During one of our first workout sessions, my trainer Chris Mattice told me he wanted me “walking with purpose.” “I watch people and I can tell a lot about them by just the way they walk,” he said. The first impression he gets of a job candidate is when they walk into the room, and he’s watching to see if they walk with purpose.

Walking with purpose is standing upright, with your arms involved with the walking action, left arm out when the right leg lifts, and vice versa. The pace is brisk, as if you are going somewhere – with purpose.

I instantly take to this notion. If I catch myself dragging or wondering where my energy is, I immediately shift gears into a “purpose” mode and get my body involved. It’s a small adjustment, but it does wonders for bringing your energy level up, not to mention getting you to where you want to go a little faster.

And now I watch people, at the grocery store, at the mall, at a baseball game, and I see who walks with purpose and who does not. Most people do not.

Try it, and let me know what you think.

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