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What I believe…

By Jonas Forsberg November 20, 2008: (6)

Alright guys, today I got a different type of topic. It does not involve training tips or fat burning workouts, it is a complete different approach.

In this post, I would like to share with you my thoughts and my values – basically, what I believe is important in this world, and how I see things.

==> I believe that walking around planning for the future and pension is a waste of time and effort. Why talk about all the things you are going to do and all the money you are going to have in 10-20 years, when you could live your life at this very moment?

We live right here, right now. Enjoy each day as it was your last!

==> I believe that Mark Twain’s famous quote – “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – is as right as it gets.

If you are trying to make a change in your life and all you hear are negative comments and reactions, then these people should not deserve your attention.

“The really great make you feel that you, too, can become great” – and these are the type of friends to hold on to!

==> I believe you should treat other people the same way you want them to treat you. Respect and helping others is something I truly value, and it makes me furious to see people who only think about themselves and only focuses on what they need!

==> I believe that in order to succeed in life you need to come across roadblocks and obstacles. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows, and if you never try – you’ll never succeed!

==> I believe that Michael Jordan is one of the biggest role models to human kind. Over and over again he has shown that he was no different then you and I. He stated that he missed more than 9000 shots, he lost almost 300 games and 26 times he was trusted to take the game winning shot, and he missed.

Michael Jordan’s examples and statements does not only relate to basketball, it also relates to life in general. He said that he has always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

Worth mentioning, I have never seen one full game with Michael Jordan, I can’t play basketball and I rarely watch it, but I know that people like Michael Jordan is one of the biggest role models to human kind!

==> I believe you can divide people into the following 2 groups:

• Those who envy other people with money and success, and walks around dreaming of having the life of the rich and famous, and

• Then there are those who get tired of hearing people talk about how successful this or that person is, and how perfect his/her life must be, etc.

People from the second group don’t go around dreaming their whole life – they take action, they learn from the best and they make it happen!

==> I believe that health and fitness has turned into something complicated, when it in the beginning was made to be easy for people to understand. Today health and fitness is like a difficult math course with tons of calculations that needs to be done.

People are being told to buy all different types of equipment, work out on machines in the gym, calculate their BMI – while they could ignore all the nonsense, get back to basics, and use their own bodyweight.

Keeping it fun and easy!

==> I believe that people don’t really appreciate what they have until it’s gone. People don’t appreciate being healthy until they get sick, people don’t appreciate love until they have no one to love, people don’t appreciate small things like taking a hot shower until the warm water is gone, etc.

Appreciate what you have and take care of it. Don’t take everything for granted!

==> I believe there is no coincidence that the biggest athletes and the most successful entrepreneurs in the world come from a tough childhood without anything to fall back on.

==> I believe it’s better to look back and regret the things you did then the things you didn’t do! There are so many things I wish I did when I had the chance, and now that it’s gone, I can never have it back.

Those are some of my beliefs here in life. Feel free to interpret them the way you want.

Got any comments? Want to share your beliefs?

Please do so by comment on this post, or send me an email at:  jonas@theswedishtrainer.com

I wish you all the best,
Jonas