Q & A with Dawn Alison

[fitbody]

May 13, 2017
pt of the day

If you want to get somewhere
you have to know where you want to go
and how to get there,
then never, never, never give up.
Perseverance is the hard work you do
after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.

[fitbody]

“Dare to Be...

When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully.

When there is darkness, dare to be the first to shine a light.

When there is injustice, dare to be the first to condemn it.

When something seems difficult, dare to do it anyway.

When life seems to beat you down, dare to fight back.

When there seems to be no hope, dare to find some.

When you’re feeling tired, dare to keep going.

When times are tough, dare to be tougher.

When love hurts you, dare to love again.

When someone is hurting, dare to help them heal.

When another is lost, dare to help them find the way.

When a friend falls, dare to be the first to extend a hand.

When you cross paths with another, dare to make them smile.

When you feel great, dare to help someone else feel great too.

When the day has ended, dare to feel as you’ve done your best.

Dare to be the best you can –

At all times, Dare to be!”

[fitbody]

May 15, 2017
pt of the day

“The world's a stage and I'm on it.
Better make a good impression out there!”“
Judge your success by what you had to give up
in order to get it.”“
The difference between a successful person
and others
is not a lack of strength,
not a lack of knowledge,
but rather a lack in will.”

[fitbody]

May 16, 2017
pt of the day

“Commitment shows up before results do!”
“Success is the end product.”
“The height of your accomplishments is
determined by the depth of your convictions.”
“Success is the end product.”

[fitbody]

May 17, 2017
pt of the day

“If you fell down yesterday,
stand up today.”
“FEARLESS is getting back up
and fighting for what you want over and over again....
even though every time you've tried before
you've lost.”

[fitbody]

May 18, 2017
pt of the day

“Let today be the day
you stop having conflict between
your actions and your goals
and finally align your greatest intent
with your purposeful actions,
creating a universal symphony
serenading your success!”

[fitbody]

May 20, 2017
pt of the day

“Accept no one's definition of your life,
but define yourself.”
“Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you
that you can't be exactly who you are.”
“Follow your heart,
listen to your inner voice,
stop caring about what others think.”

[fitbody]

May 21, 2017
pt of the day

BEST OF LUCK TO TEAM Fit Body’s CREW competing in CALGARY TODAY



The individual has always had to struggle
to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
If you try it,
you will be lonely often,
and sometimes frightened.
But no price is too high to pay
for the privilege of owning yourself.

[fitbody]

MAY 22, 2017
PT OF THE DAY

Listen to your heart.
Follow the beat that surges through your body
and plays in your mind.
It's telling you what to do.
It's giving you instructions to be who you are.
It encourages you to go on when you don't think you can.
Its beating but you have to listen.
You have to not be afraid to dance to your rhythm.
You have to not be fearful of who is watching.
This is your life.
Live your life by your thoughts.
Think big,
dream
and then follow the beat to your drum.
Being a success is all about
marching to the beat of your drum.
Through honest self-analysis,
believing in yourself
and listening to your heart,
you will achieve all that you desire.
It starts with you,
the real you!

[fitbody]

May 23, 2017
pt of the day

“Rule your mind
or it will rule you.”
“The question isn't CAN YOU?
It is WILL YOU?”
“Stay Strong.”

[fitbody]

May 24, 2017
pt of the day

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues
because without courage,
you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
“He that can have patience
can have what he will.”

[fitbody]

May 25, 2017
pt of the day

“Every flower blooms at its own pace.”

[fitbody]

May 26, 2017
pt of the day

Fitting in is unnecessary.
Embrace who you are.
You will go through rough times,
but always stay strong,
and never deny who you really are !

[fitbody]

May 27, 2017
pt of the day

“Each day brings a fresh opportunity
for you to set the standard of how dedicated
and committed you are to your goals,
needs, wants, and relationships.”
“Successful people
do not have a part-time mindset
nor a full-time mindset,
but a lifetime mindset.”

[fitbody]

May 28, 2017
pt of the day

“Persistence in the face of failure
is of course important,
but it is not the same thing as
dedication or passion.
Persistence is a discipline that you learn;
devotion is a dedication you can't ignore.”
“The degree of your desire
determines your dedication.”
“Dedication to work is the key to
effectiveness and fruitfulness.”
DEVOTION TO THE DREAM

[fitbody]

MAY 29, 2017
PT OF THE DAY

He who is not courageous enough to take risks
will accomplish nothing in life.
“With confidence,
you have won even before you have started.”
"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated
can reach down to the bottom of his soul
and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win."

[fitbody]

May 30, 2017
pt of the day

“Today I will do what others won’t,
so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.”
“There are only two options regarding commitment.
You’re either IN
or you’re OUT.
There is no such thing as life in-between.”
“You have to expect things of yourself
before you can do them.”
“Victory is in having done your best.
If you’ve done your best,
you’ve won.”

[fitbody]

May 31, 2017
pt of the day

“The truth is,
unless you let go,
unless you forgive yourself and or others,
unless you forgive the situation,
unless you realize that the situation is over,
you cannot move forward.”

