Fit for Life: You Didn’t Fail, You Quit
Saturday, February 08, 2020
Matt Espeut
Ya see, failure is acceptable, quitting isn’t, and in most cases, you fail because you quit.
When you fail at something, and you gave it your all, then you can hold your head high, analyze the reasons you failed, then use that data as feedback and grow from it.
Many people fail at things or because our problems can surface from extenuating circumstances, so we take that type of failure and create solutions so we can prepare to avoid future failures.
However, when you DIDN’T truly bring your A game, and didn’t exhaust 100% of your effort, then there isn’t anyone or anything to blame but yourself.
Halfway through a slider drag the other day I was thinking of dropping and quitting because I felt fatigued.
I kept thinking, if I put my knees down before my arms quivered and gave out, I wouldn’t have failed I would have quit.
But since I programmed my mind to hold on and keep moving until either my shoulders and arms buckled due to exhaustion, or until I reached the end of the turf, I knew that I would talk myself out of quitting.
If I would’ve given up, I would have been very disappointed in myself, and that’s something I can’t accept.
The reason MOST things don’t get accomplished, is because we didn’t go the distance, and threw in the towel before we switched gears in our head and programmed our self to keep pushing.
People lose their business because they gave up. They either stopped delivering outstanding service, and all their customers went elsewhere, or they stopped doing what was needed to stay afloat.
Many small lumber yards went belly up after the Home Depot takeover. However, there are still a few that survived because they never gave up and found ways to separate themselves, and deliver better products and service than Home Depot.
Take Sweet Lumber in Providence for example. Not only can you purchase top-quality lumber like mahogany and oak, but their tools are higher quality, and if you frequent their establishment, they know you by name.
The same goes for Durfee hardware in Cranston. When you go in, they are knowledgeable, they are happy you are there, and they go above and beyond to help you. Despite the competition, they never gave up trying to be the better option.
My dad stays around because he shows up every day and delivers outstanding quality and customer service.
He is only one of the few small flower shops left, because he never gave up his principals and standards, or succumbed to the high-volume low service giants that have crushed the little guy.
The difference between winners and losers is the hard work / never quit factor.
Every team in pro sports are capable of winning championships.
Every player and coach are hand-selected and getting paid top dollar, so why are some teams, players, and coaches more dominant than others?
It’s the no quit, and outwork everyone attitude that separates the successful teams from the losers.
Sometimes it’s not just the players, because if a team owner stops trying to change and rebuild, then they will create a losing environment.
You’ve seen it during football games where the team with the most talent loses the game, because they quit trying, or following the system that they needed to win.
If you start a fitness program at Providence Fit Body Boot Camp, the only way to fail, is to quit.
You quit coming in regularly.
You quit preparing your meals.
You quit following the nutrition plan we outlined for you.
You quit reaching out for help from your coaches and community.
You quit making your health and fitness a priority.
I can say this because I KNOW the program works. It is super simple to follow, and we have seen hundreds of people get amazing results when they follow protocol, exert the discipline and hard work required to succeed.
We take our business seriously. We don’t condone tootsie rolls and pizza after a workout, nor do we joke about what a struggle it is to maintain good eating habits and call chocolate a vegetable because coca is from a leaf.
We promote healthy habits and give you the tools necessary to make it an easy journey when you program your mind for success and never give up on yourself.
A big factor in the process of being a quitter, is that we seek the easy way out.
The path of least resistance.
The comfortable path.
And I am here to tell you that you can’t be successful when you are soft, and lack resiliency.
You need to be thick skinned, hard on yourself, and be willing to suffer and sacrifice for what you want.
Quitting when things get tough isn’t an option, unless you don’t care if your plan fails.
I learned this last July when I put myself through the Project. The Project is a program designed to push you to your limits, physically, mentally, and emotionally, and now I try to live what I learned every day.
I seek discomfort every day. I do tasks I hate doing, I work through pain, anxiety, and adversity, but I will never quit at anything.
Do we need time to rest and recover? Yes, 100%, most definitely.
We can’t give our all if we are burnt out and depleted.
But that’s part of the plan.
Being prepared means taking care of yourself, so you have the physical and mental toughness to push through adversity.
The bottom line is that success is difficult, and quitting is easy.
If you carry the thought process that nothing good comes easy, and if you work hard success is more likely.
Then you will be mentally prepared to make the tough decisions necessary to grow.
If you are willing to quit or give up at the first sign of adversity or discomfort, you will not succeed at very much.
A great quote to leave you with is:
The pain of discipline hurts a lot less than the pain of regret. And you will always regret quitting.
So, suffer through all the challenges, adversity, and suffering to achieve all your personal goals.
Committed to your success,
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