4 Things Your Fitness and Your Finances Have in Common
Lessons to help you build a better life.
A lot of us aren’t where we’d like to be in life. We would like to change that, but we don’t know where to start, so we feel powerless. This was once the case for me — both physically and financially.
As an intimidated, 14-year old novice in the gym, I looked on in awe of the local bodybuilders and felt out of place. And as an angry, 16-year old fast food worker, I looked on with disdain at the “privileged” kids my age that were handed Mustangs and Corvettes as graduation presents.
Eventually, I heard a quote during an interview from the professional wrestler, Triple H.
“The gym teaches you everything you need to know about life. You get out exactly what you put into it”. — Paul “Triple H” Levesque
As a teenager, I wasn’t sure what exactly I needed to know about life, but I knew that I wanted a good one — and since the gym could apparently teach me about it while building my body, I was hooked.
Sure enough, through hard work and dedication to fitness, I built a lean, muscular physique that improved my health, athleticism, and confidence. Maybe I wasn’t so powerless to…
