Lessons From My 4 Year Old Daughter… Unstoppable Fat Loss ‘YES’ Attitude
June 19th, 2007 · Filed Under: Fat Loss Mindset
I can’t tell you how excited I am to share a recent
story about how my 4 year old daughter Noelle is
living the Unstoppable Lifestyle.
Recently I shared a story about my 5 year old son
living the unstoppable lifestyle when he made the
decision to climb a mountain.
If you haven’t read that story yet, you can check
it out in the post below.
A couple months ago my daughter was sitting at
the table making a craft and she was getting very
frustrated because it wasn’t working out. She
was on the verge of giving up.
My wife Angie approached her and asked her what
the problem was. Angie then proceeded to tell
Noelle to talk to herself and say “I think I
can, I think I can…”
…You know the story about the little engine that
could. (I’m not sure why we ever lose those beliefs)
Anyhow, Noelle started to repeat it to herself and
sure enough she did it.
Well that lesson really sunk in for her. Shortly
after that she fell off a rather high slide at
the park and she was really upset.
…But we could see the unstoppable attitude creeping
up. She picked herself up and got right back up on
the slide and made it safely all the way down.
At the bottom we heard her say to herself, “See I
told you I could do it!”
Then just over the weekend we were swimming at my
parents house and Noelle was a bit nervous. She
was wearing water wings plus she had a little
inner tube around her.
She refused to go in without the inner tube. She
was actually a little terrified when we tried to
get it away from her.
A couple hours went by and most of us were out
of the pool grabbing a bite to eat, but Noelle
stayed in the pool paddling around.
Then without hesitation she climbed onto the steps
and ditched the inner tube and jumped in the water.
There was a brief moment of fear and then quickly
a joyous shout out, “Mommy look at me, I’m swimming!”
We were all so excited. Angie asked her, “Did you
tell yourself ‘I think I can’?”
Noelle said, “No, I just kept saying ‘YES’, YES’!”
These are huge lessons of living the unstoppable
lifestyle. Having a powerful mindset is so much
more than positive thinking.
A large part of it has to do with attitude. Noelle
clearly has an unstoppable attitude and Angie and
I are continuing to nurture that attitude in her.
There’s a great book out there that was given as
a gift to me called, “The Little Gold Book Of
YES! Attitude” by Jeffrey Gitomer.
I highly recommend it. You can find it at your
local book store or online.
What I see happen all too often is that we encourage
our kids and tell them that they can do or be
whatever they want.
Yet as they get older we tend to become over protective
because we don’t want them to get hurt. That’s when
they develop a fear to try new things or take
calculated risks.
Isn’t it time that you get that unstoppable attitude
back?
Are you going to start repeating to yourself, YES!”,
whenever you are faced with an obstacle?
Go to your local library and check out “The Little
Engine That Could”. It applies more to your life
now than it ever did for you as a child.
Live the ‘Unstoppable’ Lifestyle today!
YOUR DREAM BODY AWAITS YOU…
Scott Tousignant, BHK, CFC
www.TheFitChic.com
www.UnstoppableFatLoss.com
www.TheFitBastard.com
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