Row, row, row your boat…
Have you ever tried to steer and row a boat at the same time?
One hand on an ore and the other on the fin that steers the boat?
It is pretty hard, and if you can imagine rowing with one arm and
steering with the other, what do you think would happen?
That’s right! You’d go in circles…
Get no where…
And you would say to yourself,
“I have been working really hard!!
I am doing 2 jobs! Why am I not where I want to be?”
I talk to people all the time who spend 5-10 hours a week in a gym and get absolutely no results!
They have the same problem.
The reason being, they don’t have an expert streering them in the right directions.
They think they know it all or can do it all.
That is insane! I see it all the time outside of fitness too.
The song goes:
Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
Not:
Row, row, row your boat,
But you also have to steer,
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Because that is what happens when we try to control everything.
The people who created that song knew what they were talking about.
Focus on one thing, the thing you can control, which is the effort you
put in.
Do your best, put in the effort, and let go of the rest.
Let “someone” or “something” else do the rest.
That someone or something can come in all forms
A teacher… A trainer… A business… God… The Universe…
You get the point.
In the end, it always saves time and energy, which is worth more than any amount of money.
It also prevents and eliminates a lot of struggle.
Especially since most people trade $$ for hours. Why spend 7 hours
in a gym a week when all you need 1.5 to 2 hours total.
If you’re an EarthFITter, then I am preaching to the choir, but
the same goes for every aspect of life.
We always ask for clients to do their best, put in the effort and we will do the rest.
When people follow our advice, miracles happen 🙂
For example, with the Fit or Flop contest I am trying my hardest but ultimately I can’t control
the outcome but when I ask for your help and assistance I do MUCH better!
By the way, thank you so much for your amazing support with the Fit or Flop contest,
You are what is keeping me afloat, pun intended!
Committed to your Success,
Ian
P.S. I will be in NYC showcasing some of our EarthFIT Personal Training and Back Pain Relief4Life for the Fit or Flop contest. If you have any friends and family in NYC please tell them to come! Details are below:
Day: Thursday, April 4th 4-7pm
Location: Tompkins Sq. Park –
Ave. A To Ave. B, E. 7 St. To E. 10 St.
Manhattan, 10009
P.P.S. Please keep voting at http://fitorflop.com/
Ian Hart is a Body-Mind Transformation expert, the creator of EarthFIT Training Systems, co-creator of BACK PAIN RELIEF4LIFE, and founder of BEAUFORTPERSONALTRAINING.COM and MYBACKPAINCOACH.COM. Ian and his team help people get into optimal shape in the safest, fastest and most effective way possible, using cutting edge science.
I Always Hated Bullies… Part 2
After my last email about Bullies, many people have asked how I was bullied recently at the movie theater and what the outcome was. Before I tell you about that specific event, I want to tell you about the events leading up to it. You already know that I hate bullies and I realized that recently that I like watching them get put in their place on YouTube You see, last year I disconnected the TV because I thought it was a waste of time, made me less productive and does nothing to nourish the mind.
So YouTube is one of my last vices for garbage. YouTube suggests videos with intriguing headlines. So, the day after I got my amalgam filings removed as a protocol for helping me over come my 4-year battle with Lyme disease, my nervous system was shot and I was in a vegetative state (perfect for youtube surfing… haha!). I clicked on one of those video suggestions about bullies getting beat up and the next thing I know, I was pulled into a vortex of bully-beating videos for hours. I truly believe that those videos are not good food for nourishing the mind, but there is nothing like a good underdog victory that happened in real life and was caught on video! Think about it, we all go to the movies to watch those specific plots of the victorious underdog. It is ingrained into the American culture. For me, watching those videos it might also satisfy something inside of me that stems from my childhood.
By the way, If you have amalgam fillings, I recommend you getting them removed as they are a MAJOR source of toxicity and are linked to numerous health issues and ailments. Poisonous heavy metals should not be in our bodies, period. But I digress…
On to the story of “The Bully Beat Down”
Later on that same day, Khadine (my girlfriend) and I decided to go see a movie, The Avengers! Although I was still feeling weird from my Lyme recovery and having the amalgams removed, I was excited to watch a movie that I heard so many great things about.
As the movie started there was a guy one row behind and about 5 seats to my right talking loudly and constantly to his 3 friends. He kept talking and talking and using obscenities, to the point that I couldn’t hear or understand anything for the first 20 minutes of the movie – no joke! I decided to move further from him to see if it would help at all. It didn’t, he was that obnoxious! After about 20 minutes of not hearing the movie and listening to this guy babble about nonsense, I realized that I would be the one to speak up for the rest of the movie goers.
So I turned around and said “can you please stop talking?” I got an aggressive reply “What?!” Like how dare I question anything he was doing in his most aggressive, thuggish, bullying tone possible. From that point, I knew I might run into a problem but again, I hate bullies. So I repeated clearer so there would be no mistake in what I was saying to him: “STOP TALKING!” I said. I heard a mumble coming from his area and he quieted down a little, but not much at all.
So I continued to try and watch the movie when 10 minutes later the bully was standing behind my seat, bent over in my face and asking if I was the person who told him to shut the F$*k up. I politely said, “no, I said stop talking.” He proceeded to lecture me on how he didn’t like that and that it pissed him off. At this point I realized he came over to my seat to start a problem, bully me and maybe show off to his friends – and I was pissed! Not only did he disrupt the whole beginning of the movie talking the whole time, now he came over and disrupted the movie to lecture and harass me in front of my girlfriend!? The audacity!
That is when I proceeded to push him out of my face. I don’t think he expected a confrontation being that he was a big guy with 3 friends hanging around, but he got one. Because as soon as I pushed him, he attacked me and swung a fist at my face. I ducked, grabbed him, threw him down and the next thing I know, he was lodged between Khadine’s movie seat with my hands wrapped around his throat, and was unable to fight back. The funny thing is his friends didn’t even help him out. They just pushed me off him after he whined “I can’t breathe”.
Now, it’s important that I mention, I’m a lover and not a fighter. But I have a hard time backing down from bullies who are disrespectful, disruptive and walk around starting fights with people.
So there you have it, my recent encounter with a bully and this email really has not point except please continue to vote “Fit” for me on the Fit or Flop challenge at http://fitorflop.com/
🙂
Committed to your success,
Ian
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Ian Hart is a Body-Mind Transformation expert, the creator of EarthFIT Training Systems, co-creator of BACK PAIN RELIEF4LIFE, and founder of BEAUFORTPERSONALTRAINING.COM and MYBACKPAINCOACH.COM. Ian and his team help people get into optimal shape in the safest, fastest and most effective way possible, using cutting edge science.
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