Wednesday, April 27, 2016

200,000 push-ups

I read an article on CBC about a 65 year old in PEI who has completed 200,000 push-ups this past year.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-danny-mcdonald-200-000-pushups-in-year-1.3553414

I think that's incredible. I thought 50,000 was a lot. It inspires me though, as it reinforces the fact that we can do anything if we set a goal, have a plan and take consistent action.

The black belt success cycle is really the key to accomplishing everything. If you don't have a specific goal, you won't have anything to aim for. Without a plan (and a success coach) you won't have any idea how to get to your goal. It will forever stay in the distance. And then most important is to take consistent action. An all or nothing approach will die out fast. The plan needs to be broken into manageable pieces so that it's easy to stay consistent. Then of course reviewing your progress and your goal along the way keeps you aware of how things are really going. There will be adjustments that will need to be made in order to stay consistent and to keep working towards your goal which may or may not have changed as you evolved over your journey.

Anything is possible if we don't settle for mediocrity.

1 comment:

Jeff Brinker said...

There was a guy in the UBBT who completed 1,000,000 in a year. I've been doing 50,000/year for almost a decade. I am no where near 1,000,000 total for my lifetime. This Danny McDonald that you have referenced here is amazing.