I often wonder, if you were certain of an outcome, and you knew you would not fail, would you do whatever it takes?

I’d like to think so. However, I don’t think this is the case, or at least I don’t think anyone ever really can be 100% certain.

Some of our documentary subjects are able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Others, no matter how clear it should be, never truly believe or are able to see what is possible, if they just stay focused. So they lose focus, and waiver, and ultimately stop believing in what they ultimately desire…and without any intervention, they’d surely quit. Some have.

Our documentary is about what is real, not about how we can intervene and force people to succeed. Because it is what makes us desire to succeed that we are trying to understand…how it motivates us to do the right things. As we will allow people to fall down over the course of their journey, we do at times pick them up, and point them in the right direction. Ultimately, I do instill a sense that we will not allow them to fail in the end, if they trust where we are going. Often times, this isn’t enough to keep people interested. Left to their own devices, they consistently wander back to old habits, and find it hard to believe that in less than a year they can have far exceeded their expectations of what is possible.

It can be so frustrating! Since Mariah and I will often rearrange our entire day or week to help someone, and they just don’t see the value it has to them, and ultimately don’t keep an appointment…is it because they don’t care? I don’t think so. I think it’s because they don’t see the end of the tunnel clearly enough to understand that it is each week, each day, and each moment that counts. It all adds up to where we are going in our lives, and it directly impacts how well we succeed.

Success is not in question, if we understand that each step to get there is often critical. Critical not only because consistency is key, but because it has so much to do with our mindset, our momentum, and our perception of habit versus occasional activities. We must convert those actions that are necessary to our success into habits, that we do every day, instead of a few times a week. We must change how our brain works. While 30 minutes of daily exercise may seem like “overtraining” to some, it is to others, the minimum level of activity that is a part of their day.