[fitbody]

JUNE 1ST, 2017
PT OF THE DAY

Persistence can change failure
into extraordinary achievement.
The difference between the impossible
and the possible
lies in a person's determination.

[fitbody]

June 2, 2017
pt of day

“Mental will is a muscle
that needs exercise,
just like muscles of the body.”
“If it doesn’t challenge you,
it won’t change you.”
“Difficulties in life are intended to make us better,
not bitter.”

[fitbody]

June 3, 2017
pt of the day

“Real courage is when
you know you're licked before you begin,
but you begin anyway
and see it through no matter what.”
“Never confuse a single defeat
with a final defeat.”
“Courage is not having the strength to go on;
it is going on when you don't have the strength.”

[fitbody]

June 4, 2017
pt of the day

“If you are going to be a champion,
you must be willing to pay a greater price.”
“Every time you stay out late;
every time you sleep in;
every time you miss a workout;
every time you don’t give 100%…
you make it that much easier for me to beat you.”

[fitbody]

June 5, 2017
pt of the day

"To be a great champion
you must believe you are the best.
If you’re not,
pretend you are."
A self-fulfilling prophecy is when
a person unknowingly causes a prediction to come true,
due to the simple fact that
he or she expects it to come true. I
n other words,
an expectation about a subject,
such as a person or event,
can affect our behavior towards that subject,
which causes the expectation to be realized...................
When you believe it, you've created it...
THE LAW OF ATTRACTION !
expectation to be realized...................
When you believe it, you've created it...
THE LAW OF ATTRACTION !

[fitbody]

Jun 6, 2017
pt of the day

“The soul who does not live to give the best,
deny the sacred self of full strength.”
We have to do the best we can.
This is our sacred human responsibility.

[fitbody]

June 7, 2017
pt of the day

“Start strong,
stay strong,
and finish strong
by remembering why you started in the first place.”
The best preparation for tomorrow
is doing your best today.
“The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything
and wish you would have worked harder.”

[fitbody]

JUNE 8, 2017
PT OF THE DAY

“The value of a moment is immeasurable.
The power of just ONE moment
can propel you to success and happiness
or chain you to failure and misery.”

[fitbody]

Jun 9, 2017
pt of the day

"Cherish your visions and your dreams
as they are the children of your soul,
the blueprints of your ultimate achievements."
"A vision is not just a picture of what could be;
it is an appeal to our better selves,
a call to become something more."

[fitbody]

Jun 10, 2017
pt of the day

“Rather than money,
than fame,
give me truth.”
“I will never compromise Truth
for the sake of getting along with people
who can only get along when we agree.”
“Never compromise your values.”

[fitbody]

Jun 11, 2017
pt of the day

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes.
Don't resist them;
that only creates sorrow.
Let reality be reality.
Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
“We can't be afraid of change.
You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in,
but if you never venture out of it,
you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea.
Holding onto something that is good for you now,
may be the very reason why you don't have something better.”

[fitbody]

Jun 12, 2017
pt of the day

“You cannot swim for new horizons
until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
“It had long since come to my attention that
people of accomplishment
rarely sat back and let things happen to them.
They went out and happened to things.”

[fitbody]

Jun 13, 2017
pt of the day

“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort.
You fight for it,
strive for it,
insist upon it,
and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it.
You have to participate relentlessly
in the manifestations of your own blessings.
And once you have achieved a state of happiness,
you must never become lax about maintaining it.
You must make a mighty effort
to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever,
to stay afloat on top of it.”

[fitbody]

Jun 14, 2017
pt of the day

“You will find that it is necessary
to let things go;
simply for the reason that they are heavy.
So let them go,
let go of them.
I tie no weights to my ankles.”

[fitbody]

JUN 15, 2017
PT OF THE DAY

Determination its the key to all human success.
But by definition –
being determined in the face of struggle is difficult.
Sometimes we need support and encouragement,
sometimes we need to figure out what went wrong,
and sometimes we just need to grit our teeth,
pull ourselves up by the bootstraps,
and soldier onward.
At the end of the day,
life is hard for all of us (though to varying degrees),
and there will be many obstacles to what we want from life.
You might look at successful people and from the outside – it looks easy.
You might think you’re putting in as much effort as anyone else.
But the truth is that as humans,
we often overestimate our own determination
and underestimate the determination of those around us.
Keep walking !!

[fitbody]

June 16, 2017
pt of the day

“Whatever it takes to finish things,
finish.
You will learn more from a glorious failure
than you ever will from something you never finished.”

[fitbody]

Jun 17, 2017
pt of the day

The whole world steps aside
for the man who knows where he is going.

[fitbody]

June 18, 2017
pt of the day

Happiness is when what you think,
what you say,
and what you do
are in harmony.

[fitbody]

Jun 19, 2017
pt of the day

“There are only two options regarding commitment.
You’re either IN or you’re OUT.
There is no such thing as life in-between.”
“The difference between the impossible
and the possible
lies in a person’s determination.”

[fitbody]

Jun 20, 2017
pt of the day

“Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent
and not enough time on what is important.”

