When I was back in college, devoting tons of time training hard for sports, I can remember the first time I played the Playstation game – God of War!
This game was SICK!
I was hooked!
I usually played Madden and College Football but this game I was honestly hooked to.
I was a HUGE junkie in college for video games (you know all the free time you get right??)!
Well I choose to either be training, playing football, or playing video games.
Somehow I managed to get a bunch of studying in there as well…
What hooked me to this game was the main character – Kratos, the God of War.
His attitude and demeanor was to DESTROY everything in his path no matter what!
He was fearless, STRONG, determined, and had Balls of Steel!
Granted it was all make believe but it’s these types of things (for me anyway) that create MOTIVATION!
It was the general idea of being like Kratos.
For me, I wanted to look just like Kratos.
The guy was a RIPPED UP BEAST!
I wanted to look just like him and have the same determination and fearless attitude he had.
So every time I trained, I would “Act as If” I was Kratos and nothing could stop me!
I would TRANSFORM MY MIND….
I was determined and committed to building up my strength, speed, and power as much as I could.
The biggest change that took place when I “acted as if”, was my ATTITUDE.
Kratos from the God of War was the perfect role model figure for me.
Now for you, you may have something or someone else totally different in mind and that’s fine!
This is for me.
The point of this story and message is to “Act As IF” you are what you want to be.
If that’s being a FEARLESS, STRONG, DETERMINED, BEAST like Kratos, great!
Maybe for you it’s being an NFL receiver or running back that’s skilled in playing for the NFL, act as if you are them!
Train like the them, eat like them, make decisions like them….
Do what they do!
Be everything they are.
If you act in such a way, after a certain amount of time you will become similar to them.
Just like if you want to be rich, act as if you already are rich!
What types of things do rich people do?
The one’s I know go out and take action.
They are doers and action takers!
Model what they do.
Follow in their foot steps.
Just like I choose to do with my mentors in the Strength and Conditioning game, I try to model them and do as they do.
I learn from them and apply what I know!
The more I do it, the more I learn, and the better I become on my own!
It’s amazing what “acting as if” can do for you!
You need to try it out!
ACT AS IF!
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Live Aggressive and Get Strong!
Travis
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