Does that correlation exist? At this point, I’m not totally sure. The inspiration for this post comes from that the fact that over the past several weeks I’ve been doing multiple sets of pushups daily on a regular basis, and because I’m not exactly the most muscular guy in the room, I’ve started to notice quite obvious physical improvement. I can tell it’s working because for one, I’m able to steadily increase the number of pushups I can do, so I know I’m getting stronger. And two, I’m seeing definition in my arms and chest that I haven’t seen since my sophomore year in college when I was going to the gym on a regular basis. And keep in mind, this is all just pushups (mainly because I actually enjoy doing pushups…I always have for some reason). Probably about just 20/day for 2 weeks. Nothing intense.
So, this where it gets interesting…
Over the past week for just a random reason (to see if I could do it, or maybe it was because I set up Joe’s Goals) I started increasing the difficulty and variety of the exercises. Started doing crunches, squats, and even ran a mile for the hell of it one day (of which I haven’t done for years…I hate running because I think it’s boring). Here’s the thing, though. I noticed my business productivity and personal motivation go up a little bit. I’m very aware of my internal self, so when a small amount changes, I notice it big time. And boy did I notice. The past few days have been incredibly productive, and the best thing is that because my motivation has increased I’m doing the tasks that I’ve been avoiding for a while now, without even thinking twice. I must admit I didn’t expect this at all.
Maybe this seems like old news to you. And in fact, I think I’ve read it before somewhere. But when you experience it first hand, it’s a bit different.
The key is determining what it is about exercising that has increased my motivation. It could be a number of things:
- increase in testosterone (i’ve already started to research natural ways to increase testosterone to further increase motivation if this is the culprit)
- increase in muscle tone has increases my self-confidence and thus my motivation to live life to it’s fullest
- the presence of the workout routine increases my work routine follow-through
- something else I’m not thinking of…
I’m going to continue the experiment for a while longer. I wonder if there’s a plateau, or if motivation just continues to go up? As a personal productivity obsessive and avid lifehacker, this is quite exciting to me! There’s an obvious correlation between personal motivation and business success. Now, the key is finding some way to hack into that extra supply of personal motivation.
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That’s rad, I have health high up on my list of personal values, there no doubt is a correlation. Think about those days you just sit for hours in front of the computer, its actually slows you down. I force myself to get up regularly and step away. I do yoga or jog or workout almost everyday before my lunch and I cant say in words how much more energized and motivated i am when i get back from excersizing. Keep it up!