Secret 111: Get Off the Treadmill of Good Intentions

Important Note Before You Read This Post:
At the very end of this post is a link to a FREE eight page PDF download that will give you the nuts and bolts of how you can move from the treadmill of good intentions to the track of action and life change.


About ten years ago, I bought my first treadmill. Boy, did I feel great about myself. Just getting that thing down to the basement was a workout in itself—I think I lost half a pound! Once I got that thing settled in its place, I beamed with pride… and just knew that in a short time I’d be in shape… or at least in better shape.

Yet, I confess to you that though I have over a decade of treadmill ownership under my belt, my belt has not gotten any smaller. I thought about taking the treadmill back and trading it in for a new and improved model. Obviously, this one wasn’t working.

But I think I finally figured out what’s wrong. It seems you must actually get on the treadmill three to five times a week for about 20-30 minutes each time if you want any benefits. Go figure. Oh yeah, and they also tell me you should plug the treadmill in and turn it on (sounds kind of dangerous if you ask me).


The Treadmill of Good Intentions and YOU
Laugh at me all you want. But I’m willing to bet a rarely used ten-year-old treadmill that you’re frighteningly more like me than you care to admit. Yep, my treadmill story is for YOU—especially if you’ve ever had the good intentions to…

• read the Bible through in a year… but didn’t make it through the second week of January


• create and stick to a budget… but ran up more credit card debt


• lose weight… and then set a personal record in chocolate eating


• have a better marriage… and then actually argued with your spouse about how (Okay, that could be just me on that one.)


• be a more patient parent… and then yelled at your kids more than ever


• exercise regularly… and then used your treadmill as a clothes hanger


• bought a self-help book… but didn’t help yourself enough to crack it open

Just like me and my treadmill—you bought the books, took notes on the sermon, went to the Bible study, and even signed up for the seminar, but nothing really changed in the key areas of your life.

My question to you—before we go any further—is this: Are you sick enough of the treadmill of good intentions that you’re really ready to move to the track of personal growth?

To Get Off the Treadmill, You Need to Get On Track
If you really want to move off the treadmill of good intentions and onto the track of personal growth, I contend that, like a train, you must be careful to run on two rails. Of course, I’m not saying these are the only two keys to personal growth. All I’m saying is that the two rails I am about to explore with you are foundational if you really want to quit dinking around and start growing.



What are the two rails? To finish this training session, GO HERE.


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