Let’s Talk About HalfAssing!

We had trouble naming this one (as you will hear), but we decided to stick with the original title as we usually do, because it's usually the one that resonates most with people.

I know you've all just recognised yourself in the title, so we're getting into it and I'll warn you, this one cut deep for us!

Half-assing is when you're trying hard, feeling like you’re pulling out the stops, aiming for 3 workouts a week, and finding you only did 6 in a month!

When you’re half assing you’re doing just enough to be in your comfort zone of trying, but not enough to make a real difference to get the outcomes. You really do feel like you're trying. In fact, that's probably what you'll say, "I'm trying"... a lot!

The result is usually that when you find out you have to put more skin in the game, you tend to want guarantees. It makes for a tricky situation.

What does halfassing look like and why do we do it?

• Halfassing keeps us safe - you know, from making the huge sacrifices we think we need to make for the huge result.

• We're also fully available if a better offer comes along, whereas if we were knee deep with all that skin in the game, we wouldn't be able to take a better offer!

• We're keeping our options open, you know, anytime if we actually decided to do it properly we would get results, but while we halfass it we're safe, because we've still got an option to up our game.

• We assume we're going to get an opportunity to do it a hundred percent, you know, that perfect week, or after Christmas/holiday/school holidays etc.

• Your subconscious is wired to keep you safe from failure and from achieving and then losing what you've achieved, so it keeps you in halfass  mode where neither of those things can happen

• You often have to put a lot of effort in for quite tiny results to begin with, before the big results come in

This results in a quiet quitting on your goals, day by day, because if you ignore it long enough, it goes away. On the flip side, halfassing keeps us in the game and sometimes it's a placeholder.

You get to choose... am I quiet quitting, am holding my place, or am I ready to set myself on fire for this goal?

This one got personal for us - how was it for you?

This episode connects with our most recent Excuses Vs Reasons revisit episode; Letting Go of Blame