WEBVTT - MOTIVATIONAL MOMENT: Final quarter goal setting to end 2022 successfully 🏆

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Sam Wood, and this is your motivational moment for

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<v Speaker 1>this week, and we're going to talk goal setting for

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<v Speaker 1>the last quarter of the year. I thought I'd talked

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<v Speaker 1>to you about this as I was having a little

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<v Speaker 1>scroll on my phone the other day and it popped up,

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<v Speaker 1>I think, on my Instagram feed one hundred days till

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty three, and I was like, oh my god.

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<v Speaker 1>It always sort of catches you off guard. You see

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<v Speaker 1>it's getting down to a two figure number, and you go, right,

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<v Speaker 1>it's close, it's here, So what am I going to

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<v Speaker 1>do now? The reality is, I believe it's probably the

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<v Speaker 1>hardest quarter to stay motivated from a goal setting perspective.

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<v Speaker 1>I know it's getting warmer, and no summer's around the corner.

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<v Speaker 1>I think for the next month or two it's not

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<v Speaker 1>too bad, but then it gets hard. Christmas parties, lots

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<v Speaker 1>of structure, school holidays, lots of festivities, lots of celebration.

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<v Speaker 1>So you can truly at this time of year tell yourself,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, I'll worry about it next year. And

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's what so many of us do. But

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<v Speaker 1>as I've said in these little motivational moments throughout this year,

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<v Speaker 1>there is still so much time left where you can

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<v Speaker 1>make wonderful progress. And if you're one of these people

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<v Speaker 1>that has already perhaps started telling yourself, I'm gonna worry

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<v Speaker 1>about it next year, I'm gonna this year is kind

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<v Speaker 1>of a write off already. It's all going to start

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<v Speaker 1>next year. Don't because what you are doing is making

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<v Speaker 1>next year so much bigger and harder than it has

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<v Speaker 1>to be. If you lose your fitness levels, if you

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<v Speaker 1>lose your strength gains, if you start to drop or

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<v Speaker 1>forget or lose those good habits that have built you

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<v Speaker 1>up throughout the year, it is going to make the

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<v Speaker 1>beginning of next year, irrespective whether you tell yourself you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to do it or not, so much harder than

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<v Speaker 1>it has to be. So the key is to be

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<v Speaker 1>realistic about what you want to achieve between now and

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the year. Doesn't mean that December has

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<v Speaker 1>to be your best month. It's not like every month

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<v Speaker 1>gets better. December could be a break even month, and

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<v Speaker 1>that could absolutely be a win. You can still make

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<v Speaker 1>some wonderful progress and wonderful gains in October and November,

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<v Speaker 1>and then late in December you can start to plan

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<v Speaker 1>for next year, But don't start planning for it now.

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<v Speaker 1>As I always say, work in a twenty eight day block.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't even look to the end of the year yet,

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<v Speaker 1>start focusing on October. Great mat some wonderful progress in

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<v Speaker 1>whatever your particular goal might be for October, then November,

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<v Speaker 1>then December. As I said, it's a bit like my

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<v Speaker 1>psychology when I'm away on holiday. If I can break

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<v Speaker 1>even when I'm on holiday by walking lots and exploring

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<v Speaker 1>and eating okay and not completely dropping the ball, that's

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<v Speaker 1>a win. That's a huge tick to me. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>gain even though I've leveled out. And I believe if

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<v Speaker 1>you do that during the holiday period of December, that's

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<v Speaker 1>a pretty good attitude or a pretty good psychology to

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<v Speaker 1>take into it. So, first of all, if you've started

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<v Speaker 1>telling yourself I'm going to do it in twenty twenty three,

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<v Speaker 1>you need to scrap that attitude. Second of all, you're

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<v Speaker 1>not going to worry about November or December yet. You're

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<v Speaker 1>just going to set yourself a little goal of where

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<v Speaker 1>you want to be and be specific as you can

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<v Speaker 1>by the end of October, and then you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>do the same in November, and then when December rolls around,

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<v Speaker 1>and we all know it rolls around really quickly, and

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<v Speaker 1>you do lose your structure, and there's lots of temptations

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<v Speaker 1>being thrown your way. You're going to come up with

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<v Speaker 1>a plan that is a break even plan for December.

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<v Speaker 1>So October we make gains, November we make gains, December

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<v Speaker 1>we break even, and we get to the start of

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty three instead of being behind, but with a headstart.

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<v Speaker 1>So to break it right down, your task for this

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<v Speaker 1>week is to work out what that twenty eight day

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<v Speaker 1>October block looks like. How many workouts per week you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to commit to. What is your good eating not

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<v Speaker 1>perfect but good eating going to look like. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>have a hydration goal, do you have a sleep goal?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have a step goal? What are the bad

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<v Speaker 1>habits or the things that you feel like they're continually

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<v Speaker 1>pulling you back that you need to address that You

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<v Speaker 1>need to perhaps have a really strong, hard look at,

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<v Speaker 1>write it all down, be as specific as possible, and

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<v Speaker 1>have your October plan sorted