What Happens When You Quit?

It's finally starting to get nice here in Edmonton. But I hear it's going to get colder again, but that's alright since I'm leaving Friday to go back home for my dad's retirement party.

I wanted to drop you a quick email about quitting today.

What happens when you quit?

You stop moving forward. You literally give yourself no shot of reaching your goals.

One of my clients, who is blind and will be trying out for the National Team in the 800 meter race, told me a story today about her Saturday.

You see, ACDC tickets went on sale for their BIG Edmonton show in August. Now, I would love to go (and actually might get in without paying because I may do security at the concert...so that'd be sweet).

But she woke up Saturday not knowing the tickets went on sale...she actually just heard it on the radio as she was getting up...that was 9am.

Tickets went on sale at 10am. She wanted tickets, but didn't really know how. She couldn't use the computer or the phone because she wouldn't be able to see all you credit card info to buy the tickets. So she started trying to find a ticketmaster open. She found one way downtown.

She called a cab and went. She has never been to this place before. The line was crazy long, obviously. She had to ask random strangers to help her find the ticketmaster place in this mall.

As she stood in line, she could here people saying things like, "I heard tickets just sold out at the other ticketmaster." "Tickets are going to be sold out by the time I get up there." "This just doesn't look good, I'm out of here."

People actually left because they didn't want to wait anymore and assumed tickets were sold out. She stuck it out, got to the front of the line and bought 4 tickets.

She said at one point at about 9:30am she thought, "man, that would be fun to go to, but I really don't think it'll work, I can't easily get tickets like other people."

She told me she almost didn't go because, "what are the odds, of it actually working?"

Most people, wouldn't go.

If she decided to not go try and get tickets, August would have rolled around and she would be thinking, "man, that would be fun to go to."

Never knowing that that opportunity would have been there.

What opportunities are you saying "no" to before you even know about them?

Keep ROCKIN' IT!

Dan Grant
The Vitality Coach
http://www.gymsuperstar.com

PS - here's your recipe of the week from subscriber Joan:

Grilled Pepper Salad

1 red pepper, quartered
1 orange pepper, quartered
1 green pepper, quartered
1 onion, cut into thick slices
8 mushrooms
1 tsp. olive oil

Dressing
2 tbsp. balsamic vinegar
2 tsp. olive oil
1 tsp. dijon mustard
1 tsp. honey
1 clove garlic, crushed

In a large bowl, toss the veggies with olive oil. Grill until slightly blackened. Cut the peppers into bite size pieces. Whisk the dressing ingredients together. Toss the vegetables with the dressing. Serve at room temperature. Serves 4.

86 calories, 2.5g protein, 4g fat, 13g carbs

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It's was such a beautiful weekend here in Edmonton. Saturday, Justin (my GM) and his dog Jersey went to a park to toss a ball around a bit. Then we went back to his apartment to get things organized for Gym Superstars inaugural bootcamp in Beaumont starting this Tuesday.

I cooked some steaks and had a couple Rickard's Red to enjoy while sitting on his balcony.

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It's Sunday right now and we just had a great Easter dinner and a fun filled afternoon of finding easter eggs and dying some eggs too. All good times.

So, of course, with the holiday and spending time visiting, work took a back seat and that's okay.

So today i just wanted to let you know about my new article and 2 new recipes for you.

The article entitled, Long Cardio-Free Living can be read here.

The 2 new recipes can be found here.

Keep ROCKIN' IT!

Dan Grant
The Vitality Coach

She beat breast cancer...

I was at a Charity Fashion Show in Support of
Breast Cancer Saturday night. It was to raise
money for a Breast Cancer survivor, Patricia, who
has to still pay the large amount of money that
it costs for treatment.

They raised a lot of money, which was great, but
the best thing for me during the night was
listening to her story and the life lessons she
taught us. I mean, her story had me on the verge
of tears for most of her talk. She is an amazing
person and everybody who organized the event
should be proud of the job they all did.

She's only 27, was diagnosed at 26. Her family
has no history at all of breast cancer. You can
imagine what kind of shock that is to find out
that you have breast cancer at such a young age.

She told the story of "that day". The day she was
diagnosed with breast cancer. She was supposed to
go on a date that night. She remembers wondering
what she should do. Probably for most people, the
decision would be to cancel the date.

She wanted to go, and she did. She said it was
the most important decision she made during her
treatment because at that moment she made the
DECISION to not let cancer beat her.

That was her critical point. It wasn't that her
decision made treatment any easier. It was
painful, she lost her hair and eyebrows. She had
to literally battle everyday. Most people just
aren't that strong. You can think of every
decision you've ever had to make, but it's really
nothing until your LIFE is on the line, isn't it?

We talk about the bumps in the road and we are
going to let them beat us or not. Bumps are there
to make us stronger and to teach us how to live a
better life.

"Spectacular achievement precedes only
unspectacular preparation" - Robert Schuller

Patricia has accomplished a spectacular
achievement, she beat breast cancer.

And there was nothing spectacular about how she
had to accomplish that achievement.

There's a huge lesson here.

One, you need to DECIDE what you want or
accept as your reality.

Two, it's not always going to be fun going
after your big goals. It will suck and be frustrating
sometimes. That's just the way it is.

But it's necessary. You need those moments. They
test you.

They look you right in the face and
say, "how bad do you really want this?"

The answer to that question is ALWAYS yours.

Keep ROCKIN' IT!

Dan Grant
The Vitality Coach

PS - New recipe is available at the site...go here
to check it out.