“It is not a daily increase,
but a daily decrease.
Hack away at the inessentials.”
― Bruce Lee

[fitbody]

June 21, 2017
pt of the day


“Everyone visualizes
whether he knows it or not.
Visualizing is the great secret of success.”
“Nothing can prevent your picture from coming into concrete form
except the same power which gave it birth – yourself.”
“What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday,
and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow:
Our life is the creation of our mind.”

[fitbody]

jUN 22, 2017
PT OF THE DAY

“To be yourself
in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else
is the greatest accomplishment.”
“Follow your inner moonlight;
don't hide the madness.”
“A girl should be two things:
who and what she wants.”
“Don't compromise yourself
you're all you have.”

[fitbody]

Jun 23, 2017
pt of the day

(I love the attached pic quote because like it says
IT TAKES YEARS TO HONE YOUR CRAFT....
PATIENCE IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE – SUCCESS...
to many “WANT IT NOW,
WANT IT INSTANTANEOUSLY,
WITHOUT PUTTING IN THE TIME, BLOOD, SWEAT, TEARS, SUFFERING....
like they say ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY...
how do you expect instant success
without paying the price necessary for it?
think about it.... )

The price of success is hard work,
dedication to the job at hand,
and the determination that whether we win or lose,
we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. .
We all have dreams.
But in order to make dreams come into reality,
it takes an awful lot of determination,
dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

[fitbody]

June 24, 2017
pt of the day

By failing to prepare,
you are preparing to fail.
“The best preparation for tomorrow
is doing your best today.”

[fitbody]

June 26, 2017
pt of the day

“Champions do not become champions
when they win the event,
but in the hours, weeks, months and years
they spend preparing for it.
The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration
of their championship character.”
“When opportunity comes,
it’s too late to prepare.”
“Most people fail in life because
they were not prepared for the opportunities
when they appeared.”
“Discipline is critical to proper preparation.”
“Are you preparing yourself today
for a better tomorrow?
If not,
how can you dare to live a better tomorrow?”

[fitbody]

Jun 27, 2017
pt of the day

Life is a game,
play it;
Life is a challenge,
Meet it;
Life is an opportunity,
Capture it.
All life is an experiment.
The more experiments you make the better.
Enjoy the little things in life,
for one day you may look back
and realize they were the big things.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do
than by the things you did.

[fitbody]

Well July 1, 2017 Canada Day in Edmonton proved to be MY DAY
at CANADIAN BODYBUILDING NATIONALS
in Edmonton, Alberta
I WON:
- GRANDMASTERS WOMENS BODYBUILDING
- WON MASTERS OVERALL
-EARNED MY PRO CARD
- WON MY HEAVYWEIGHT CLASS
- WON OPEN OVERALL
- EARNED MY 2ND PRO CARD OF THE DAY




what a glorious day that was
pursing this dream of over 32 yrs
at 19 yrs old I was given a dream to become an IFBB PRO BODYBUILDER
it took me 21 attempts to realize my dream
1999 was my 1st attempt that was my 1st Nationals and it was in EDMONTON
I came back after having my son in 2008 to Nationals
then had 2 kicks at the can as I did both Masters & Open at Nationals
and twice did the North Americans for a total of 5 chances at a pro card

DREAM FULLFILLED after 34 yrs of its inception...
i overcame so many obstacles in life but through it all...
drug addiction in the end was crack cocaine cleaned up in 1986,
9 major surgeries, 2 divorces, having a child and oh so much more
I NEVER LOST SIGHT OF MY DREAM of being an IFBB PRO BODYBUILDER.
My 1st husband Powerlifting Legend Doug Young from TEXAS believed in 19 yr old Arabian Horse Trainer from Canada
and took her under his wing and not only taught her everything he knew about lifting.
But taught her to believe in herself.
He changed the course of my life and i am who i am because of him.
RIP Doug but thank you for the greatest gift to believe in myself.
This i pass on freely to anyone wanting my help...
so grateful words cannot express.
Thanks to my great coach the PRO MAKER IFBB PRO George Farah @georgefarah_guru,
my husband Brandon Best @g_brandon_best,
all those who helped me,
and supported me over the years so appreciated xoxo and to CBBF for this gift....

Omg I CAN'T BELIEVE I COMPLETED MY LIFES DREAM
"I AM A IFBB PRO WOMENS BODYBUILDER" !!!!!!  dreams do come true if
YOU JUST BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAM
& YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF....
NEVER GIVE UP NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS OR HOW LONG IT TAKES....
patience, hard work, tenacity faith, trust, sacrifice, dedication commitment,
loyalty to yourself & your dream  you can do anything you set your mind to.....
BEAUTIFUL DAY !!!!
BEAUTIFUL LIFE...
SO GRATEFUL xoxo

[fitbody]

July 4, 2017
pt of the day

“The harder the battle,
the sweeter the victory.”
“It’s not whether you get knocked down;
it’s whether you get up.”“
Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.”
“Without self-discipline,
success is impossible, period.”
“A champion is someone who gets up
even when he can’t.”
“Winners never quit
and quitters never win.”

