This Is the Point Most People Fall Off

This is why nutrition is the highest form of discipline. This is more than muscle. And today we're going to dive into what you should have done by this point because we are now heavily into January. And a lot of the time people have already quit. Actually, let me give you a stat. 95% of people that started with a New Year's resolution did not continue by the second Friday of January. That means that it's National Quitters Day. Most of the time people have been like, yeah, I had this thing. I had a bit of motivation as soon as the motivation faded. They're real personality. They're real character came out and then they stopped. So 95%. Now what happens to the other 5%? Well, that 5% kept on going. They kept on showing up, whether it's going to the gym, eating clean, whatever, doing something that's going to make themselves better. But come much, which is going to be about three months in. They're going to plateau. The stats don't lie. We've been doing this for years. And it hasn't changed. Human behavior hasn't really changed. What has happened is hacks have come out about. Trends have come about, fads have come about. And that's just actually shortened the lifespan of someone that's on the path of betterment. And so I share this with you because there are many people that maybe listen to this and they're like, I tried it and I just couldn't do it. Well, a lot of the time it's because you can't do it on your own. As much as we think we can, we cannot do things on our own. Everyone needs some level of accountability, whether it is that you are being held accountable through notifications, through accountability of someone else, right? A friend, a relative, a spouse, it doesn't matter. Maybe have a coach or a mentor. Everyone needs some level of accountability because no one can just do this. Self-direction is so, so hard. I have coaches, I have mentors. I have people to help me stay on my path and keep going, right? Keep walking the walk that I want to take. And most of the clients that I work with, the reason why they're so successful is because they are open-minded, they are coachable. And the people that think they can do it on their own are the ones that are truly lying to themselves because when you go on a path of personal development and like self-discovery, you don't see it all. You're not looking in on yourself like someone else would look in on you. They're not seeing the flaws and the cracks and the areas that you're suffering or the areas that you're leaking. They're not doing that. So this is why it's so, so imperative to have someone in your corner, in your space, to look in and be like, this is where you can improve. This is what you're missing. This is what you're not seeing. This is what you can do now so that you can improve. And this is like where it's so critical. But how many times have people come up with excuses as to why they won't go down that route? And let's kinda go down the examples here. People think they can just do it on their own. Like I don't need anyone, I can do it on my own. But yet when you look at their results, they have none. They have none, right? Maybe a little bit, but they couldn't do it on their own. And we're not saying that you have to go on and invest a ton, but do something, right? Because we're all in this together. If you think about it, we're all in this together and yet no one makes it out of life, isn't that funny? Right, and so when you're doing this, when you're doing like the walk of life, when you're trying to get out there and make yourself better, right? What's it gonna take for you to get better at being better? How about that? Think about that line. Because a lot of the time people are like, I wanna be better, I wanna be better, but they don't even know that they're already lacking in that department alone because they're closed-minded. So there is an idea behind something and then there's action behind it. Now, I'm a very action-based person, I love action, I very rarely hear what someone says. And while I listen, I rarely hear what they say when it comes down to do the actions and the words align. Right, is their character and their results or outcomes and achievements aligning? Because at the end of the day, we can be that person that talks a big talk, but then when it comes to walking, we're nowhere to be found. And that's where there is a misalignment, right? You are disingenuant, you're inauthentic, right? But if you wanna be congruent with the person that you truly wanna be, then it's gonna come down to taking some actions, right? And the actions come up in your daily life, in your daily disciplines, the habits that you're building or not building. And these come out, right? If you are the person that snoozes every morning, then you're probably a procrastinator, you're probably that person that says they'll do something but doesn't really show up, that's you. And it leaks out, it leaks out in other areas and people think they get away with it, but in reality, they never get away with it. Or maybe you're that person that just like goes, "Okay, I'm gonna stop Monday, I'm gonna stop Monday." And then every single time Monday rolls around and you start, you never actually follow through because by the time Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday rolls around, you've already fallen off, which means that you struggle with commitment and consistency. So where else in your life have you also struggled with commitment and consistency? It always comes up. And I say that because it's so, so critical to get this right, but a lot of the time people struggle to do this. And it's in the minute work, right? This is why nutrition is the highest form of discipline 'cause very few people can truly commit to eating right because it's very easy to go to the gym for one hour. That 4% of the day, that is not the hard work that 23 hours, the rest of the day, that's where it really shows. And if you are that person that behind closed doors when no one's watching, maybe they won't see, right? Maybe you won't be judged. But in reality, when you walk out to the world, do you realize that you are judged? We all judge whether or not we should or shouldn't, that's not the point. You can't deal in