They say “success leaves clues.” I’ve always liked that quote, which I first heard from Anthony Robbins, and which I’ve heard re-quoted by many others over the years.  Unfortunately, most people don’t follow the advice contained in those three words. They keep pursuing the lean, “hot body” the hard way; trying to figure it out on their own, starting from scratch without a mentor or guide, following the masses and making the same mistakes over and over again.  There is a much easier way.

If you want to be successful, then study successful people. In their quest to climb to the top or enter new territory, successful people have left in their wake everything you need to know to complete the same journey yourself. You simply need to look back at the trail they blazed and follow it.

But contrary to popular belief, winners and achievers don’t leave a trail of pure success behind them. They leave a long string of failures.  Show me a person who hasn’t failed much and you’re showing me a person who hasn’t achieved much.

As you study the most successful people, you begin to realize that they failed their way to success. It was trudging onward through adversity, learning from their mistakes and persevering that allowed them to reach their goal. “Ad astra per aspera!” Through hardship to the stars!

So when you study success, keep in mind that success is the result of failure. If you study the mistakes and failures that came before the success, you can get results even faster and easier. That’s right. Failure leaves clues too….

Learning from the mistakes of others doesn’t mean you won’t hit obstacles of your own. But it does allow you to pinpoint weaknesses to strengthen, identify your biggest priority areas, shine a light on dangers to avoid, skip an enormous amount of trial and error and short cut your learning curve by weeks, months, or even years.

For decades, my mission has been to make the body transformation process simpler and easier. I’ve devoted my entire life to studying the most successful bodybuilders, physique athletes and fitness success stories in the world, becoming one of them myself, and teaching these strategies to all my readers, members and clients.  This is called “modeling” success, and it’s the only real type of “short cut” there is.

Body transformation success is not an un-researched, unexplored frontier. It is not a secret held by an elite few. It has already been achieved by many, and it didn’t happen by accident. I’ve achieved it and thousands of my Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle students have achieved it. Fat loss and fitness success has been studied. It is already a proven science. The fastest path has already been mapped and is available for you to follow. But navigating that path also means steering around the potential pitfalls.

In the list below, you’ll learn the 10 biggest body transformation mistakes that sabotage your success. It appears to be a short and simple list, but don’t underestimate the power that awareness of each mistake and application of their solution holds to propel you to greater success than you’ve ever experienced before.

Body transformation mistake #10

Training without intensity; going through the motions

Success strategy

Train with intensity, effort, focus and passion

Body transformation mistake #9

Using only willpower; trying to change consciously with force

Success strategy

Use habit power and program your subconscious mind to change automatically

Body transformation mistake #8

Giving up at the first obstacle or failure

Success strategy

Persist through every adversity until you succeed

Body transformation mistake #7

Inconsistency with nutrition and training

Success strategy

Consistently follow your nutrition and training plan, every single day

Body transformation mistake #6

Chasing quick fixes; doing the least you can get away with

Success strategy

Develop a hard work ethic; do whatever it takes

Body transformation mistake #5

Short term thinking: “I’m going on a 12 week program”

Success strategy

Long term perspective: “This is a lifelong journey”

Body transformation mistake #4

No goals, fuzzy goals or lightly taken goals

Success strategy

Specific, written goals and total commitment to them

Body transformation mistake #3

Blaming something or someone else for your lack of results

Success strategy

Take personal responsibility for all your results; better or worse

Body transformation mistake #2

No progress tracking or accountability

Success strategy

Track, measure and become accountable for everything you want to improve; weight, body fat, performance, etc.

Body transformation mistake #1

Not believing it can be done and/or not believing you can do it

Success strategy

Believe in yourself; cultivate and grow that belief every single day

How many of these mistakes were you – or are you still – making? How many more might you be making? These are the big ones – the top 10, but this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Last year, with the help of our burn the fat inner circle members, burn the fat twitter followers and burn the fat fans on facebook, we compiled a total of 50 (FIFTY) mistakes, any of which can cause you to fail in your body transformation efforts.

If you’d like to receive the entire report listing all 50 body transformation mistakes, you can get it FREE for a limited time at the burn the fat facebook page. Just visit www.facebook.com/burnthefat and click on the like button.

Source: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/burn-fat-blog/watch-out-10-biggest-body-transformation-mistakes