[fitbody]

July 6, 2017
pt of the day


“Let me tell you something you already know.
The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows.
It's a very mean and nasty place
and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees
and keep you there permanently if you let it.
You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life.
But it ain't about how hard ya hit.
It's about how hard you can get hit
and keep moving forward.
How much you can take
and keep moving forward.
That's how winning is done!”

[fitbody]

July 7, 2017
pt of the day

“Without fear there cannot be courage.”
“It is not the strength of the body that counts,
but the strength of the spirit.”
“If you don't take risks,
you'll have a wasted soul.”
“I believe that the most important single thing,
beyond discipline and creativity
is daring to dare.”

[fitbody]

JULY 8, 2017
pt of the day

Every single second is an opportunity to change your life,
because in any moment you can change the way you feel.
You create your own universe as you go along.
See the things that you want as already yours.
Know that they will come to you at need.
Then let them come.
Don’t fret and worry about them.
Don’t think about your lack of them.
Think of them as yours,
as belonging to you,
as already in your possession.
What things soever ye desire,
when ye pray,
believe that ye receive them,
and ye shall have them.
All that we are is a result of what we have thought.
Imagination is everything.
It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.
Whatever the mind can conceive it can achieve.

[fitbody]

7-10-17 PT OF THE DAY

“The value of a moment is immeasurable.
The power of just ONE moment
can propel you to success and happiness
or chain you to failure and misery.”
“You must live in the present,
launch yourself on every wave,
find your eternity in each moment.
Fools stand on their island of opportunities
and look toward another land.
There is no other land;
there is no other life but this.”
“The best preparation for tomorrow
is doing your best today.”
“Life is a journey,
not a destination.”

[fitbody]

July 11, 2017
pt of the day

“You have to be the bravest person in the world
to go out every day,
being yourself
when no one likes who you are.”
“What a tremendous power one needs
to become his own master!”
“You get that one chance;
and damn it,
you’ve got to take it!
If there’s one lesson I know I will take with me for eternity,
its that there are those things that might happen only once,
those chances that come walking down the street,
strolling out of a café;
if you don’t let go and take them,
they really could get away!
We can get so washed out with a mindset of entitlement
the universe will do everything for us to ensure our happiness
that we forget why we came here!
We came here to grab, to take, to give, to have!
Not to wait!
Nobody came here to wait!
So, what makes anyone think that destiny will keep on knocking over and over again?
It could,
but what if it doesn’t?
You go and you take the chance that you get;
even if it makes you look stupid, insane, or whorish!
Because it just might not come back again.
You could wait a lifetime to see if it will...
but I don’t think you should.”

[fitbody]

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JULY 12, 2017
PT OF THE DAY

“Promise Yourself

To be so strong that nothing
can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity
to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel
that there is something in them
To look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true.

To think only the best, to work only for the best,
and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past
and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times
and give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself
that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,
and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world,
not in loud words but great deeds.
To live in faith that the whole world is on your side
so long as you are true to the best that is in you.”

[fitbody]

jULY 13, 2017
PT OF THE DAY

Never confuse a single defeat
with a final defeat.
You may encounter many defeats,
but you must not be defeated.
In fact,
it may be necessary to encounter the defeats,
so you can know who you are,
what you can rise from,
how you can still come out of it.
Permanence, perseverance and persistence
in spite of all obstacles,
discouragements and impossibilities:
It is this,
that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
Tenacity is the mother of progress.

[fitbody]

July 14, 2017
pt of the day

“Being challenged in life is inevitable,
being defeated is optional.”
“Sometimes the darkest challenges,
the most difficult lessons,
hold the greates gems of light.”

[fitbody]

JULY 15, 2017
PT OF THE DAY


“Whatever your passion is,
keep doing it.
Don't waste time chasing after success
or comparing yourself to others.
Every flower blooms at a different pace.
Excel at doing what your passion is
and only focus on perfecting it.
Eventually people will see what you are great at doing,
and if you are truly great,
success will come chasing after you.”

[fitbody]

July 16, 2017
pt of the day

Twenty years from now
you will be more disappointed by
the things that you didn't do
than by the ones you did do...
“Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself.
Go forward and make your dreams come true.”
“You are never too old
to set another goal
or to dream a new dream.”

[fitbody]

July 17, 2017
pt of the day

“Life is too short to waste any amount of time
on wondering what other people think about you.
In the first place,
if they had better things going on in their lives,
they wouldn't have the time to sit around and talk about you.
What's important to me is not others' opinions of me,
but what's important to me is my opinion of myself.”

[fitbody]

July 18, 2017
pt of the day

“To conquer frustration,
one must remain intensely focused on the outcome,
not the obstacles.”
“Obstacles are things a person sees
when he takes his eyes off his goal.”
“Goals are my north star.
My compass.
The map that guides me along the road I wish to travel.
Goals are motivations with wind in their sails
they carry me forward despite the storms.”

