This Stunned Me!

This weekend, while watching college basketball with my sports-obsessed family, I spied a horrendous slogan, written front and center in bold, on an entire team’s sweatshirt, that read NOTHING EASY.  Of course, I was like, “How did that get approved?” If I was the coach, I would never allow my players to wear such a low vibe, buzzkill statement across their heart centers. Talk about misdirecting focus and setting an entire team up for a major slog! (And they lost BTW.) 

Easy or hard is not the point. Easy or hard is just perception, but perception is everything. You get what you expect. You see what you look for(!), so you and I must be vigilant gatekeepers of our focus.  

Words really really matter, especially words you either repeatedly say to yourself, OR words you repeatedly read and/or hear. When naming Let’s Move!, for instance, I was super intentional. I knew Let’s Move! would be written across the screen ahead of every workout. I knew Let’s Move! would be plastered all over my website. I knew Let’s Move! would be mentioned in every email. I wanted to conjure a little workout pep and encouragement. I envisioned Let’s Move!  helping members get up, roll out their mats and go,“Yes, let’s!” 

So guard your words and curate everything you ingest. The foundation of empowered wellness is an empowered mindset and an empowered mindset needs empowered words.

 Let’s Move!  
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