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It is common when someone who is interested in our coaching program emails or calls for a consultation to immediately ask, ?What should I be doing?? My response is always, ?I don?t know.? This shocks a lot of people because they expect me to answer immediately with a detailed fitness regimen. Why can?t I do that?

I can?t give them any immediate advice because I don?t know what their baseline is. A baseline is a measurement of where you are starting from. Common baselines include measurements such as body weight, body fat percentage, cholesterol, and blood pressure. These are important measurements, but even more are needed.

Comparing your baseline to your ideal state of physical wealth can feel overwhelming. Long-term goals are called such because they take a long time to achieve. For instance, if your goal is to lose twenty pounds it can take a while ? maybe as long as six months or possibly longer ? before you have lost that weight and feel successful. After all, to lose 20 pounds, you would need to create a deficit of 70,000 calories, and that takes time. As I?ve said before, there are no quick-fix solutions to the enduring gains of real physical wealth. It takes time and energy to get where you want to go. To bridge the gap from here to there, break the journey down into measurable, achievable, short-term goals that allow you to feel successful every day.

Using your fitness journal, set as many three-month goals as you think you are able to achieve. Then break those down into weekly goals, charting your fitness routines on a daily basis. When setting your goals, keep in mind the measuring stick of challenging-yet-do-able: set goals that are challenging enough to produce results, yet do-able, or realistic, enough that you are likely to achieve them.

While I talked about realistic goals in the previous section, it is also possible to set a goal that presents an insufficient challenge to you. Setting a goal of something you already do most of the time, say walking the dog for fifteen minutes per day, is not challenging. If you set a goal and you don?t feel it is somewhat of a stretch to achieve, a little bit out of your everyday comfort zone, consider upping the ante. In the dog-walking scenario, you could add ten minutes of exercise prior to walking the dog, for a total activity time of 25 minutes. Using the challenging-yet-do-able measuring stick will help you to set goals that will stretch you towards your ideal state of physical wealth, while at the same time be realistic for your schedule and current state of fitness.

To keep you additionally motivated, you can use motivational exercise tools to measure your progress, such as the pedometers, accelerometers, and heart rate monitors. These monitors allow you to set specific goals and give you instant feedback about the effectiveness of your efforts.

The following sample plan will show you how to move from your baseline measurement to achieving physical wealth. Below each area, write your own plan.

Be sure to congratulate yourself for the progress you make along the way, and seriously consider giving yourself a reward. People often find it motivating to hold out a prize for themselves when they achieve their short-term goals, ranging from a new outfit or book to a spa treatment or evening out. Additional motivation never hurts! Remember, you deserve at least a pat on the back from yourself ? you?ve set and achieved important goals. You?re moving along the pathway to physical wealth!

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Economic Growth Continues - More Than 5.3 Million Jobs Created Since August 2003
On June 2, 2006, The Government Released New Jobs Figures – 75,000 Jobs Created In May. The economy has created about 1.9 million jobs over the past 12 months – and more than 5.3 million since August 2003. The unemployment rate fell to 4.6 percent – lower than the average of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.

Revised Report Shows Fastest Real GDP Growth In Two-And-A-Half Years. Real GDP grew at an annual rate of 5.3 percent for the first quarter of this year. This follows our economic growth of 3.5 percent in 2005 – the fastest rate of any major industrialized nation.

Productivity Increased At A Strong Annual Rate Of 3.7 Percent In The First Quarter.

Real Hourly Compensation Rose At A 3.2 Percent Annual Rate In The First Quarter.

Personal Income Increased At An Annual Rate Of 6.7 Percent In April. Since January 2001, real after-tax income has risen by 12.9 percent, or 7.3 percent per person.

Real Consumer Spending Increased At An Annual Rate Of 5.2 Percent In The First Quarter.

Employment Increased In 47 States Over The Past 12 Months Ending In April. Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 41 states in April.

Industrial Production Increased 4.7 Percent Over The Past 12 Months. Over the past 12 months, manufacturing production has increased by 5.5 percent.

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