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I titled this episode of the podcast "Obsession".

I looked up the official definition of "obsession" on Merriam-Webster - and it read, "a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling".  There are a couple of words in that definition - specifically "disturbing" and "unreasonable" - that I disagree with.  Or maybe the way we use it in conversation is wrong?  

Maybe the word "Focused" - Defined by Merriam-Webster as, "having the mind fixed on something" - is more relevant and less negative.

Regardless of how you choose to describe your actions for concentrating on something - I do believe you get what you keep front of mind.

The same is true of who you associate with.  Jim Rohn said, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”

I bring all this up because I was thinking about just a few short years back - and how my life has drastically changed.

Did I find a lamp with a genie in it?  Nope!  I wrote down all the things I wanted to do and have - and revisited those lists over and over again.  My thoughts and actions were on getting from where I was to where I wanted to be.  I was absolutely laser-focused and bulletproof in my pursuits to achieve the things on the list.

One of the things I listed during that time was getting in better shape.  I joined a local Weight Loss Challenge.  Although it was meant as a joke - I stated I was going to win the entire thing.  If this were among a few friends or something, it wouldn't have been that large of a statement, but this challenge had over 600 people and dozens of teams.  We had to put down what we intended on releasing (As opposed to losing) for the entire challenge - so I put down a total of 50 lbs.  I figured that would be quite a task to achieve in the 4 months to follow.  The first week I lost 21 lbs and the first month that rocketed to 50 lbs - and landed me in FIRST place for the entire challenge.  At that point - I went from joking about winning the whole thing to being determined to do it.  I did social media posts every day from the gym, did weigh-in results on social media every week, checked in on social media from the monthly challenge meetings, and participated in all sorts of groups as well.  And at the end of the challenge, I was the individual winner!  I released 97 lbs and 52 inches.  

A quote I keep at the ready is one I love from Benjamin Franklin.  He said, "Energy and persistence conquer all things."  

If you take consistent positive actions toward what you want - you can do almost anything!  

I'm going to do something I haven't done before.  I have something else to attach to my point - but I'm going to do it on the next podcast titled "Who's Quest Are You On?"  So do me a favor and listen to that podcast as soon as you're done with this one.

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