Okay, it’s no secret that a good positive attitude can change any situation. The power of positive thinking is immeasurable. It’s my goal to show you a whole different aspect of attitude, the power of your thoughts and how it relates to your physical health.

To start, I want to adopt a concept from a book called Good to Great by Jim Collins, which is one of my favorite books by the way. Now, this is a business book, but the concept is completely related to your health and setting a foundation for a good attitude.
It’s called the Hedgehog concept. There was a writer named Isaiah Berlin and he wrote an essay called “The Hedgehog and the fox”.

In this essay he divided the world in to 2 different groups which were enemies of each other. In the story, the Fox’s always pursue different things at the same time. The fox’s are always scattered and never focus on thinking in one overall concept. They could never understand how things work together.

Now, the Hedgehog was quite different. He would always simplify everything in to one single principle which would guide everything. He would take the most complex world and make it so simple. By doing so, the Hedgehog reduced all the normal challenges and unlike the Fox, he had a lot more clarity and everything seemed so much more simple for him. Whenever the Hedgehog and the Fox were put against one another, the Hedgehog would win every time.

To understand how this concept works for laying the foundation of an “Attitude for Health”, you must understand and relate to these principals.

1. Are you Passionate about living a healthy lifestyle? A really strong desire and passion to do something can really make or break you. Most of us are not that passionate about many things in life. That’s why we settle for mediocrity. Just so I am clear, it’s NOT okay to settle for mediocrity in health. You will not succeed in anything that you are not truly passionate about. Become passionate about who you want to be and then be that person.

2. What drives you? This is your “why”. To understand more about what your why is you may want to request a FREE copy of my new ebook, CLICK HERE!. This should be your driving force. It’s like the fuel for your car, it can’t run without it. In fact, it’s more like Jet Fuel for your passion.

3. Becoming the person you want to be. This is not an option. You deserve to be the best you can be, to be who you want to be, but you have to want it bad enough. “It’s not about doing, it’s about becoming!”

These are the 3 things that you have to mesh together like a Hedgehog to set the foundation for your Attitude of Health. If you always remember these 3 things and take continuous action towards achieving your goals with these things in mind, you will NOT fail! Remember, they are all one in the same as the goal is the same.

This is going to take some self discipline. This self discipline comes from your mind. It comes from your attitude. If you want to make these changes, you have to start from with in. That is if you want them to stick.

“There is no greatness without a passion to be great.”
-Anthony Robbins

See you in Part Two!