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ü Create a timeline — Determining a timeline for each goal is critical. You can have a really welllaid-out plan, but if you don’t put some sense of urgency on it for yourself, it may never reach the ﬁnish line. Break your timeline down into manageable pieces. What do you want to accomplish by the year’s end? What needs to happen each month to get there? What is your daily routine to ensure success this month? Give yourself an hour-by-hour goal, if necessary. Check your timeline daily, as you do your appointment book. This will help you stay current on your project completion. Use the timeline so you don’t waste time or procrastinate, and hold yourself accountable to your deadlines. ü Design systems — Your system doesn’t need to be complex. Write down everything you do and Remember, achieving goals is not about having the perfect plan. It’s about moving persistently toward your goal with a sound plan, ﬂexibility and agility (sounds like a PT program). Things will change on your way to your goal. You may add a new project or drop one. Other opportunities will likely present themselves. Keep yourself focused on one or two goals, and stay on track. What if something derails your plan? Learn from it, reevaluate, determine where you are in the steps outlined above, and move forward. Continue to take action. Commit today to establish your plan, start making small positive changes, and stay focused. Every step forward is a step toward your success. “Coach Greg” LeFever, NASM-CPT, NASMPES, conducts Wellness Boot Camps in Newport and Irvine, California, and combines total wellness and results ﬁtness with inspirational life-changing mental disciplines to help his students transform their thoughts, attitudes and bodies. He is certiﬁed as a Registered Nutrition Consultant through the School of Nutritional Science and has 15 years of ﬁtness consulting experience. For more information, visit www.lefeverwellness.com. ● how you do it, and then duplicate it daily. Develop a system for customer contacts, marketing, writing and publishing e-books, client retention, etc. Don’t be intimidated if you are not a systems kind of person. Keep it simple. By utilizing a system, you will be more eﬃcient with your recurring daily or monthly tasks and in growing your total business. ü Implement an action plan — This is critical. Without action, all of your goals and grand ideas will remain idle; they will never move beyond mere “what ifs.” It’s exciting to set goals for yourself or your business and look ahead to achieving something great, but having too many goals without a clearly deﬁned and implemented action plan is a frequent problem that ruins success. Give yourself daily goals to accomplish, and check them oﬀ as you complete them. If you don’t ﬁnish in a day, start with them the next day, and make the eﬀort to catch up. Continually educate yourself, talk with experts, and take chances. These are all actions taken toward your goal. Eliminate doubts and fear that will inevitably arise during the action stage. Thoughts like “There are too many things to do. I’m not sure how to get there,” “What if my plan isn’t good enough?” and “What if someone is already doing that?” are all normal, but they will keep you distracted and stuck. Erase those thoughts from your mind and start replacing them with positive, action-taking thoughts: “I have a plan,” “I am making small, positive steps to my goal” and “I am achieving by taking action daily.” JAN-FEB2009 · WWW.FIT-PRO.COM 25 http://www.lefeverwellness.com http://www.exercise-explorer.com http://www.exercise-explorer.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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