South Fulton, GA January 2018

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JANUARY 2018

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JANUARY 2018 PUBLISHER

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Refresh and Reset Your Fitness Routine HAPPY NEW YEAR, Y’ALL! NEW YEAR, NEW BEGINNINGS! It’s my pleasure to unveil some changes from our corporate office that will ensure the South Fulton Lifestyle magazine you have come to love over the past two years has a fresh new look! I hope you enjoy the new layout and this month’s Active theme.

As much as it’s a cliche to declare a lifestyle change, a new diet plan and a brand-new workout regimen in January of a new year, I’d like to invite you

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to look at this custom through a new lens. Instead of resolving to lose 20 pounds, commit to something fun and interesting or try a new workout that has the bonus feature of being a way to spend time together as a family.

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Coaches Zed and Tanetta Carter of Precision Athletic Corps have some ideas to share. Sample a new healthy recipe, such as the deconstructed vegetable sushi bowl in this issue, each week rather than trying to starve yourself and then failing miserably. I’m talking about a total system reset rather than a resolution. This issue of SFL will help you along the way!

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INSIDE THE ISSUE JANUARY 2018

FEATURES 10 Frocks & Rocks A Fashion Show Fundraiser Benefitting Foster Children

14 BronzeLens Film Festival Celebrating 8 Years With A Bang!

16 Three True Confessions from A Trainer #SoFu Resident Barre Expert Bares Her Soul

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18 Four Fitness Trends to Reset Your Routine Precision Athletic Corps Offers Training For the Whole Family

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DEPARTMENTS

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Lifestyle Letter

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Good Times

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Around Town

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City Scene

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Healthy Lifestyle

22 Local Limelight 26 Locally Owned 28 Culinary Creations 30 Realty Report 33 Lifestyle Calendar 34 Parting Thoughts

GOOD TIMES

Good Times The winners of our surveys joined South Fulton Lifestyle staff at a Gala Event at Infiniti of South Atlanta. Attendees sampled #sofu fare and enjoyed treats produced by our nominees! PHOTOS BY TIFFANY POWELL PHOTOGRAPHY

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Frocks & Rocks: A Fashion Show Fundraiser Benefitting Foster Children Bloom hosted its fourth annual exclusive ladies-only fashion event connecting women with local stores while raising funds for The Bloom Closet, a cost-free clothing boutique for foster children in Georgia. The fashion show featured Fayette County local gems such as Lizard Thicket, Fab’rik, Darling Divas, and Tribal Chick.

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CATINA WILSON CRUISES FOR A CAUSE AND RAISES FUNDS FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH Last November, Catina Wilson of Cruise Planners participated in a two-day, 30-mile breast cancer walk with It's the Journey, an organization that provides free services to those diagnosed with breast cancer and funds grants for breast cancer research. All money raised stays in Georgia. Wilson participates in a team called Simply the Breast led by Carletta Cunningham, a breast cancer survivor. The entire

BERT’S BIG ADVENTURE HOSTS PRIVATE HOLIDAY REUNION ADVENTURE

team comprises brown and black women and has

More than 60 Bert’s Big Adventure families from

raised over $70K for It's the Journey in just four years!

past trips recently gathered for the annual Holiday

One of last year’s team fundraisers included

Reunion Adventure. The festivities took place at

"Cruising for a Cause," sponsored by Cruise Planners

Phipps Plaza, where families were joined by the

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at Phipps Plaza and more. Families also enjoyed appearances by a variety of Disney characters and

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CITY SCENE ARTICLE KIMBERLY WRIGHT | PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF THE BRONZELENS FILM FESTIVAL

BRONZELENS FILM FESTIVAL WAS EVERYTHING ATLANTA NEEDED FOR THE UPCOMING FILM INDUSTRY. Let’s face it:

BronzeLens FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 8 YEARS WITH A BANG!

