Overcoming Resistance

"You can't make an omelet without first cracking the egg"

                                                                                                                Joseph Campbell

The world is full of examples of overcoming resistance. Consider the transcontinental highway the resistance to that grandiose plan was huge yet there it is. Again, Steven Pressfield author of The War of Art says, to overcome resistance we must turn Pro. The amateur shows up sporadically, he plays part time while the pro is committed and plays all out, full time. The amateur is not a master of his task he hasn't put in the time and the pro has done the work and has the experience to tackle the job. So, how do we turn pro?, easy- PUT IN THE TIME!



A student works 4-5 years to get their degree and still is not considered a professional in their chosen field, give them a couple more years on the job and they get the experience and maybe the right to be called a pro. Even in the trades, as they are designed in Canada, the class time plus up to 5000-6000 hours of on the job training is still not enough to be called a professional, usually  2-3 more years in your industry is required to get the confidence and respect to be a true pro.

My point is this, if you want to get really good at something you have to 

overcome the resistance to the doing and just do! 

and, I might add, to do "it" often.

Someone once said that if something is easy it's not worth doing. So what is it that you want?? If you want to be thin, go pro! Start behaving, talking and committing to being thin. That means it's not going to happen overnight or in a couple of weeks, months or maybe even years. It requires you to PUT IN THE TIME and do the work - no short cuts, look at it as if you are getting a degree in thin. You have to fall in love with the idea and turn it into a lifestyle and not a one time thing. Overcoming resistance means being aware of the big picture,not necessarily in detail, and putting one foot in front of the other and take one step at a time.

Resistance, a.k.a fear, holds us back! Whatever you are resisting - relationships, education, career, family, emotions, health, fitness, creative work or housecleaning an alternative is just one "first" step away. You only have to take the first step, it will be the hardest one, then take another and another until you look back and see how far you have come. You will be stronger, wiser, thinner, healthier, happier, richer, whatever, but it begins with opening up to possibility. Breaking through the resistance barrier and letting all the good stuff flow out.