of our bodies and are very regimented in doing the right things to try to make them stronger and healthier. We nurish our bodies with high quality nutritious foods, we take top quality supplements, we keep putting good things in our bodies so that we can get the most out of them while at the same time we cut back on refined and processed foods loaded with chemicals, saturated fats, sugars and sodium, ya know all the bad stuff. We drink alot of water and take in plenty of dietary fiber to help remove waste and toxins so that our system’s are more efficient, but what about our minds? Are we nurishing our minds as well as our bodies? Our mind is the single biggest thing that holds us back from meeting our goals! Consider this. We live in a society full of stress and lots of bad news. Often times when we are exposed to negative and unpleasant situations these negative thoughts and feelings begin to fill up our minds, polluting them. As these negative thoughts fill our minds, any pleasant, positive or ambitious thoughts get shoved out leaving us with minds full of negativity and doubt. Its seems so easy to put good thing in our bodies and keep bad stuff out of them by why is so hard to do that with our minds? After all, aren’t we trying trying to be as efficient as we can possibly be? I rembeber dealing with all these horrible injuries and disease. My body was seemingly defeated, I had top of the line medical specialists tell me that because of my health problems and also the extent of the injuries to my body that I could never be a bodybuilder or even lift weights again! Talk about mind pollution! Hearing these negative words really depressed me and got me down for quite some time. Yes my body appeared to be defeated but my mind was not! I desided that I wasn’t gonna be just another lame medical statistic. I desided I was gonna beat these health problems, overcome them and become a bodybuilder just like I had always dreamed! Apparently my body didn’t know that it wasn’t supposed to get better. Through positive thinking I was able to filter all the bad and negative stuff the doctors had told me out of my mind and fill my mind with positive thoughts, knowing that all things are possible and my body could and would heal and I could look forward to that day that it was and be able to persue my dreams. It was the great Arnold Schwarzenegger that said " The mind controls the body, the body doesn’t control the mind." I couldnt agree more! if we can just take time each day to really focus and create a filter in our minds that remove those negative thoughts about what ever they may be, like thinking, gee.. I’m so far in debt I’ll never be financialy stable, or this illness has the best of me and there’s no way I will get better or even, I have the worst genetics, I’ll never be able to lose weight and have an attractive body. We need to then fill our minds with positive thoughts like, I know I can find a better career and make more money so I’m financialy stable, I know my body is sick right now but it’s only temporary and I know I’m gonna get better, and yeh I’m overweight now but I know I can find the right resources to come up with an effective game plan to lose this weight and be healthy and have an attractive body! So as the saying goes "you reap what you sew." I know that this changing the way we think can be difficult in a world where there are so many things that are wrong. However, I believe everyone of us can be much better off and get much more fulfillment from our lives if we make a conscious effort to rebalance our mind so that they filled mainly with positive thoughts while the bad ones that hold us back are filtered out.
December 15, 2008 at 5:35 pm
I agree that this is one of the greatest challenges we face as individuals, overcoming negative thoughts that we and others have created in our minds. I’ve had many sleepless nights where I wish I could just get rid of the stress and negativity in my mind.
Some argue that we are genetically predetermined by how our minds work. I agree to a certain level; my father stresses out alot over the little things and I do too.
It takes alot of power to allow your mind to filter negativity. It seems that you have been able to do so. I hope one day I will too.
Congratulations.
December 19, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Great blog!! We need to realize that what we think effects us in everything we do. I like the quote from Arnold "The mind controls the body, the body doesn’t control the mind." I would take this a step further and say, "You control your mind." Far too often people let their doctors, friend, family or even worse the media control their every thought, and most of the time it in a negative way. Look at the body builders back in the day. At one point no one could lift over 500lbs. As soon as that one person stepped up and broke that barrier everyone started to follow. Give yourself permission to achieve greatness and stop letting the chatter from others control your mind.
December 20, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Wonderful blog. Positive thinking is the key to so many important things in life and is so often overlooked. Thank you for writing this blog - it is something I expect I will return to in the future, when I get confronted by negatively- thinking others. The example you provide is seriously inspiring.
December 21, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Fanatstic Blog..only just found it! i think its also necessary to try to surround yourself with positive people who can support and believe in you whenever possible! Its so difficult at times to drown out the negative and pull from the positive but it CAN be done and so many people are living proof ! Thanks for reminding us that it takes more than just going through the motions of working out and eating right to have the total package!
December 23, 2008 at 9:15 am
Often, I wish you would Blog every day, then I stop and consider one reason I get so much out of your words is that you’ve put real thought into them and are sharing your experiences with us as you learn from them.
Thank you for Living!
Fazer
December 29, 2008 at 5:30 pm
What’s your typical week look like in terms of gym time and routines?
January 7, 2009 at 1:27 pm
I LOVE YOUR BLOGS !!!! Thanks!
January 7, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Hey bro, cool blogs! Very motivating!
January 16, 2009 at 10:24 am
Great thoughts!! I have been struggling with this for a while. It’s like the old saying…"If you believe you can, or you believe you can’t… either way, you are right"
Love your blogs… keep them coming!
January 18, 2009 at 3:54 pm
great blog!
January 19, 2009 at 7:30 am
Hello, as a fan of self help sites, I must say this blog was well thought out and stayed on track. It had the mix of cliches and sound advice. This article seems real, unlike a lot of superficial motivation/self help garbage that is out there.
Keep up the good work.
SM
February 4, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Dude, that was a great blog. Very Insightful and it is the truth, hands down. Everything we do starts with a negative or positive attitude. You my friend are definitely a great and perfect example of that and I’m sure you hear that alot, but I say this out of respect and praise for you man. I really needed that reminder. Keep ‘em coming bro and again, great job.
February 6, 2009 at 3:16 pm
NIce work my friend. You are a great example of just what is possible for anyone willing to set their mind to a task and then not let anything stop you. Impresive. Keep it up, people are listening.
BD
March 4, 2009 at 12:47 pm
At first I saw the title and I thought that it is a waste of time to read it so I wasn’t interested. So now I was bored and decided to read you blog again since you have some smart and helpful things to say. So I read you article again. Man was I glad to read this. Chad thanks again and keep the blogs coming. Will you right an article about ab training? I know you gave me some tips on ab training but can you give a more in depth article about ab training on your next blog? Thanks!
March 7, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Great blog post. I am a firm believer in mind over body, both for what we can learn and what we can force ourselves to do beyond our limits. I always look forward to reading blog posts that are motivational from a fellow gym junkie. I look forward to reading some more.
June 27, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Great blog. Really motivating.
August 11, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Awesome blog brother. Thanks for posting this inspiration and advice.
Jeff