Atlanta is definitely a part of the film industry conversation and Mrs. Kathleen Bertrand’s wonderful vision from eight years ago has grown into something beautiful. BronzeLens Film Fest, as it is affectionately called, is simply A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Celebrating its eighth year, the BronzeLens Film Festival differs from other events on so many levels, offering a great touch, feel and interaction with celebrities, filmmakers and other film buffs that is not often experienced at other film festivals.

The BronzeLens Film Festival kicked off the five-day festival with a bang and plenty of education, awards, screenings, recognition and BronzeLens love. Festival highlights included the All Shorts All Day presented by BET Networks, Legal Mash Ups, A Behind the Scenes Look with Janine Barrios, all the Bronze Carpets, 8th Annual BronzeLens Womens Superstar Luncheon, Lamman Rucker’s Master Class, the Welcome at Atlanta City Hall, industry-specific workshops, student tracks, the BronzeLens Award Show, Sunday Brunch with the Brothers and the BronzeLens Closing Night. Each day was as promising as the last, with moments had and memories made.

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The 8th Annual BronzeLens Womens Superstar Luncheon was extremely rewarding and superstar studded. Gracing the Bronze Carpet were some amazing talent, from T.C. Carson, well-known as Kyle Barker on “Living Single,” and Crystal Fox, aka, Luann Corbin on “In the Heat of the Night,” to Hanna Young on “The Have and The Have Nots,” Omar Dorsey, well-known as Hollywood on “Queen Sugar,” and Timon Durrett, known as “Queen Sugar” star David West. Dana Owens, aka Queen Latifah, was named the ICON Superstar and had a stimulating conversation with Will Packer about people of color being properly respected in film and music. Queen Latifah and Will dropped some real nuggets during their conversation. Nefertite Nguvu, Crystal Fox and Neema Barnette were also honored. Nefertite was named as the Behind the Lens Superstar, Crystal as the Visionary Superstar and Neema, the Legendary Behind The Lens Superstar. The inspiring Queen Latifah shared three golden nuggets:

“HAVE GREAT PEOPLE AROUND YOU THAT FIGHT WITH YOU. TEACH EACH OTHER WHAT YOU LEARN AND THEN LEARN NEW THINGS.” “I LEARNED WHAT REJECTION AND FAILURE FELT LIKE—WHICH HELPED ME LEARN HOW TO RECOVER.” “WE NEED EACH OTHER MORE THAN EVER BEFORE. CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE YOUTH. DON’T BE AFRAID TO LISTEN TO THEM.” A special thank you goes to Kathleen Bertrand for helping Atlanta continue to shine in the film industry. We recognize you shining brightly as the BronzeLens founder.

Active New Year, For a New You

By Zwade Marshall, MD, MBA

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appy New Year South Fulton-ers! It’s the beginning of a new year, and I know many of us will set our sights on meeting our New Years’ resolutions. If your number one resolution is to lose weight and become healthier, join the club! And while research shows that only 64% of us will maintain our resolutions through the end of the first month of the New Year and less than half will be maintained through six months, this year can be different!

The key is to keep it simple, realistic and safe. As an interventional pain management physician, I often treat patients for herniated discs and sciatic nerve pain when they over exert themselves in the gym for the first time in years. Many of these patients are fed up with their creeping weight gain and sedentary lifestyle, and desperately want a new lease on life. A setback due to injury is a sure way to derail their hopes for the New Year.

Below are a few of my personal recommendations to increase your activity in 2018.

• Take the opportunity to stand – If you have a sedentary job, you are spending many hours of your day sitting relatively still, and burning very few calories. You would have likely eaten 2-3 times during the work day, and at the end of the day, you may be tired but trying to muster the energy to workout. Consider standing more at work. A standing desk can be a great way to increase your activity and combat the negative effects of a sedentary job.

• Ease into your fitness routine – If you have not been in the gym for months start slowly. Set reasonable goals and remember that consistency is more important than short-term gains. The key to maintaining your routine lies in picking an activity that you actually enjoy. If you have never liked running, now is not the time to start.

Consider yoga, spin class, or Pilates.

