to get to where you could have gotten in just six months had you been nailed
down to a rigorous schedule to get things done on time.. Deadlines are imperative for making people take action, in all areas of life.
Consider how many things you need to do but have been procrastinating
for weeks because you do not have a fixed deadline to do them by. But give
something a deadline and urgency, and it usually gets done.. Nail yourself to long-term deadlines. Make your goals specific by writing
down numbers and deadlines, for example. en nail yourself to the daily
must-dos in order to keep on schedule for reaching the long-term goals.. ere is nothing like the urgency of concentrating on a specific goal by a
specific deadline to focus attention, application and resolve. Without some-
thing specific to rally attention and resources, people tend to drift along and
never get even close to realizing their potential. As the months go by there is
little or no improvement.. Set the goal(s), make your plans, focus your application, dedicate yourself,
and then start making month-by-month improvement a reality. And then
when you have achieved your medium or long-term goal(s), do it all over
again, and then again, and again. en you will set yourself up to achieve
more over the next twelve months than perhaps you achieved over the previ-
ous few years. And whatever you learn from the value of nailing yourself to
targets and deadlines in the physique and strength spheres, apply it to the
rest of your life.. ere are deadline situations that can rivet attention just as well as formal
bodybuilding or lifting competition. Some of them may seem too simple, or
even trite, but they work if you work.TACTIC
Small, specific targets
. Do not just agree that nailing yourself to specific targets is the way to go,
nod your head, and read on. Stop, grab a sheet of paper and a pencil, and
write down some specific training-related goals you want to achieve three
months from today. Perhaps you want to drop pounds of bodyfat; per-
haps you want to add pounds to your bench press poundage; perhaps
you want to work three-times-weekly aerobic activity into your exercise
program; perhaps you are finally going to apply yourself with a vengeance to