Are you in a Dip?

I recently finished reading 'The Dip' by Seth Godin.  Essentially the 'Dip' is the difficult time between when you initially start something to when you reach success.  You've got two options, strive through to reach success, or quit.  Sometimes it's best to continue the path to success, other times it's better to quit.  Some examples are:

- 3 calls to a prospective client and they still haven't committed
- Mile 12 in a marathon
- The next promotion
- Losing X amount of pounds
- Reaching that PR in an upcoming race

Now, since this is a fitness blog, I'm going to gear 'The Dip' toward fitness.  You've reached the end of January and your New Year's Resolution to a new, better you may be off-track.  Maybe you've hit some road bumps, life got in the way, or you've lost the motivation.  The fact is that effort and results are directly correlated as you can see from the image below.

I would suggest figuring out what got you in 'The Dip' in the first place, then making a plan to make sure you don't go down that path again.   I'm willing to bet that 99% of people can get out of their funk by simply Doing the Work.

Of course, your other option is to quit.  That would be the easiest......but probably not the correct decision.