[fitbody]

July 19, 2017
pt of the day

“Self-discipline is often disguised as short-term pain,
which often leads to long-term gains.
The mistake many of us make is
the need and want for short-term gains (immediate gratification),
which often leads to long-term pain.”
“Perfection of effort is not required,
by the way.
It is the consistency of attempting to work these tools
that brings the progress.
It’s like anything else.
If I want to tone muscle,
lifting a ten-pound weight a few times every da
y will move me toward my goal much quicker than
hoisting a fifty-pound barbell once a week.
Yes, it really is true:
“Slow and steady wins the race.”
Just try a little, every day.
You’ll see.”

[fitbody]

July 20, 2017
pt of the day

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues
because without courage,
you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
“You cannot swim for new horizons
until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
(“It had long since come to my attention that
people of accomplishment rarely sat back
and let things happen to them.
They went out and happened to things.”
― Leonardo da Vinci)
“Once you make a decision,
the universe conspires to make it happen.”

[fitbody]

July 21, 2017
pt of the day

“Inspiration may come from many places
but motivation
the love of life, daily drive and the will to thrive
that must come from you from within”
“Attitude is that little thing
that will make the most difference
in the accomplishment of your goals.”
“Embrace the pain to inherit the gain.”

[fitbody]

July 22, 2017
pt of the day

“You never change your life until
you step out of your comfort zone;
change begins at the end of your comfort zone.”
“Never under-estimate your effort,
no matter how little.
Every effort,
little or great
is a step closer towards the actualization of your dreams.”
EVERY CHOICE YOU MAKE
IN EVERY MOMENT
TAKES YOU EITHER:
CLOSER TO
OR FURTHER FROM YOUR GOALS....
take responsibility for your own happiness,
your dreams, your goals, your reality, your self....
and realize you and your life
is the residual effort of all your past thoughts, choices & actions....

[fitbody]

July 23, 2017
pt of the day

“Difficulties strengthen the mind,
as labor does the body.”
“Be the kind of person who dares to face life's challenges
and overcome them
rather than dodging them.”
“Being challenged in life is inevitable,
being defeated is optional.”

[fitbody]

JULY 24, 2017
PT OF THE DAY



“Birthing is never easy or without pain,
be it a universe,
a child, or a fresh start in life.
Contraction precedes expansion.
Darkness comes before dawn.
Joy follows pain.
This is the way of things.”
Today when I awaken,
the slate will be clean,
and a new day will stretch before me.
How I use that day,
the choices I make,
will be the story my life...
Know the true value of time;
snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it.
No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination:
never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Yesterday's the past,
tomorrow's the future,
but today is a gift.
That's why it's called the present.

[fitbody]

July 25, 2017
pt of the day


“Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions.
All life is an experiment.
The more experiments you make the better.”
“If you dare nothing,
then when the day is over,
nothing is all you will have gained.”
“...If there is no risk,
there is no reward.”

[fitbody]

July 27, 2017
pt of the day


“We have to dare to be ourselves,
however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.”
“Don't let the expectations and opinions of other people affect your decisions.
It's your life, not theirs.
Do what matters most to you
; do what makes you feel alive and happy.
Don't let the expectations and ideas of others limit who you are.
If you let others tell you who you are,
you are living their reality — not yours.
There is more to life than pleasing people.
There is much more to life than following others' prescribed path.
There is so much more to life than what you experience right now.
You need to decide who you are for yourself.
Become a whole being.
Adventure.”

[fitbody]

July 28, 2017
pt of the day

Do not fear failure.
Fear mediocrity.
If you resolve to NEVER quit then there is no failure
, only setbacks.
It's never too late to become what you could have been...
Mediocrity scares the shit out of me.

Average.

Ordinary.

Standard.

Usual.

Normal.

Typical.

Common.

Customary.

Regular.

Everyday.

The idea that I was conceived,
built, grown and launched into this world
to be nothing more than “Run-of-the-mill”
is simply unacceptable.

Some may see this as a silly, contrived fear.

How can someone find fear in being average?

Average is safe. That’s why we all strive to achieve the same things in life…

…safety, security and sanctuary free from scrutiny.

No one second guesses the standard process.

No one questions the usual path.

Because people who break free from mediocrity aren’t normal…

…they’re radicals, rebels, and rabble-rousers.

They wipe their ass with typical.

Typical is the murderer of thought…
the defiler of the idea…
the jailer of genius.
Typical is the synapse
you’ve already burned into that genius brain of yours…

…that genius brain of mine,
and it leads right to the lizard brain.

The lizard brain wants us all to be the same.

A flock of geese.

A herd of cattle.

Middle management.

The lizard brain tells us to avoid trouble…
“Don’t rock the boat…” and we listen.

So we put in the time, we pay your dues
and we pray that someday everything works out.

That the cubicle will become an office…

That the hourly wage will become a salary…

That the job will become a career…

That our sensibility will become success…

…hopefully.

Mediocrity is a choice.
We don’t choose to die.

Even if we did, it was going to happen eventually anyway.

Why fear something you can’t avoid?
Not that I want to die,
I certainly don’t,
but fear of death just doesn’t seem to make sense.

Death isn’t a choice.

But fear courses through my veins at the possibility of living a typical life.
Debilitating, gut-wrenching, sweat-inducing fear.