• Incorporate activity into your daily routine – Researchers have found that brisk walking for 30 minutes daily will trim your waistline, improve your mood and even reduce your risk of heart disease, hypertension and diabetes. So, take your dog on a brisk walk instead of letting the dog out in your yard. Take the stairs at work instead of the elevator, or grab your lunch to go and take a walk during your lunch break.

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HEALTHY LIFESTYLE ARTICLE ERIKA MAXIE

Three True Confessions

from A Trainer #SOFU RESIDENT BARRE EXPERT BARES HER SOUL

I realized that in overcoming the limitations of my physical self I created a spark and renewed a light inside that moved me from dark places into fitness and health of the body, but more importantly, of the spirit and the mind. When I realized that I could share this sense of wholeness with anyone who needed it, the physical workout was no longer an issue for me—okay, not an issue 85 to 90% of the time, especially since we should probably be honest in our confessions.

While we’re at it, there something else I’d like to share. I never had a personal trainer before I became one. I guess that makes me a selfstarter, or contrary, or let’s just go with unique. The point is that there’s no specific order in which the journey should begin. If you’ll allow your life to inform your exercise, you’re already at the starting line. Which HEY YOU THERE—YES YOU! I’m going to tell you something that

brings me to my final confession. I know that your best life is in you.

I’ve rarely admitted to anyone, but this stays between us, okay? I’m a

Keep moving, bending, stretching, reaching, believing and achiev-

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ing. You won’t recognize yourself or, more appropriately, you actually

no big secret if you didn’t skip the title of this article. The thing is, and

will. Maybe for the first time you’ll have the energy and light to see

I don’t believe I’m going to say this out loud so listen carefully: for

what you were meant to give to the world.

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4 TRENDS FROM ZED AND TANETTA OF PRECISION ATHLETIC CORPS Is your fitness routine starting to be a bore? Maybe you were going strong and hit a plateau. I talked to South Fulton’s Zedrick and Tanetta Carter to try to track some trends for 2018 that might help you refresh and restart your fitness goals.

Precision Athletic Corps was born when trainers Zed and Tanetta were holding boot camp in Trammell Crow Park near Cascade Road. As it started to grow, the Carters asked themselves, “How else can we impact the community along with visiting schools?” They found a space near Fulton Industrial to share with TMDC a base for competitive cheering under the direction of Tavena Mitchell. In this shared space, PAC began to thrive. They offer speed and agility training for adults and children, along with boot camp and baton and flag conditioning programs.

Coach Tanetta, who was a feature twirler in college with both the Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University marching bands, stated that they work with kids and teens that are training in specific sports, including volleyball, cheer, dance, baseball, basketball and football, including a partnership with the IDAREU program that has been featured right here in South Fulton Lifestyle. In addition, they offer training clinics and skills-training at the area high schools. PAC recently held a holiday showcase and grand opening in their new space that featured both a Precision Auxiliary flag showcase and TM Dance and competitive cheer exhibitions. Coach Tanetta says it’s a pleasure to engage with youth and have a positive impact and that the skills they teach at PAC can take students to and through college.

Coach Zed offered four trends, from tech options to online competitors, that might motivate you to get back into fitness in the new year!

VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING

From active video games to virtual reality goggles that connect to your cell phone,

VR training is all the rage! With systems such as the XBOX and Playstation 4, running in correct form, jumping and climbing are fun for kids of all ages. “This allows for fun for the whole family!” said Coach Zed. “It removes some of the anxiety that you might have about working out when you can train in another country or a change of scenery such as a forest.” Virtual Reality Fitness Training is the outcome when workouts are infused with technology and virtual reality is a main component. It's as if you're the star of your own video game where 3-dimensional images are viewed on a headset or screen that is synced with interactive gloves.

Imagine putting on a headset and walking into a gym, working out with a trainer or joining a group in a boot camp class—all while standing in your living room.

Indeed, your mind will be tricked and your muscles challenged. The possibilities are endless with this technology, Facebook has already invested $2 billion in this emerging industry with Sony and Samsung following their lead.

