

The only person we can directly control is ourselves. But you can control your behavior and your effort today. You can’t change your height, age, genetics, or your past. Give yourself permission to own, embrace, and take responsibility for the one body you’ve been given. an ego-goal orientation), people with a task-goal orientation remain motivated and feel successful even when they are last place because they have worked hard and improved.

This means, instead of defining success as winning or being the best among their peers (i.e. These highly motivated people feel successful when they work hard, do their best, and improve regardless of whether they are first or last.

This mindset is called a task-goal orientation. People who are most motivated to exercise generally have such self-referenced standards of success. Put another way, no one can tell you if you are successful or not because you get to decide what success is to you. This means that the criteria for success is relative and self-determined. Success is the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. Peer comparison is not inherently a bad thing, but it can steal your confidence, enjoyment, and willingness to participate without the following mindset intervention… 1. Unless you lack serious self-awareness, at some point every person has reflected on their place among their peers in physical activities ranging from weight lifting to jogging with friends. “I just don’t want to be last…” said my friend, who was hesitant to run in a local 5k.