Fear of expectations not achieved.

Fear of childhood dreams cast aside for the security of a life not questioned, not critiqued…

Fear of never really being alive.

Never taking a risk.

Never putting myself on display, naked and alone, vulnerable to inquisition.

Never feeling the pain of defeat… of failure.

Fear of average.

Fear of being picked 5th for dodge ball.

Fear of being no different from you.
I don’t mean better than you,
I mean different.
How can I add value to your life if our regular lives are exactly the same.

Am I supposed to help you become more typical?
More mediocre? More regular?

I fear mediocrity and not death
because one is my choice and one is inevitable.
When I death becomes me
and I’m given the opportunity to look back on my life
it will be my choices that yield regret.

See… I want to dent the world in whatever way I can.

Not because I have some unique gift others are incapable of providing…

…but rather I have the willingness to do so.

Creation Destroys Mediocrity
Ahhhh…

Creation.

My friend.

The bright light in our would be dark, mediocre lives.

Creation is my prayer, my meditation, my savior from leading a mediocre life.

And honestly there is no method to my creation madness.

Maybe one day it’s fabricating a new word to describe something I don’t understand.

The next it might be making my wife laugh so hard she has to pee.

Today’s it’s writing.

My point is this…

Mediocrity is a derivative of our surrender to the lizard brain.
The lizard brain says don’t create, don’t stick out, don’t be different.
There is no safety or security in being different.
Stand out and you will be scrutinized,
you will be criticized,
you will experience failure and you will feel pain.

Listen to the lizard brain and you will be safe,
you will be secure and you will be mediocre.

But you will never experience what if feels like to be completely awesome,
even if only for a moment…

…and you will certainly never be the person you were conceived,
built, grown and launched into this world to become.

Mediocrity scares the shit out of me.

But as fate would have it, the choice to overcome that fear is mine.

I choose to create.

I hope you will too…

“Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.” ~ Confucius

[fitbody]

July 29,2017
pt of the day



“Your words control your life,
your progress,
your results,
even your mental and physical health.
You cannot talk like a failure
and expect to be successful. “
At the end of the day,
remind yourself
that you did the best you could today,
and that is good enough.”
as long as it was.......
you can sleep well....

[fitbody]

jULY 30, 2017
Pt of the day

“Love yourself.
Forgive yourself.
Be true to yourself.
How you treat yourself
sets the standard for how others will treat you.”
“Encourage yourself,
believe in yourself,
and love yourself.
Never doubt who you are.”
“Accept yourself,
love yourself,
and keep moving forward.”

[fitbody]

jULY 31, 2017
PT OF THE DAY

TODAY’S PT OF THE DAY I’M USING MARIA FORD’S (AKA Coco Qream)
a heart felt inspirational write up she posted
the morning after bringing home 2 trophies in Figure at the Canadian Nationals....
it brought tears to my eyes...
and competitor or not you can learn something from her story....
IN MARIA’S WORDS:
“Yesterday National competition was fun.
Being backstage and just waiting for my category to be call observing athletes with their coaches amazed me.
Some of the athletes are pretty intimidating to look at.
Bad little voice saying tricks with me.
" I think your not going to make it"
I just have to flick that negative voice
and let the good voice tell me "you got this Maria"!
I humble, set my luggage next to my sifu Brandon Best calm myself,
focus on me, and meditate.
I said to myself
" I train, sacrifice, and prep so hard to get to this
and I'm not letting myself down
just because I saw an athlete more condition and bigger than me".
I eat my meals, follow all the guidelines my coach Dawn Alison Ifbb Pro prepared for me.
Just focus, peace, calm, great smile.
I'm so happy when they call my number top 5 at the morning show.
And I said to myself " this shit is for real now"!..
At the evening show when they called my name and I won and placed top 3 in class A open and class A Master.
Wow! I was shocked!
I couldn't be happier with the results.
I said to myself I won and I'm third all over Canada.
Looking back at my very first show last year October 1st 2016
and July 9 then winning top 3 at National July 29, 2017 is such an accomplishment!
Now I'm moving forward,
we're flying out August 29 to compete with top athletes from Mexico, USA
Pittsburgh Northern American competition Aug 31st .
Oh ya baby!!!
Pro card come to me!
I want you so bad I will get you!
I'm not stopping I will keep going because I'm born ready!
I want to thank all my friends and family that wished me and support me.
Big thank you and I love her dearly my coach Dawn Alison for keeping me in a very tight leash
and I know she keeps it tighter today.
She pushes me, trains me like a beast,
but polish me like a beautiful muscles barbie.
From posing, makeup, hair, suits,
I just listen to her because I know what's best for me.
I will not second doubt her with her advice and decisions we both make.
We're a great team and we're just starting .
Hopefully my dream will come true just to be next to the top athletes in Olympia.
I always set a plan ,
a plan that will motivate me,
and keep me focus to accomplish.
Big thank you to my sifu Brandon Best for all his advice to me.
You rock Brandon!
The last but not the least
is my big supporter the big beast behind the selfie camera Joshua Liberman
my gorgeous fiance love of my gains for always there more me.
My Knight in shining armor, my partner for life,
my beastfriend and big Papi.
I love you so much thank you baby Love for being awesome!
Pittsburgh here I come!
Let's do this!”