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FOUR FITNESS TRENDS

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ONLINE AND SOCIAL MEDIA FITNESS CHALLENGES Social media companies, such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter are proven powerhouse platforms for health and fitness pros.

These gurus are uber popular, flooding their pages a few times a day with amazing weight-loss stories, before and after photos, workouts and nutritional meal plans. More than ever, the internet is the "go to" source for health and wellness tips and information. Fans are loyal to their favorite online experts, with some amassing upwards of 3.5 million followers.

Social media content has evolved over the years, becoming a top "free" marketing tool for online and social media fitness.

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TECHNOLOGY-

BASED FITNESS Gadgets such as FitBits, Samsung fitness watches and iPhone or Apple watch apps are gaining popularity.

NEW YEAR, NEW PAINT! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

OrangeTheory and other fitness franchises use these to track you as you burn up to 1,200 calories per workout.

“My female clients in particular love this.

You can see the numbers and track your progress,” says Coach Zed.

LARGE FITNESS

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LOCAL LIMELIGHT

BANNEKER RISING

THE STORY OF TURNAROUND AT COLLEGE PARK’S BANNEKER HIGH SCHOOL IS NOTHING SHORT OF IMPRESSIVE

JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, WHISPERS PERMEATED THE SOUTH FULTON COMMUNITY SUGGESTING COLLEGE PARK’S BENJAMIN BANNEKER HIGH SCHOOL MIGHT CLOSE ITS DOORS. During this time Banneker High School was the proverbial poster child for organizational dysfunction and academic failure—low test scores, a revolving door of school leaders and violent and disruptive student behavior had become the norm.

For three consecutive years, Banneker carried a sub-50% graduation rate, when the state’s average was nearly 30 points higher. Banneker’s performance was not just low, it was well below the performance of schools with similar demographics across the state of Georgia. Accordingly, excuses for Banneker‘s cycle of failure were frustrating to many of the school’s longstanding supporters.

If Banneker was to improve, then a comprehensive system of change was needed for all schools within the Banneker cluster.In response, FCS introduced the Achievement Zone, a term adopted by the district referring to the geographic area where resident schools require the most support and intervention. Through the Achievement Zone, a series of common instructional and behavioral expectations were implemented for the purpose of creating alignment between schools and to ensure a relatively common experience for students.

A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP FCS knew that having the right leader at Banneker was also necessary. The district turned to Dr. Duke Bradley, III, a veteran administrator who had been designated as a turnaround leader by the Georgia Department of Education. Bradley had improved the standing of Atlanta Public Schools’ Wesley International Academy. Under his leadership, the Grant Park International Baccalaureate (IB) charter school was saved from closure and was eventually awarded a five-year renewal of its charter.

Most importantly, Bradley had created a new vision for excellence for a school in distress, and the same efforts were sorely needed at Banneker.

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A NEW DAY In short order, Bradley declared “A New Day” at Banneker High School, a slogan intended to signify that the days of old were gone. Consistent with stated expectations for all Achievement Zone schools, new programmatic mandates were immediately implemented.

“We needed to immediately restore the faith of our parent community and improve every aspect of our school. Early reform efforts were wide ranging. Banneker partnered with Chick-Fil-A to train professional staff members and reassigned teachers based on their strengths rather than their teaching preferences.

Another major change was the addition of the Junior Achievement Magnet Program led by veteran administrator Dr. Ava Debro. Junior Achievement’s curricular design focuses on the business concepts of marketing, entrepreneurship and financial literacy. In its first year, JA-MBA students outperformed their peers in nearly every statistical category. For the first time in 10 years, the school is 100% staffed.

In 2016, Banneker also boasted the highest rate of growth in graduation rate among the 16 traditional high schools in Fulton County Schools. And over a five-year span, the school has produced the second highest graduation rate growth of all FCS high schools, improving by nearly 30 points. Since the launch of the Achievement Zone, Banneker has had consecutive years of growth on the state-issued Milestones Exams, and they recently doubled down on that success by producing double-digit gains in Math, Language Arts, and Science. Bradley attributes Banneker’s success to his staff, new talent imported from other schools, veteran teachers who serve as mentors, and a talented administrative team.

