change your mindset

Change your mindset and trust the process: a lesson in fitness from college football.

Yesterday, my alma mater won the Fiesta Bowl, one of the top bowls in college football. This doesn’t happen; not at Iowa State University, a school historically not known for its football prowess. But as a friend texted me, “These aren’t your Grandpa’s Cyclones.”

What happened? Does Iowas State suddenly have Alabama and Ohio Stars talent? Nope. Was it suddenly given Texas money? No. What changed?

There was a change in mindset and a trust in a proven process. Matt Campbell, the Iowa State head coach, got his players to believe in their abilities and rid themselves of the excuse of mediocrity; he reinforced a message that allowed them to fully embrace who they are as players, ones fully capabale of succeeding. Would they suddenly become 5-star, elite athletes? No. But with they’re skill set and capabilities combined with a winning X’s and O’s formula, they could be winners. They could succeed. They could great!

They WERE capable of more. They ARE capable of more. And this is the very thing we need in our fitness walk: we need to rid ourselves of the excuses that so easily tangles us and believe in ourselves. We don’t have to be elite to succeed; we don’t have to have 5-star genetics. We simply must try our hardest to get the very most out of the abilities we’ve been given. Then, and only then, can we embrace a plan that works, thus catapulting us toward our goals. Toward success.

Believe in yourself. Find a plan that works. Trust the process. And #dowork.