[fitbody]

August 7, 2017
pt of the day

“To conquer frustration,
one must remain intensely focused on the outcome,
not the obstacles.”

“Stand like a beaten anvil, when thy dream
Is laid upon thee, golden from the fire.
Flinch not, though heavily through that furnace-gleam
The black forge-hammers fall on thy desire.

Demoniac giants round thee seem to loom.
'Tis but the world-smiths heaving to and fro.
Stand like a beaten anvil. Take the doom
Their ponderous weapons deal thee, blow on blow.

Needful to truth as dew-fall to the flower
Is this wild wrath and this implacable scorn.
For every pang, new beauty, and new power,
Burning blood-red shall on thy heart be born.

Stand like a beaten anvil. Let earth's wrong
Beat on that iron and ring back in song.”

WORDS TO LIVE BY.... “PRESS ON...”

[fitbody]

Aug 8, 2017
pt of the day


“The reward is in the risk.”
“The uncertainties in life are so uncertain for us
to determine the kind woe we shall be entangled in in the next future.
When you stay dormant,
your life is at risk;
when you dare to take a step,
you take a step to take a risk.
We have a choice.
Yes!
a choice to choose to dare
to get to our real reasons on earth
or to choose to live in mediocrity and conformity,
but,
we ought to note that,
it is riskier to risk nothing
when the life we live is always at risk.”

[fitbody]

Aug 9, 2017
pt of the day

Rise and shine.
WELCOME TO THE GRIND....

6am and your hand can't make it to the alarm clock before

the voices in your head start telling you that its too early,

too dark and too cold to get out of bed.

Aching muscles lie still in rebellion

pretending not to hear your brain commanding them to move.

A legion of voices are shouting their unanimous permission for you

to hit that snooze button

and go back to dreamland.

But you didn't ask for their opinion.

The voice you have chosen to listen to is one of defiance.

The voice that says there was a reason you set that alarm in the first place.

So sit up,

put your feet on the floor

and don't look back because we've got work to do.



Welcome to the grind.



For what is each day

but a series of conflicts between the right way and the easy way.

10000 streams fan out like a river delta before you,

each one promising the path of least resistance.

Thing is,

you're heading upstream,

and when you make that choice,

when you decide to turn your back on what's confortable

and safe

and what someone called common sense,

well that's day one.

From there it only gets tougher,

so just make sure this is something you want

because the easy way out will always be there,

ready to wash you away,

all you have to do is pick up your feet.

But you aren't going to, are you?

With each step comes the decision to take another.

You are on your way now,

but this is no time to do well on how far you've come.

You are on a fight against an opponent you cant see

but oh you can feel among your heels cant you?

feel him breathing down your neck.

You know what that is?

That's you.

Your fears, your doubts and insecurities,

ganged up like a firing squad ready to shoot you out of the sky.

But dont lose heart,

while they are not easily defeated

they are far from invincible.

Remember,

this is the grind,

a battle royale between you and your mind your body

and the devil on your shoulders telling you this is just a game,

this is just a waste of time,

your opponents are stronger than you.

Drown out the voice of uncertainty

with the sound of your own heartbeat,

burn away yourself down with the fire deep beneath you.

Remember what we are fighting for

and never forget that momentum is a cruel mistress,

she can turn on a dime with the smallest mistake,

she is ever searching for the weak place in your armor,

that one tiny thing you forgot to prepare for.

So as long as the demon is hiding the details the question remains:

Is that all you got?

Are you sure?

And when the answer is yes.

When you have done all you can to prepare yourself for battle.

Then it's time to go forth

and bravely face the enemy,

and the enemy within.

Only now you must take that fight into the open,

into hostile territory.

You are a lion in a field of lions,

all humming the same elusive pray

with the desperate starvation that says victory is the only thing that can keep you alive.

So believe that voice that says that

you can run a little faster

and you can throw a little harder,

that for you,

the laws of physics are merely a suggestion.



Luck is the last dying wish

of those who wanna believe that winning can happen by accident.

Sweat on the other hand

is for the ones who know its a choice.

So decide now,

because destiny waits for no man.

So when the time comes

and a thousand different voices are trying to tell you:

you are not ready for it,

listen instead to that lone voice of distant,

one that sais you are ready,

you are prepared,

its all up to you know,

so rise and shine.

[fitbody]

Aug 10, 2017
pt of the day

Today is a new day.
Don't let your history interfere with your destiny!
Let today be the day you stop being a victim of your circumstances
and start taking action towards the life you want.
You have the power
and the time to shape your life.
Break free from the poisonous victim mentality
and embrace the truth of your greatness.
You were not meant for a mundane or mediocre life!

[fitbody]

Aug 11, 2017
pt of the day

Don't Quit


When Things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and debts are high,
And you want to Smile but have to sigh.
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won if he'd stuck it out,
Don't give up though the pace seems slow,
You might succeed with another blow.

Often the struggler has given up,
When he might captured the victor's cup.
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown,

Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar,
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.

