Why You Need Challenging Goals

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." - Friedrich Nietzsche

THE HUMAN BODYserves as the perfect metaphor for understanding the importance of a challenge, for the simple reason that the body is built to adapt and respond to demands that are placed upon it. The stronger the demand, the stronger the response.

Physical muscles continue to grow and strengthen through the Principle of Progressive Resistance.

This principle is based on the theory that muscles must be challenged in order to upgrade and grow, and that they will progressively work to overcome a resistance force when required to do so. The opposite is also true, as physical muscles will downgrade and weaken with the absence of a challenge.

As an example, if you simply lift the same amount of weight each time, you keep your muscles in a comfort zone and don't provide resistance force for them to adapt and grow. Even worse, if you stop weight and resistance training altogether, all gains become losses, as muscle without challenge reverts to fat.

The Principle of Progressive Resistance operates the same way in every area of our lives, and that is why we all NEED to be challenged.

And not just physically challenged. We need intellectual, leadership, spiritual, relational, sales, and any type of performance challenge that stretches us, forces us to overcome adversity, tests our character and commitment, and inspires us to say adios to our comfort zone.

When will your finest hour come, and how will it arrive?

Do you really think it will materialize without a challenge, without your perseverance being tested, without you being pushed to your limits, tormented, and put through your own personal hell?

In short, for an individual, team, company, community, or country to become great, they must seek out and rise to the great challenges that are thrust upon them. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY!
Let me be frank. There's no point in pretending that rising to meet a challenge does not have the capacity to transform your life. And while there are plenty of excuses, there's no good reason for you to procrastinate, to say you're not ready to take on a challenge.

A challenge is a form of finishing school. By that I mean once you're able to rise up to meet the demands of a challenge, you'll be finished with self-limiting beliefs, finished with settling for less, finished with excuses, finished playing a small game, and finished with living a sedentary life.

And that's precisely why you're going to love the 100 Day Challenge, as it provides the best roadmap in the world for UNLEASHING YOUR GREATNESS!

Gary Ryan Blair is the inspiration behind the 100 DAY CHALLENGE, which is the world's most powerful performance acceleration program designed to show you how to get more accomplished in 100 days than most people do over the course of 10 years.

To learn more, and to receive a brilliant Manifesto titled UNLEASH YOUR GREATNESS, be sure to visit: http://100DayChallenge.com

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