Tagged with: disability goals health Physical Activity A runner stands at the runner’s blocks waiting for the signal to take off. When the runner hears the signal, they find their stride, pace, and their movements fall into a rhythmic cadence. Their legs carry them a particular distance. They have developed and refined their skill through repetition. When they reach the finish line, they have likely achieved a faster time, improved a specific skill, or accomplished a personal goal.
Tagged with: goal setting goals A little over a year ago I set a goal. I started by saying it to myself with a silent smile. A few weeks later, I started sharing it with my friends. A couple months after that I found myself sharing it with some news reporters and freelance journalists. Before I knew it, I had shared my goal with the cashier at the grocery store, the old lady at the gym, my students, and everyone in between.
Tagged with: disability goals passion Swimming One year ago today, I was finishing up my first swim meet in over a decade. I had given up the sport as a slight and silent protest to my own disability. I didn’t think that I could ever be the swimmer I was, nor get any satisfaction from it without the use of my legs.
Tagged with: advocate awareness diagnosis disabilities disability goals life Michael J Fox, once known to millions of Americans as Marty McFly or Alex P. Keaton is now known all around the world as “The Face of Parkinson’s Disease” and “The Incurable Optimist.”
Tagged with: goals mentor team I wish everyone in life the gift of an adviser, teacher, or mentor that can guide us to reach our goals and go beyond our own limits. One of John Wooden’s favorite lines, “There is nothing you know that you haven’t learned from someone else. It is the greatest inheritance you can give to others. It is why you get up every day – to teach and be taught.”
Tagged with: communication goals learning skills teamwork You are a five-year old child, who is shoved into days of soccer practice, clarinet lessons, and Girl Scout cookies in hopes that you learn one very simple concept that you can’t necessarily get directly from your chauffeuring parents: Teamwork.
Any Celebrity Apprentice fans? On Sunday night’s episode Gary Busey shocked everyone by winning the second challenge of this season and spelled out his victory by stating the meaning behind the word team: “T- is for Together, E-Is for Everyone, A-id for Achieves, and M-More!” As hard it may be to understand the thought process of Gary at times, he got this point right on! The meaning behind the acronym of the word “team” truly speaks volumes. Understanding the significance and strength from working as a “team” holds true and this definition is most often heard in the success of business franchises, private organizations, and sports teams. It also holds true in the world of autism.
I believe our team of trainers understands the responsibilities of an all-inclusive fitness facility when I observe how they prepare and personalize every training session. Labels are not something we focus on. Instead, we strive to realize our purpose in quality personal service, in fitness and wellness. Information is gathered from the client and anyone involved so that to formulate a plan to achieve short and long term fitness goals.
Tagged with: goals plan When you get right down to it, our lives are made up only of the time we spend here on Earth. The minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years of our lives are made up of what we did during the time we were given. This time is limited. It passes rapidly. As far as we know it may not be repeated or done over.