[fitbody]

Aug 12, 2017
pt of the day

“Be savagely thankful,
and continuously in awe of the power you possess.
You are alive.
Inside of an endless cosmos
with the freedom that shines brightest in the dark..
Choices.

Your choices belong to you so intimately,
that they will never leave you.
They, unlike the changing nature of love,
where the failing machinery of our bodies will never abandon you to time.
Good or bad,
they will stay always.
An antique that shows the future
who you were and what you stood for.

So know that what you choose to stand for,
is what will inform you of what you've chosen to stand against,
so stand.
Let each foot crash land into what you believe,
and plant them they're firmly
so they may take root in your convictions.
And stand.”

[fitbody]

Aug 13, 2017
pt of the day

“Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy.
It’s human nature.”
Every day,
every moment
YOU & YOU ALONG MAKE CHOICES...
those choices shape your life
& shape you....
your life is the residual effect
of all your past choices & actions...
live in the moment for the moment,
the present is all we have....
success is the sum of small efforts
made moment by moment,
day in, day out,
week after week,
month after month,
year after year,
and this my friend is YOUR LIFE,
YOU....
take responsibility for your life,
your happiness,
your health,
your SELF....
“There are only two options regarding commitment.
You’re either IN
or you’re OUT.
There is no such thing as life in-between.”

[fitbody]

Aug 14, 2017
pt of the day




Goals in writing are dreams with deadlines.
"There is no achievement without goals."
"This one step
choosing a goal and sticking to it
changes everything."
"People with goals succeed
because they know where they're going."

[fitbody]

Aug 15, 2017
pt of the day

“If you want to be happy,
do not dwell in the past,
do not worry about the future,
focus on living fully in the present.”
“Life isn’t meant to be lived perfectly…
but merely to be LIVED.
Boldly, wildly, beautifully,
uncertainly, imperfectly,
magically LIVED.”

[fitbody]

Aug 15, 2017
pt of the day

“Focus on your goals,
not your fear.”
“An average person
with average talent,
ambition and education
can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society,
if that person has clear, focused goals.
”“It’s called an ‘accomplishment’,
not an ‘intent-ishment’.
You’ve got to BE it to SEE it.
NO MORE EXCUSES
Decide what you want,
create a plan,
and MAKE IT HAPPEN!”

[fitbody]

Aug 17, 2017
pt of the day

“Don't give up when dark times come.
The more storms you face in life,
the stronger you'll be.
Hold on.
Your greater is coming.”
“Success or Winning has no birthmark.
Everyone can be successful and can win.
They have to be persistence,
determined
and never give up”

[fitbody]

Aug 18, 2017
pt of the day

“Determine never to be idle.
No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time,
who never loses any.
It is wonderful how much may be done,
if we are always doing.”
“As Aristotle said,
'Excellence is a habit.'
I would say furthermore
that excellence is made constant
through the feeling that comes right after one has completed a work
which he himself finds undeniably awe-inspiring.
He only wants to relax until
he's ready to renew such a feeling all over again
because to him,
all else has become absolutely trivial.”

[fitbody]

Aug 19, 2017
pt of the day

Life is now.
There was never a time when your life was not now,
nor will there ever be.
“Happiness,
not in another place but this place…
not for another hour,
but this hour.”
“The secret of health for both mind and body is
not to mourn for the past,
worry about the future,
or anticipate troubles,
to live in the present moment
wisely and earnestly.”

[fitbody]

Aug 20, 2017
pt of the day

“Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone or the situation anymore.
It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over
is yourself.”
“You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks,
or even months
over-analyzing a situation;
trying to put the pieces together,
justifying what could've,
would've happened...
or you can just leave the pieces on the floor
and move the **** on.”
TUPAC

[fitbody]

Aug 21, 2017
pt of the day


“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain.
It's not something you learn in school.
But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship,
you really haven't learned anything.”
― Muhammad Ali

[fitbody]

Aug 22, 2017
pt of the day

“Courage is not having the strength to go on;
it is going on when you don't have the strength.”
“FEARLESS is getting back up
and fighting for what you want
over and over again....
even though every time you've tried before
you've lost.”
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”
“Constant dripping hollows out a stone.”

[fitbody]

Aug 23, 2017
pt of the day

“Your strength doesn't come from winning.
It comes from struggles and hardship.
Everything that you go through
prepares you for the next level.”
“Rule your mind
or it will rule you.”

[fitbody]

Aug 24, 2017
pt of the day

“Remember this—
the journey is part of the dream.
Whatever it is you're chasing,
so long as you are actively moving in the right direction,
the dream is coming true.”
“Employing your imagination
is the first step to the fulfillment of any dream.”
“Committing your goals to paper
increases the likelihood of your achieving them
by one thousand percent.”

[fitbody]

Aug 25, 2017
pt of the day

“Love what you do and do what you love.
Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it.
You do what you want,
what you love.
Imagination should be the center of your life.”
“People who lack the clarity,
courage, or determination
to follow their own dreams
will often find ways to discourage yours.
Live your truth
and don't EVER stop!”