300 Burpees // Why this isnt crazy & why you should challenge yourself today too

Today I did 300 burpees for fun.

Does that make you immediately assume I am a psychopath? Have you already decided we have nothing in common and we could never be friends?

Hold onto your judgement for just a few minutes & let me explain why I took a deep dive into such a seemingly unenjoyable experience this morning.

Now more than ever I am curating experiences that provide me with the evidence I need to reaffirm my belief that I am a person that can set goals and follow through with action.

There is a difference in being a person that refuses to believe something without a lot of evidence & being a person that just believes whatever they have decided to believe.

I fall somewhere in the middle at the moment.

I set specific goals for the growth of my business this year & at the beginning of the year it was easy to believe we would undoubtedly hit our targets. But, evidently, there have been significant challenges that have presented themselves. I, like many other business owners, am at a crossroads. I can either believe that it is no longer possible to hit my targets and manifest the goals I had set for myself and my business this year – or I could decide that what is happening today doesn’t have any impact on the goals I have set. Instead of frantically doing the maths & finding ways that things aren’t adding up and opening the door to doubt, I can choose to see my total revenue for this month as a stepping stone to the goal I have set for this year.

I can choose to continue to believe we will find a way to reach our targets and hit the goals we have set by the end of the year. The question I asked myself was ‘What is the downside to believing something all the way through to its manifestation? What would be the worse thing that could happen if I believed with 100% conviction and certainty that I was still going to smash those goals this year?’

The goals I have set have very little do with the actually hitting the targets and the revenue associated with that. It has everything to do with being a person that shows up believing in that goal. In becoming a person capable of achieving that goal. The way in which I will show up and serve my community in pursuit of this goal is bigger and brighter than anything anyone could imagine.

I refuse to be a person more aligned to doubt than belief.

It is my privilege as a human to believe in something without proof. I don’t know how this year will play out – but I am choosing to believe that I will continue to wake up and find ways to take a step closer to the goals I have set every day, not just on the days it feels easy to do that.

There is a widespread sense of despair at the moment. It is not completely unjustified. But I think it is worth noting that pershaps it is spreading because as humans, it is tempting to simply believe what other people believe because it makes us feel more connected to them.

So – back to my 300 burpees this morning. This was simply an exercise in revealing whether I could set a goal that intimidated me and believe I was going to do it anyway. I did not want to do it alone. I know I am motivated by the energy of supporting others around me and in relying on the energy of a group to lift me. We opened it up to our community and 99% of people laughed it off. They were committed to doubt, more than belief when it came to burpees.

The challenge had less to do with burpees and more to do with digging deep and drawing on resilience, self confidence and energy reserves.

A small group of us took on this challenge – AND WE ALL COMPLETED IT. Every single one of us. We got through it and we were sweating and smiling at the end of it. Challenged? Yes. Tired? Sure. Hungry? Absolutely. Accomplished – MORE THAN EVER.

And with that under my belt, I gave myself a silent nod. 300 burpees is evidence that I am capable of enduring things I haven’t experienced before. So – whatever is yet to come, whatever I have to endure to reach my goals – I know I am a person up for the challenge.

I believe more than ever that we will reach our goals this year. I refuse to stop believing that we will find a way. I refuse to ever stop believing in myself.

300 burpees before breakfast – goodness knows what I might manage after breakfast!