Last fall, Banneker received its biggest news yet. The school was awarded a $5.4 million Federal School Improvement Grant—one of only five schools statewide to earn the award. Banneker’s use of the grant corresponds with Bradley’s vision for the school.

“There are high demand industries in metro Atlanta that do not have a well-supplied workforce. With all of the community revitalization efforts happening south of our airport, we cannot afford for our kids to be excluded from the positive change happening in their own communities. We want Banneker’s narrative to be that we produce students who have the skills necessary to be competitive in the 21st century workforce,” says Bradley.

MORE WORK TO DO Bradley acknowledges that Banneker’s process of improvement is incomplete. Though there is more hard work ahead, Banneker High School, under new leadership and a new vision for excellence, is definitely rising!

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I DON’T WANT KIDS BUT I DON’T WANT HORMONES EITHER. What do I do about birth control? Unless you have certain medical problems or a certain family history, hormones can be protective. But…….

You don’t want them—I get it. So here’s what you do: GET AN IUD. IUDs have gotten a bad rap because some doctors are very careless with them. However, just know that they can be freakin awesome.

There are about five different types. They have different timespans and indications, but THERE IS NO HORMONE CIRCULATING IN YOUR BODY when you have one. If there is hormone in it, it works only in your womb. That’s it! Nothing in the bloodstream.

As a physician, I ALWAYS make sure that I’ve placed it properly by giving patients an ultrasound after it’s in. It’s that simple: you put it in, check on it once a year and have no worries about getting pregnant for 3-10 years. Most times it can lighten or stop your period as well. I urge my patients to stop with the “homegirl consults” and see a licensed OB/GYN to get the real deal.

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CULINARY CREATIONS

DECONSTRUCTED VEGETABLE SUSHI BOWL ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY SHONTÉ PRESS

INGREDIENTS

+ 1-2 cups greens (spinach, romaine) + ½ cup cooked rice + ½ red bell pepper, julienned + ½ cup mushrooms, marinated in soy sauce + ½ large carrot, julienned + ½ cup cucumber, julienned + 1-2 nori sheets, torn or cut into strips

DRESSING

+ 1 tablespoon sesame oil + 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar + ½ inch fresh ginger, grated + 2 tablespoons nama shoyu (or soy sauce) + dash of sriracha sauce

INSTRUCTIONS

+ Prep all the vegetables and set aside. + Cook rice to package directions. + Build your bowl by starting with placing the greens on the bottom, followed by the rice, then arranging all the toppings clustered in their own group (as shown). + For the dressing, combine all the ingredients in a small bowl and whisk. Adjust seasonings to suit your taste. + Pour the dressing on top just before serving. Mix the entire bowl or simply eat as arranged. + Enjoy immediately.

