Keep things simple

The more I learn and interact with others the more I realize how much I want to simplify my life.

Creating principles to guide what you do and what you stand for helps you keep your programming, networking and interactions simple. They can guide you in what you do and provide your basis for  your system. 

Over time you can evaluate your principles for their effectiveness and make any necessary changes to it. These principles also serve as talking points when you talk with others about how you are different and how your system provides results. 

Depending in your client base, their goals and your background, the principles you use may be different. They main thing is to understand what those are, how they work together in a system to provide results and how you evaluate their effectiveness. 

By simplifying your approach and streamlining your process you can maximize your time for other things. 

Power of a team

As much as we can try, we can't know everything. This is when it is nice to call upon those who know more than you do.

When you devote yourself to developing a specialty you learn as much as you can in that area. While your knowledge can, and often does, expand in other areas, it is hard to know everything about those subjects, too. 

When you are presented with a challenging case or a client that wants a specific outcome you need to know who to send them to. Cultivating relationships with others that have specialties different than your own can help ensure that you meet all your client's needs. 

Your clients appreciate knowing that they can ask you a question and you can find the answer. This will keep them coming back and continuing to trust you.

When you choose people to refer to it is important to make sure that they perform work at the same high level you do. Keeping the client satisfaction levels high will increase referrals and continue to expand your client base. 

Fitness Secret

Whenever you see someone really fit, strong or looking good, it is tempting to ask what their secret is. Unfortunately, there are no secrets.

The truth is it takes hard work and dedication to meet your goals, both fitness and otherwise. 

I was talking a colleague about this and some of the new research and, really, we know what works. We know that following a clean, calorie controlled diet will assist with weight loss. We know that lifting weights is important for muscular strength, power and health. Interval training will help with weight loss and fitness improvement. Doing these things will help when it comes to losing weight and building muscle. 

It is important to structure your workouts to achieve maximum results. Your goals will dictate the type of workout and training you need. In order to get the best results it involves committing to the workouts, working hard for each one, and eating and resting enough to adequately recover and adapt. These secrets will allow you to meet your goals. No shortcuts, no gimmicks, just hard work and recovery over time.