Get your elephant warmed up
I read a great book recently.
'Switch' by Chip and Dan Heath.
About motivation it is.
Ah, motivation, that oft sort, but rarely found creature.
An elusive little bugger sometimes, isn't he?
In the book
Jon Hall
When not helping people to transform their lives and bodies, Jon can usually be found either playing with his kids or taxi-ing them around. If you'd like to find out more about what we do at RISE then enter your details in the box to the right or bottom of this page or at myrise.co.uk - this is the same way every single one of the hundreds who've described this as "one of the best decisions I've ever made" took their first step.
Clearing his path
We mentioned yesterday about the whole Elephant, Rider and Path thing.
A way of viewing ourselves and the things that affect our choices and behaviours.
If you're trying to lead an elephant
Which path you taking him up?
So, you're going to take your elephant up the mountain.
Check here and here if you've no idea what I'm taking about.
You've got that hard path you're going to avoid.
But, according
It’s been seven hours and fifteen days
So begins 'Nothing Compares 2 U' by Sinead O'Connor.
It which she laments the loss of her man.
It's pretty obvious, right from the start, that she's not happy about the situation.
If
How not to get fat over Christmas
The average Briton gains half a stone over the Christmas period.
The average American a full stone between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The average RISE member doesn't.
Most stand still or lose weight.
Those
The Simpsons predicted President Trump
You may have seen the pictures doing the rounds on Facey these last few days.
Supposedly showing The Simpsons predicting President Trump in the year 2000.
There is an episode (Bart To
The first white guy under 10 seconds
When I did my very first fitness course, we were taught that genetics didn't make a difference.
I remember being told that the reason that nearly all successful sprinters were black
The hare went home
We all know the story of the Tortoise and the Hare, I'm sure.
Although the Hare ended up losing to the Tortoise........
He did at least finish.
He got where he wanted to.
Just
The Flying Pickets knew
Amongst the other classic songs that reappear every Christmas, you can always expect to hear the 1983 Christmas Number 1.
A cover of Yazoo's track, 'Only You' is sure to be
Not a question of if
How many things have you done in your life that you didn't really want to do?
Quite a few I should imagine.
Whether it be things at work, stuff to do with