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