My apologies... the intention was not to offend or insult
Dai Manuel
Empowering Life Coach | Transforming Lives through Health, Fitness, & Mindset Mastery | Award-Winning Author, TEDx & Keynote Speaker | Family Man Forever Dating My Wife | Inspiring Change, One Mind at a Time
When Coach Isaac Payne submitted a guest post for my blog, DaiManuel.com, I was somewhat taken aback. I read the "11 ways Fit People Think Differently Than Unfit People" and thought to myself there’s a lot of generalizations here.
What do you do when someone takes offense to something you've written?
This question popped into my head when I read a tweet this morning lambasting the post and some of the personal observations made by Isaac. See the following tweet:
However, the more I thought on it I realized that a number of the observations, as pointed and direct (and unflattering) they might be…
...this is personally HOW I THOUGHT when I was overweight and "unfit".
My mind fixated on all the things outside of me which prevented me from being more active, healthier and “fitter”. There was always an excuse ‘why I couldn’t’ do this or that.
But at the core, I was unhappy and needed to accept that I needed to make some changes and those changes all started with a shift in my mindset and taking full ownership of my current health.
Shifting from "I Can't" to "I Can" and "I will" is not always easy
In shifting my mindset, I found myself saying “yes, I can” and “yes, I will” .
Of course I’ve had periods in my life where I’ve fallen back out of health, but I never blamed anyone for my situation – it was all me.
And thankfully, knowing that everyday is an opportunity to make a choice to live life differently fuels me and gives me the confidence to get back to ‘health’.
Would love to hear your thoughts on this. Feel free to comment.
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8yI like that Meme that is circulating now that says (paraphrasing) "barb sees something on the internet she doesn't agree with. Barb moves on. Be like Barb." I love that sentiment. Who cares what some fitness pro thinks about unfit people. Opinions are like belly buttons -- we all gots one.
Personal Fitness Trainer
8yThe same goes for other aspects of life as well...such as how well we are doing in business and personal relationships!
Registered/Licensed Therapeutic Counsellor, RTC Associate of Cooperative Counsellors of Canada, Certified Life Coach, Yoga Therapist, Personal Fitness Trainer
8y*learning approach
Registered/Licensed Therapeutic Counsellor, RTC Associate of Cooperative Counsellors of Canada, Certified Life Coach, Yoga Therapist, Personal Fitness Trainer
8yDai sometimes only sometimes it could be people's weight issues are related to illness. This is not an excuse it's real. I love your leaning approach. We can always gain from trying to understand where the anger or fear arises from. Keep the thought provoking writing coming.
FSQ Sport
8yIf you're banking on achieving consensus on the subject of health / wellness & fitness, you'll die broke. Whether we agree or disagree with people's POV's, we must respect their right to share, followed by our right to disagree, delete & move on or agree & share and move on. Point being, regardless of the decision.... we move on. You're drawing from personal experience and have helped motivate THOUSANDS towards better health so I'd venture to guess you'll be just fine continuing to lead & share as you see fit.