Personal Fitness Professional - January/February 2009 - (Page 24)

TAKE ACTION! Something needs to be done By Greg LeFever know, you’re bogged down with 20 new projects to grow your business, and all of these projects require big goals and take time. Most often, however, none of those competing goals catch the attention they deserve and never get oﬀ the ground, leaving you disappointed, frustrated and possibly broke. The lack of progress and resulting frustration isn’t because you aren’t good at what you do, it’s usually due to a lack of deliberate action. I know because it happens to me occasionally. I get excited and take on too many projects. Then progress slows down on all of them, or I become overwhelmed, and nothing gets done. That’s when I regroup and follow the plan below. How often do you wake up, start your day at your computer, surﬁng the net or reading emails and articles about people who are extraordinary or are achieving tremendous goals and say to yourself, “Why isn’t that me? I have goals, too!” As the day wears on, you get bogged down with business as usual. Your enthusiasm and energy levels get zapped by training sessions, leading employees, making payroll or any of the other thousand details in your daily life. By the end of the day, you’ve made no progress toward your goals. Repeat this every day for a year or more, and it can become very discouraging. The Action Plan Many ﬁtness entrepreneurs and trainers have solid technical skills — they can burn oﬀ fat and build muscle like no one else. But what separates the truly successful people from the ones who work long hours just to get by and never realize their true potential is not the setting of goals. It is the implementation of goals: the action plan. Following are some basic elements that will help you develop your action plan and ultimately achieve the success for which those goals were intended: ü Set your goals — Your ﬁrst step is to write down all of your goals. Large or small, write them all down. Once your goals are listed, put them into categories, such as long-term, short-term, highpriority, must get done or ultimate-reach-for-the-stars goals. Determine the categories that best suit your goals, and then pick one or two of the most important goals. Focus on only one or two until they’re completed. Post your goals where you can see them during the day — in your car, on the computer, on the refrigerator, etc. — and keep them ever-present in your mind. Too Many Goals Sometimes it’s more a matter 24 of competing goals. There are so many opportunities in today’s ﬁtness marketplace that you can start with a simple goal, get moving toward it and then think of a bunch of new ideas. Next thing you JAN-FEB2009 · WWW.FIT-PRO.COM http://WWW.FIT-PRO.COM

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Personal Fitness Professional - January/February 2009 Contents Letter from the Editor, Writers Ready to Rock the Podium What It Takes to Change Fitness Marketing Makeover Be Better Top Club Building a Base of Special Populations The Balancing Act Take Action! Nutrition Solutions Datebook Journey to Success New on the Market The Four P's Exercising Your Influence No More Pain in the Back!

Personal Fitness Professional - January/February 2009

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