Guest blog from Rachel Cosgrove
Cleaning out a desk drawer I came across a piece of paper with some goals Alwyn and I had scribbled down back when we first opened our gym. These goals included:
- Have two trainers working for us each performing 20 sessions a week each generating profit.
- Be published in a mainstream fitness magazine
- Fly first class to Britain on Virgin Airlines
- Get out of debt.
- Own a house
Now, over ten years later…
- Our gym runs without us with 5-6 trainers all doing 60-80 sessions each.
- We have been published in a number of magazines and now Alwyn is on contract with Men’s Health and I am on contract and have my own column in Women’s Health
- We have flown first class to Britain 6 times and we even met Richard Branson in the first class lounge during one of those trips.
- We have zero personal debt and own all of our cars. Our only debt is our mortgages.
- We own two houses- A rental property and the one we live in.
I don’t tell you all of this to impress you…as Anthony Robbins says, I tell you all of this to impress upon you…
That having a positive attitude, deciding what you want in life and setting goals works!
How did we learn to have this mindset?
Reading books from people like Brian Tracy and Jim Rohn have shaped our way of thinking when it comes to business, goal setting and personal development. This way of thinking has directly impacted our business as a whole, our life and the lives of the people who work for us along with all of our client’s lives. Setting goals is something we have made a part of our life every day and something we use in our business.
Unfortunately, we never had the opportunity to meet Jim Rohn in person before he passed away. After doing his one-year success course twice and having his books and quote books all over our house and office, we never met him. It is amazing how without ever meeting someone they can have such a huge impact on you and everyone you are connected with.
On the other hand, we were extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to meet and see Brian Tracy speak live. Not only that, Alwyn and I were able to give him a copy of our book- The 55 Strategies For Fitness Business Success and we were honored that he offered these words to say about it-
“This book will save you hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars in building or developing your own fitness facility. Learn from Rachel and Alwyn, and take it to the bank!”
– Brian Tracy, Best selling author and personal development expert.
It was an honor to meet and see Brian Tracy in person and we are speechless that he wrote the above testimonial about our book. This book has every mistake we made in our fitness business and has the bigger purpose of helping other fitness professional’s to not make the same mistakes and save them, as Brian says- “hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars.” We thought through everything that we wish we knew when we opened our doors over ten years ago. It was so exciting that Brian Tracy, someone who has had a huge influence on us saw the impact our book can have on a fitness professional wanting to open their own facility.
You can pick up a copy of the book that Brian endorses HERE
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Alwyn
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