Insanity Workout Day 12: Mandatory Meeting with THE BOSS

I once read that if you want to stick to your workout schedule you have to treat it like a mandatory meeting with your boss because no one cancels on "THE BOSS!" Strangely enough this theory is actually working for me. Everyone has a shifting schedule and that can easily be an excuse to not follow through on your commitments to your workout program or yourself.
Today would have been the perfect example of how to make up multiple excuses NOT to follow through. Here are just a few to get you started:

1. It's Friday
2. I have plans at the time I normally workout
3. One day won't matter
4. I don't want to have to shower again before going out to dinner
5. The sun is shinning
6. I have been doing really good so far, I deserve a day off.

Yes, all of these things run through my head just like they run through yours. Then I have to remember why I started this program and that the only thing I am doing is making EXCUSES! Then I employ my "mandatory meeting" theory and that reminds me that:

1. ...just because it's Friday doesn't mean you can cancel a meeting with "THE BOSS."
2. ...just because I have plans during my normal workout time doesn't mean I can't propose a better time to meet with "THE BOSS."
3. ...ONE day ALWAYS matters to "THE BOSS."
4. ...just because you don't want to get ready again doesn't mean you cancel with "THE BOSS." It means you workout before your first shower!
5. ...just because the sun is shining doesn't mean you can't meet "THE BOSS" outside.
6. ...just because you are doing really well doesn't mean your reward should be a day off from "THE BOSS."

The moral of the story if you haven't figured it out is that YOU are "THE BOSS" and the investment in yourself is one of the most important investments you will make.

For the record, all of the above applied to me today; however, THIS BOSS didn't cancel!

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