Investing, learning and failing

Today I was helping a personal trainer build her business and she had followed all the right steps to market and convert her lead and in the end, the lead just wasn't that into the it.  Whether its timing or preconceived notions, if you can't have a discussion, you can't overcome the notions and have the chance to add value to someone.  That is just the reality of doing business.  Especially in fitness.  Its not a fuzzy sell.  Its not all warm and instant gratification-y.

Looking back I've used thousands of hours I will never get back on projects, ideas and people that had yielded nothing.  THOUSANDS.

I used to mourn those times. Now I seem to forget them as soon as they pass.  I heard a while back that one the of big keys to success in building a business is emotional control.  This is NOT a natural talent of mine!  In fact we are doing Strengthfinders books on our business teams and I am SURE this will not pop up for me as a strength unless emotional control is really code for this method of handling obstacles..

Yes, that really is me in a time of trial and tribulation.  But I digress.

Turns out time is a great teacher.  I learned that you invest yourself and your talents and you learn from those times when your actions don't yield the expected results.  And you keep your emotions even in the process.  So when she said she felt bad because our work together didn't get us anything today I remember thinking, this is an investment, not an expense.  We invested the time to try and then learn from what we did.  There is no other way to learn.  Our time and effort will yield exactly what it should if we learn from it and we don't quit.

So that is it, that is my thought today.  If you own a business, are you our there investing and learning and FAILING?  There is no other way.

Its all in your head!

Anna

Toothbrushes vs iPhones

Hello Rev Fitness family,

One question I often get asked is....

Anna, How many days a week should I workout?

I wish I had a dollar for every time someone asked me that question.

Let me first answer your question with a question.

(Something I learned from my clever daughter who wins every argument)

How many days a week do you take a shower?

Let me ask you another question.....

How many days a week do you brush your teeth?

I'm really hoping you answered everyday.

Now that you admit to brushing your teeth and taking a shower everyday, let me ask you another question.

Just a couple of hundred years ago, did our ancestors brushed their teeth and took a shower everyday?

Highly unlikely?

As a matter of fact.... NOPE

We didn't have running water til 1930's.

And as far as tooth brush is concerned....

Toothbrush was developed in the 15th century.

So over the years we've have trained ourselves to AUTOMATICALLY take care of our hygiene.

It's a NON NEGOTIABLE.

As a matter of fact an annual survey of Americans' perceptions about inventing and innovating,found that technologically advanced items significantly lag in importance behind the toothbrush,
which was developed in the 15th century.

Yup, tooth brush is definitely more important than the iphone.

Imagine for a second going to work without taking a shower or brushing your teeth.

We wouldn't dare think of doing that.

But yet...

For some reason we tend to "negotiate" ourselves right out of a workout, don't we?

Working out is "hygiene" for your mind and body.

So here is my challenge to you.

Next time you "negotiate" yourself out of a workout...

You might as well "negotiate" yourself out of a shower and a tooth brush for the day.

I bet then you'll think twice about missing your workout, wouldn't you?

Something to think about?
Anna

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