The guy at the gym who wasted everyone's time

Urgency creates success.

When you have a goal, are you willing to do what you need to do to get there?

If it's not truly important to you, you'll push it off.

There's no urgency.

You push off the conversations you don't want to have because they're uncomfortable. You push off the actions you don't want to take because they're hard.

What you're really doing is telling yourself that your goals don't matter. You're saying it's okay to settle.

But it's not.

Yesterday I was in the gym waiting to use a machine. It was pull day and I wanted to use the high row.

I spotted a guy near it, not on it, just walking around it, and asked if he was using it. He glared at me and said yeah. So I walked away and did something else.

When I finished, he was still there. Not using it. Just sitting on it, on his phone.

So I did another lift.

Finished that one too. Still there. Now having a full conversation, machine parked underneath him like a bench.

This is the problem.

People take 30 minutes to do an exercise that should take 7.

No urgency to get better, to change, to see progress.

Just going through the motions and calling it effort.

This guy isn't an outlier.

He's everywhere.

The gym, the office, our relationships, the random tasks sitting on the to-do list for three weeks.

We procrastinate. We wait. We don't take pride in getting things done.

Ask yourself right now:

where in your life are you acting like that guy?

I guarantee every single one of you has at least one answer. Probably more.

Here's the good news

You can fix it.

Start small.

Every time you keep a promise you made to yourself, you send yourself a message:

I'm someone who does what they say.

Start with your alarm.

If you're setting it for 5:30 and rolling out at 7:00, stop lying to yourself.

Set it for 6:50 and actually get up.

Do that for a week.

Then dial it back 10 minutes.

Small wins compound.

Take an honest look in the mirror.

Are you where you want to be in your career? Your health? Your relationships?

Real change starts with real honesty.

When you stop defending where you are and actually see it clearly, you become a lot more motivated to move.

Hold yourself accountable.

Partner with a friend, hire a coach, post publicly.

Whatever creates enough external pressure to keep you honest when no one's watching, use it.

Because without it, you'll drift back to old habits the second things get uncomfortable.

Want support? Reply and let's talk.

Aaron