...it is that time of the year, we are starting to look forward to another "year"...
...school beginning again...fall and winter a few months away...many of you "grasshoppers" (reference to grasshopper and ant fable)...are busy making plans...

...when you do, sit down and really think them through...they are your roadmap or gameplan for your year...

...and when you put your plans to paper...DREAM BIG!!!...take what you have learned about yourself in "the box"...your resiliency, your toughness and tenacity...and draft your plan...to achieve something extraordinary...
 
...make it yours...something that matters to you...

...success begins with a plan...and no one can tell your what your "SUCCESS" is...

...Map out the steps, have check points along the way...use your "network of support" to help you during those tough times (they will be following you the whole way...

...think of your project of walking into the box and seeing your program on the board...and it being a REALLY tough one...when you are in the right environment, around the right people, holding your goals tightly to your chest...push through the sets and reps...the heat...take the odd break to recharge...and get back on it...

...you have an opportunity to make the most out of the only thing that is truly yours....so take the plunge...and be more than you are today...

..... Confucius the great Chinese sage...though not officially part of the NATION...could have been...his words of wisdom are often part of the fuel that I use during my journey...

...here is one that may help you on yours...

"...when it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust your goals...adjust the action steps..." Confucius.

Until next time ELITE NATION,
Onward and Upward,
your pal,
fISH