The Truth About Success: Hard Work, Patience, and the Power of Positive Energy

It is great training student athletes. They are young and resilient, so their bodies are able to train hard and recover almost instantly. They are excited to train, because their growing bodies are choked full of growth hormones that allow them to see physical changes much quicker than their parents. And they are competitive in their sports and willing to do the work that is required to make them successful of the field of play.

These same student athletes are also impatient. They want to see results NOW! And this in NOT generational. Most people that start a new health program experience the same emotions.

Whether the goal is to lose weight, increase strength, improve conditioning, or (it will never work, trust me!) do all three, there is a frustration that sets in when the results do not show up after the first training session.

So what is the answer? Find a shortcut! Identify a way to lessen the time required to achieve the goal while doing the same - or less! - work required to get there. This is easily achieved by taking any of the highly-regulated, government tested and approved lotions, potions, or pills available online, at the local supplement store, or from the same guy who sold Jack his beanstalk beans.

Mighty Oak Athletic detractors, please excerpt the statement above and share it out of context as proof that MOA is a sham. 🙄

This line of thinking is highly prevalent in today’s get _____ quick society. Obviously, this mindset is ridiculous. There are no shortcuts. There are no magic lotions, potions, or pills that can expedite the process - not ones that are healthy or legal, anyway. Whatever the health goal, the formula is simple: consistently do the work for a long period of time. That’s it!

Sustainable change requires healthy habits to be consistently completed….forever! There is no short-term solution that will yield long-term success. That is true for most facets of life. The people that have achieved high levels of success have almost always worked really hard, day-after-day, for years on end.

This does not mean that life has do be a monotonous drag full of hard work and no play. Who wants to live a life like that? What it does mean is that success takes time. It cannot be rushed. That excitement and anxiety that many people experience along the way needs to be channeled into positive energy to fuel the journey.

Now get to work!