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REALTY REPORT

REALTY REPORT

ADDRESS

SOUTH FULTON

ORIGINAL PRICE

SOLD PRICE

%SOLD/ORIG

DOM

BDRMS

BATHS

Cedar Grove Village

$153,500

$149,000

97%

3

3

2.5

Barrington Trace

$425,000

$416,000

98%

2

5

4.5

Barrington Trace

$418,000

$415,000

99%

17

5

4.5

Jailette Trace

$409,900

$405,000

98%

17

6

5.5

Sherbrook Forest

$425,000

$400,000

94%

15

4

3.5

Walden Park Estates

$375,000

$369,000

98%

20

5

5

Barrington Trace

$350,000

$355,000

101%

5

5

4.5

Bedford Estates

$321,240

$328,935

102%

95

6

4

South Wind

$339,900

$325,000

95%

88

7

5.5

Cascade Heights

$315,000

$315,000

100%

15

3

2

Princeton Lakes Estates

$320,000

$307,000

95%

16

5

4

Pittman Park

$299,999

$301,000

100%

8

5

4

Cascade

$319,000

$297,000

93%

38

4

3.5

Rivertown Mill

$290,000

$288,000

99%

5

5

4

Heatherland Estates

$275,000

$284,880

103%

7

4

3.5

Cascade

$299,000

$279,500

93%

34

3

3

Princeton Lakes

$285,000

$276,500

97%

44

5

3

Stonewall Manor

$275,000

$270,000

98%

4

5

4

Audubon Forest/Cascade Heights

$265,000

$265,000

100%

5

4

3

Lakeside Preserve

$269,900

$260,000

96%

14

5

3

Regency Oaks

$279,890

$259,000

92%

68

5

4

Beecher Hills

$234,700

$255,500

108%

18

4

3

The Lakes At White Mill

$789,000

$745,000

94%

206

6

6.75

Hampton Oaks

$299,900

$290,000

96%

38

5

4

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PARTING THOUGHTS

THE STICKINESS FACTOR

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1. Start small. Tiny chunks. If you've never exercised, pick two or three days a week, 10 minutes. That's it!

Commit small before you commit big. Once you do that for a while, add a day. Once you're up to five or six

ARTICLE MICHELLE TAYLOR WILLIS

days, add five minutes. Before you know it, you'll be down 10 pounds and feeling better.

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2. Figure out what motivates you. What are you playing for? (Yes, I ended that sentence with a preposition, Mom.) I work out because I like food more than other married adult activities, and I have to offset that. (Well, maybe not that much, but there are times when it's a real close second.) My other motivation is that I don't want my mom to call me fat. I'm clearly still dealing with childhood issues. Don't judge me!

Next, I'm trying to set a solid example for my boys.

We have to show our kids what good looks like.

And finally, I like looking fit. Is that vain? I wouldn't call it that; I just like to look in the mirror, and like what I see looking back at me. If I don't, it's time for FASTS AND EXTRA WORKOUTS! Figure out why you need to make a change, and let that be your motivation. Oh yeah, my other reason is because I wouldn't mind looking like that pic of Stacey Dash when she was 40. Look it up. JS!

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3. Write it down. Put it in a book, or on your bathroom mirrors, wherever. I read somewhere that you need to write your vision and make it plain. Any

DURING A TRAINING I FACILITATED LAST YEAR. He coined it

guesses from where that came? #lookitup. Look at

(thanks, Kevin!), and used it to relate to how long our magazines are

these affirmations daily and say them everyday to

able to stay in the homes of our readers. I said to myself, "Self, what's

remind yourself of your goals.

the stickiness factor of our resolutions? How long do we keep these around before we completely give up?"

It's the beginning of the year, so, the question is: What’s the stickiness factor of your resolutions? How long will it take you to fall off ?

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4. Find an accountability partner. Chances are, you're not strong enough to pull off major changes by yourself—most of us aren't. But that's why we have friends.

Are your goals too broad? If you've never worked out before, you're

You need someone who will really hold your feet to

probably not gonna be able to sustain working out for an hour a day

the fire. My workout partner makes sure I work out,

for seven days a week. You know the best way to eat an elephant?

especially when I don't feel like it. He'll text me, "Bike

No, not with a knife and fork; one bite at a time! Lacking motivation?

in 10 minutes." NOOO!!!! But, it works. Instead of not

Most people lack motivation because they don't have a rat's you-

training, I do. And, I usually go longer than I intended.

know-what about what's driving them, what makes them get up in the morning. Do you know?

So that's it. I know you're probably craving for more, but

If everybody stuck to the goals they were so intense about at the

here's the deal: If I give you 10 things to do, chances are

beginning of the year, how much better would the world be? How

you won't do any. So I'll offer a few suggestions, and maybe

much healthier would we be? What better givers would we be?

you'll heed one. And, that’s ok. Progress is progress. Make

Here are a few tips to get you on the right track for keeping those NYRs. You're welcome!

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