Skin in the Game = Results
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Hey and welcome to this week’s episode of Jessica’s Jam.
Today the topic’s going to be a little bit different.
As most of you know, I work in health and fitness and I help people get results from the inside out, on a daily basis.
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What I want to talk about today is what might be holding YOU back from getting results.
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So, honestly you can relate this to your job, to your health and fitness, to any area of your life that you’re trying to grow and, maybe, you’re just NOT.
Maybe you’ve hit a roadblock.
Maybe you’ve hit a plateau.
And you don’t know what’s going on.
You’re just not moving forward in the way you WANT to move forward.
You’re just not moving forward in the way you WANT to move forward.
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I’m going to tell you a little about how I got started and what happened to me.
I’m going to tell you a little about how I got started and what happened to me.
A couple years ago…he was my boyfriend at the time. He’s now my husband and he was watching an infomercial for P90X. Most of you have heard about that. It’s a home workout program and one that I actively promote…NOW. But, not back then.
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So he sees this infomercial and he is intrigued…like infomercials do. I don’t know if you have every watched an infomercial and next thing you know, you want to buy the vacuum sealer for your vegetables, even though you don’t even COOK vegetables ….because the infomercial is so awesome..
So, he’s watching this infomercial and he mentions that he might want to do that program, P90X. At this point in his life, he is a couch po-ta-to. In his spare time, he goes thru drive-thrus and he lays on the coach.
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So, I’m sitting next to him, like, “OH MY GOSH! THIS INFOMERCIAL IS MAGIC!!” Now he wants to do this EXTREME workout program??
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Long story short, he didn’t buy it. But, his birthday was coming up, so I was like, Yay! He said he wanted it! Perfect! EASY GIFT!
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I’m not the best gift giver, honestly. So, I was just excited to have a gift idea.
So, I get him this program. It comes in the mail and for me, it was an expensive gift. It was $120 and I thought, “He’s going to be SOOO appreciative of this and I can’t wait to see all of his MUSCLES because they cost me $120!!!” Hahahaha.
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Few days pass..
Program’s still sitting there..
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Week passes…
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Two weeks….
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Three weeks…
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And HE NEVER DOES THE PROGRAM!
AND I SPENT $120 so I’m over here like WHAT THE HECK??
I’m feeling unappreciated and taken advantage of with my money because this was a gift THAT HE WANTED…I wouldn’t have bought it if he didn’t say he wanted it!
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And, he just didn’t do it. So what happened?
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I actually took the program, opened it up and completed 90 days straight. Now I’m not here to talk about an exercise program today. I’m here to talk about the lesson in that story.
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I had SKIN IN THE GAME. I had sacrificed something: $120 to get that program for him. So when it came down to it, I WAS THE ONE that was being held accountable because I had put my skin in the game.
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So my question to you is, in your life, what is it you’re going for and what have you put in the game?
What have you laid on the line?
What have you invested of yourself that’s going to hold YOU accountable and keep you coming back?
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When something is given to us easily, it’s under appreciated.
It’s taken for granted.
But when there’s a cost involved, when there’s a sacrifice, when you have to give of yourself in order to achieve the results, its going to be a different story.
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Too often, I deal with people all day long who say how desperate they are for a change and how READY they are, whether it’s to get their life back thru their health, their fitness, even their finances..that’s how I help people regularly.
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They tell me how desperate they are but when it comes time to put themselves out there and to invest in themselves and to lay it on the line, they’re out. They’re peacing out….can’t do it…not a possibility.
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But then, the next day, you seeeeeee. Whether it’s a financial situation that’s holding them back….. then they’re at Starbucks, they’re at Disney World. HA! They are doing things that cost money. So was it that they didn’t have money or was it that they didn’t choose to invest their money in themselves, to invest in the THING they thought they wanted but they weren’t willing to put their skin in the game to get there?
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So, for me, I find it pretty simple.
When you want something bad enough, NOTHING will stop you.
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How many times do you see people that have nothing, but when it comes down to something serious, whether it’s a tragedy that happens in their life or whether there’s just a fire lit under them, it’s no longer “I can’t afford it.”
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It’s “I’m going to do what I got to do and I’m going to get that ‘THING’….whatever that ‘thing’ is.”
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I just want you to evaluate your own decisions.
When it comes down to something you want, instead of just writing it off and not putting skin in the game, what if you did?
What if you decided, I AM going to invest in myself. I AM going to do that thing that requires sacrifice and giving of myself because the reward is going to be worth it. And because I invested, I’m going to show up. I don’t know about you, but I’m not just burning $120. I’m just not. So if I’ve put that out there…If I let the universe know, here it is and this is what I want in return, I’m going to fight until I get what I expect.
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Just don’t undervalue yourself.
Because, honestly, that’s what you’re doing. Because if you believe in you and if you feel like it’s your time and you’re ready to get that “thing”…like I said, that could be getting your health back, it could be investing in healthy groceries, it could be buying a workout program, it could even be buying a gift for someone to show them how special they are to you, then you sacrifice.
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Sacrifice will take you further than you can even imagine.
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So today, think about that “thing” that you think you want and realize how badly do you really want it? If you want it bad enough, MAKE IT HAPPEN.
You have it within you.
You have the resources.
And I guarantee you, if times get tough enough or if your NEED or DESIRE or WANT gets strong enough, you won’t stop until you get to where you want to go. So be that person today.
Don’t wait for that extreme circumstance. Get out there and do it.
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If you need help in your health and fitness journey, that’s what I do. Shoot me a message at jessica@jessicabowsernelson.com. I will hook you up with a program. I will help you get results and we will change your life together!
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See you next week!
Digging Deeper,
Jessica Bowser Nelson
