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Moving on, here are a few short thoughts this week.
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“Today, I tell young people who ask for professional advice to be the best at the worst. Take whatever weird little opportunity you have and maximize the f*** out of it.”
– Tara Schuster
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“To become someone’s new favorite person, identify their top goal and help them achieve it faster.”
– Selena Soo
3.
You’re not a rock star.
In the bigger cities it seems many trainers fall into the trap of thinking they are rock stars. You (we) are not.
Our clients are.
Your role is to get the best result possible for them, not to showboat or to spend too long pumping up your biceps.
Rather than talk about yourself, stop and LISTEN to your clients. If you don’t do that then you will never know what buttons to push in order to get the all-important result that should build your reputation.
-An excerpt from Ignite the Fire: The Secrets to a Successful Personal Training Career
Health
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Fitness is preventative medicine. It is the most powerful and important drug ever designed.
Relationships
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If you are jealous of another, study and learn from that person. Look at successful people, not with jealousy, but with curiosity. Identify what has made them successful, and apply those skills to your own life. Don’t be afraid to ask someone you admire to serve as your mentor. Even if they say no, you can still watch, learn, and employ the techniques that they use in your own life.
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-Jon
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