Ep 153 Trying Vs. Deciding: Why This Wouldn't Fly Anywhere Else in Your Life

About this episode

In this episode, Lori Doddy discusses the difference between evaluation and execution modes in decision making related to health and fitness.

If you approached your career the way you've been approaching your body, it would NOT work. Not because you're incapable. But because the approach itself is unstable. In this episode, I break down the difference between operating in evaluation mode versus execution mode and how that shift changes the way your brain processes decisions, consistency, and results. This is not about committing harder to another plan. If the strategy is misaligned for your body in midlife, more effort just creates more frustration. This is about understanding: why you keep adjusting before anything has time to work how constant self-monitoring interferes with consistency what actually changes when something is fully decided and how to approach this in a way that your body can finally respond to If you've been doing a lot, but nothing feels like it's stabilizing and you're not making progress with your goals, this will make sense of it. If you're ready to stop circling the problem and actually get it handled, you can schedule a call here: My call Link! If you've felt like you're putting in effort but things still feel inconsistent or scattered… this will connect some dots. When you're ready, here's how…

People in this episode

Host: Lori Doddy

Topics covered

• decision making
• body approach
• consistency
• midlife health
• self-monitoring
• goal setting

Keywords

• decision making
• consistency
• midlife
• self-monitoring
• goal achievement

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