I come from a line of self-motivated determined folk - not grand not high society but no-nonsense family-minded go-getters.
One killer exercise that's really great is pull-ups with your legs out level....
The whole system of society tells you what to do.
To pass from estrangement from God to be a son of God is the basic fact of conversion. That altered relationship with God gives you an altered relationship with yourself with your brother man with nature with the universe.