should or shouldn't. So you can only deal in realities and the reality shows, right? The mirror shows, that is the reality. And that's where a lot of people don't want to face that. They want to live in this fantasy world that if I don't show it, right? If I just go and eat a little bit of this or I skip a little bit of that, maybe it won't show up. But yet when you look at your body, your body is a reflection of the effort that you're either putting in or not putting in, right? And so if you want to change yourself, if you want to get better, if you want to grow, if you really want to take yourself to the next level, then it's going to come down to being dedicated. And I'm not really sure where people's level of dedication went. Somewhere along the way, everyone's telling us to slow down and to rest and when you rest, you rust. So if you want to keep resting, are you actually working towards anything? And I don't mean that there is not a point where you can turn down some intensity, you can turn down some effort, but then turn up something else, right? We live in a world where everyone is a consumer and never a creator of their life. They're just consuming what is put in front of their face in front of their eyes, but they don't ever create something for themselves. And I share this with you because I think right now, this is the best time for you to optimize yourself and your life. It's going to come down to what actions are you not taking? Don't ask the question, "Well, what am I doing?" Ask yourself, "What aren't you doing?" Because that's a better question at this point, right? Because there's probably a series of things that you could be doing. But if you don't focus on them, right? If you just kind of like leave them out, maybe avoid them a little bit, suppress it a little bit, maybe you'll be okay. And so if you're listening to this, then you're clearly someone that probably wants to change or at least see change. And maybe you're ironing and ironing and you're kind of going back and forth and sitting on the fence and blah, blah, blah. How long are you gonna be there before it gets so bad that a consequence pushes you really hard into action? You can either make a choice or you could wait for the consequence. It's gonna happen eventually. And I've had many people that were sitting around thinking about this stuff. So in regards to even my coaching program, when people start my program and they jump into the Eclin Get Lean program or high level health, what I've noticed is how long have you been thinking about this and they typically say a while, right? Three months, six months, one year, two years, five years. And I'm like, that's a long time to be stuck. You could have had insane results by now if you took action back then, but guess what? Not everyone's always ready. Sometimes we just aren't ready until we're truly ready, right? We can hover at the bottom, let it hurt, let it sit there for a bit, and then we'll take some action. That's the problem there, all right? You are thinking about it. In this moment, you're thinking about something. Whatever that something is, that you need to go and take action on before whatever reason you're scared. And I can tell you right now that that scarcity that you have, that's dictating your life. It's dictating you. It's literally getting a hold of you and you are not courageous enough to make a different move and take a different action. And that might hurt a little bit. Hopefully it stings a little bit, in fact. And it should because the whole goal here is for me to empower you to understand that you have what it takes to do something different. But you have to take the action and you have to not settle for less just because you've gotten so comfortable there. Like go past your comforts, right? Go to places that are uncomfortable. Do hard things, say hard things, go and explore hard things, like do all those things so that you can grow. We are literally designed. We're designed to grow and develop, right? As human beings, we are also designed to care about what other people think. Yet we live in a world where it's like, who cares what people think? Who cares what people think? Well, you should care what people think, right? Because at the end of the day, yeah, maybe there's a few people out there that are just negative and want you to like go down. Don't care about what they think, but for the people you care about, for the people you respect, for the impact you want to make, for the potential that you have, then yeah, care about what people think. There's nothing wrong with that, right? But again, we avoid and suppress and we just live in this gentle bullshit culture. Gentle coaching, gentle parenting, gentle theirs, gentle teaching, everything's gentle, right? Because we don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but I don't give a shit about hurting anyone's feelings. If this hurts your feelings, then maybe you should do something about it. Because your feelings will only get hurt if there's truth involved in what is said. If your feelings don't get hurt, then you're like, yeah, right on. I'm doing that my thing. I'm trying. I'm putting effort out there. So there's nothing to be offended by. There's a reason why people get on the defense and there's a reason why people also don't get on the defense. And that's just the truth. We live in a world where we have realities and we have fantasies, which one are you living in? Are you living in a world of realities or fantasies? Are you telling yourself a bunch of lies and bullshit and then acting accordingly or are you living in realities and changing your life and doing something about it? Don't get me wrong. Fear will always come and knock at your door and test you. Fear will always be the thing that sets you up to hopefully fail. But guess what? Failing is just not trying. And so if you let fear come in and set you up to fail, you've already lost. So this is where you have a chance and you have a choice, right? And the choice is easy. You've just got to do everything that is in the other side of fear. So just remember, guys, that you're one decision away from a completely different life. So take action, make a move. Like I said, everything you want is on the other side of your.