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In my professional and personal life, I have always sought to lead people, teams and projects with one mission: positive influence and impact. As founder of Revolution Personal Training Center, I lead an award winning private studio to impact thousands of lives using the concepts I still teach today. As President of Elevate Your Life from 2016, I switched into a consulting role providing mentoring to those seeking to build a business in the fitness industry. I have effectively taught thousands of people on sales and leadership, generating millions in sales in the fitness and wellness space, as well as multiple award winning and recognized top producers in nationwide companies. Today, I am focused on writing and sharing what I have learned along the way. Uncommon Optimism is the underlying theme of knowing that NO MATTER what life throws our way, we are always able to focus on what we can control - ourselves… Join me on the journey as I share what I've learned to help you elevate your self, your business, and your life.

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Tuesday 9/26 ~ And so it begins....

Just starting to write again because the bible says my gifts are meant to be multiplied and hiding them under or burying them is not rewarded or the way to go.  So today Im starting.   Im not sure writing is a gift of mine but Im trusting those close to me especially my Dad and the number of times I've been told it is.

If this doesn't improve or help others, I will discontinue but stepping out in faith and the chance they are right -I don't want to bury a talent I was given to multiply into others!

Writing in the arena of fitness one thing I've observed is that people who focus on getting into shape (not necessarily the ones that stay there and make fitness their WHOLE WORLD) become like a knife that has been sharpened. Same material, same functions, but MUCH sharper at all of them and make more meaningful progress in all areas of life and are clearer about what they want that progress to be.  Maybe that is the message.  Keeping fitness in proper perspective for ourselves is probably going to look different for all of us.  If fitness is supposed to be a portion of life-- how great to look at our health like the four pillars that HOLD UP your life.

We use this visual in the brand new workshops we are doing.

I was excited to find this image.  Here SUCCESS means whatever YOUR version of success is.  For me, its peace.  Its a feeling that Im doing good work and enjoying life to its fullest.  A sense of inner pride and acceptance as well as the sense Im making a difference and using my resources wisely.  I could go on and I still have a lot of work to do.  Its my opinion that each person decides what "success" in their life looks like.  Its also my opinion that if you strengthen the 4 pillars of health and fitness, you will be better at whatever that looks like.

Next time, I can share what the 4 pillars are.


Today's encouragement comes from my business mentor and the concept of BELIEVE.  When it comes to moving any part of your life from where you are to where you want to be, BELIEF is a huge asset.  She shared a great tenet of belief using the word as an acronym so the B stood for:

B = "Begin where you are.  Wipe the slate clean.  Move forward"

How freeing is that!???

Thought I'd share!  

Hopefully this will get me back to writing again for those who enjoy it, but for now....its all I got!

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