Every Sunday evening I message our members and ask them to set what we call their RISE Plan for the week.
A specific intention for what they plan to do in the coming 7 days that will help take them towards their goal (or, at the very least, create some damage limitation) that we can keep them accountable to.
The keyword there is “specific”.
A definitive plan of what we intend to do.
Because, with a definitive plan, we can put in place the steps that will lead to that happening.
That doesn’t automatically mean that it will happen, sure.
Butt, from my experience, a definitive plan is far more likely to happen than a vague one.
And vague plans are often what we are used to setting.
Early on in their time with us, it’s not uncommon for people to set goals along the following lines;
“Eat better”
“Exercise”
“Drink more water”
“Drink less alcohol or caffeine”
And so on.
And when I have conversations with people about other changes I’d like to make in their life, they’re often along the lines of;
“Work less”
“Spend more time with the kids / the other half / friends”
“Worry less what people think”
“Love myself more”
And all of these are perfectly laudable intentions.
But they’re not plans.
They are ideas at most.
And, when phrased in the same way as they have been before, they are likely to go the same way that they have before.
Turning an idea into a plan can be as simple as putting a number on it.
It’s a number of workouts.
An amount of calories.
An amount of water, alcohol or caffeine.
A number of hours less spent working.
Or more spent with other people.
Maybe a specific plan that, whilst not guaranteed, should lead to a change in how we feel about things over time.
And we can “colour it in”.
Decide what that really looks like.
All parts of it.
What would need to happen when we put in place for those things to occur?
How we would feel.
Who we would then be and be becoming.
If you’re intention is just an idea, then it’s unlikely to happen any more than it did last time.
Turn it into a plan.
And it will either happen………
You’ll have something to look at and learn from if it doesn’t (we’ll help with both making a plan more likely to happen and with course correcting rather than “giving up” when it doesn’t —> www.myrise.co.uk/apply) .
Much love,
Jon ‘9 from outer space’ Hall
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RISE in Macclesfield was established in 2012 and specialise in Group Personal Training weight loss programmes for those that don’t like the gym and find diets boring and restrictive!
