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I find that a lot people live their lives inadvertently.

Would you agree?

The most common answer I get when I ask my clients just about any question is, “I don’t know”.

They don’t know …

• how or why they are overweight
• what they are thinking
• why they picked this job, husband, house, etc.
• who can help them
• what they plan to do next

Sure, they may come up with a few excuses.  In the end, most of them concede to the fact that they didn’t really take the time to think about it.  They just did.

I had a friend who wanted to start getting up earlier.  I asked her why? She said, “I don’t know.  That’s what healthy people do.  They get up earlier to work out and do stuff.”

She might as well keep sleeping with that reasoning.

Her goal was to lose weight.  I told her, “...