“The only thing that comes easily is failure”

 Winston Churchill said “He who fails to plan is planning to fail“. Do nothing, change nothing and failure is a swift friend. Say “I can’t do it” or words to the like, and you stat to believe them (even if you’re hoping to the contrary) and guess what? It’ll come true. You have unwittedly programmed your subconscious to fail, and hey presto, like magic, it happens.

Having a plan, and a goal, knowing your end destination is key to success. Even if you didn’t quite make it to the end destination you will be much further along your journey than you would have been without them.

It’s not easy to set goals and develop plans – if it was, everyone would do it and everyone would be a success. But there are two roads to take in life: and two have very different journeys.

Imagine a very steep mountain range that leads up to a pinnacle – your destination. The first road to your left is a meandering low gradient road, it seems like it winds on forever. It’s going to take a long time to reach the summit, but it looks easy enough, not to physically exhausting and doesn’t require any specialist knowledge or equipment. This is the easy road.

The second road to your right starts with a small incline, and gets steeper with every step. It looks like it may be difficult to navigate, rocky and steep and perhaps even a little dangerous without the right equipment and knowledge. But this road is sure to get you to the summit in a small fraction of the time the other road will take, which means you can enjoy the view longer. This is the hard road.

The interesting thing about these two roads is eventually the easy road becomes hard, tiring and frustrating whereas the difficult road becomes easier with each passing moment. So which road will you choose? Left or Right?

Why not choose the right road and visit our Exercise Tools and Tips or Diet Tools and Tips pages now in preparation.