Preparation, Motivation and Change

Are things like goal setting, planning and predicting barriers conducive to motivation? What about preparing meals, creating an exercise space or laying your clothes out? Do these mental and physical preparations affect how motivated we are or can become? In the following Interview Segments Interviewee's are asked...  

"What role do you think mental and physical preparation plays in our motivation to change?"

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Multisport Legend Steve Gurney

Jane Lockstone - Physiotherapist

Body for Life Winner Jared Wilson

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Korey Gibson

Good preparation leads to the formation of routines which results in great outcomes (3:11)

Andrew Ellis

Being one step ahead of yourself means you will always be prepared and you won’t get caught out plus support people you can be accountable to (2:50)
 

Russell Maylin

For me preparation, both mental and physical is an obsession (4:54)  

Terry Gyde

Being prepared by gaining knowledge of physiology and exercise in general is always a good investment (2:20) 
 

Steve Gurney

Being aware of weak points and how to make them stronger (1:54) 

Hugh Robinson

Knowledge is king plus the reason so many people quit shortly after starting (2:48)

Jared Wilson

How preparation can assist with on-going motivation (2:49)

Self awareness of the barriers that hinder motivation to change (2:32) 
 

Kagan Orton

A big part of mental preparation is keeping your goals at the forefront of your mind and reminding yourself that you want it  (1:53) 

Sue Storey

Identify your weaknesses as a way to prepare for taking the first steps and focus on the things youre doing well (3:36) 
 

The bottom line is that change is a long term thing. Ignore this at your peril! (4:17) 

Jane Lockstone

The role of mental and physical preparation in making changes (2:26)

Time, family, money and mindset as barriers to change plus ideas to get around these things (3:12)

Gael Warren

Getting your training gear on as a way to build motivation to workout (0:54)

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Anton Ashcroft

The roles that contemplation, goal setting and planning play in making a change and the common traps many of us often fall into (4:06)

Imaginable exposure or identifying a preferred future as a technique to pre-empt action (2:07)

Tim Lindley

Getting excited is an important part of preparation as is preparing the small things that make a big difference (2:12)

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