Are you the first person people think of when they think of health, fitness, strength training, and anything else related to physical motion, exercise and living well?  Maybe you think you don’t want to be but the truth is that if you’re trying to advance your fitness career or grow your fitness business, holding the [...]

I’m reading another new book.  “Linchpin” by Seth Godin.  I’m not that far into it and I already love it.  The main reason I love any book is actually two reasons in one – it gets me thinking in a different direction, and inspires me at the same time.  If a book can do that [...]

I’ve read a number of articles recently that detail the pitfalls of our digital lives.  How our time spent in search engines, blogs, and online in general consuming information might be affecting our ability to concentrate.  And while I agree, one does need to be aware of the potential for our digital activity to produce [...]

The Humana corporation won’t let their employees use stability ball for chairs anymore because they’re worried about the liability if someone should fall.  According to someone I know on the inside, they often sit ALL day long in some of the worst chairs you’ll fine.  And keep in mind, Humana is a health insurance company.  [...]

When you hear the word, ‘Salesman’, your inner conscious mind likely conjures a specific image and a set of feelings and emotions to go along with it.  Some good and some bad, these thoughts, feelings, and emotions produce for you an attitude when it comes to sales and marketing.  And like it or not, as [...]

I’m sure you’ve experienced this.  We all have.  Because we are all capable of producing great ideas.  You spend an afternoon (or the last 6 months) working in your private office, take a walk, and settle in to a cup of tea before you get back to work.  The wind of spring rolls through your [...]

A portal of some kind must have opened somewhere. A rip in time and space that allowed a strange and interesting phenomenon to happen more than once this week. Occurrences that could have only been created by a time when my business life was not in as much order as it is today. Two different [...]

Imagine for a moment that you just received a phone call like the one I just had with a prospect (who just became a client). He or she says to you… “Yeh, I’ve seen you on TV a number of times and I really liked what you had to say. I’ve been thinking about getting [...]

I’ve just finished editing video #2 in a 3-part series with the NBC news anchor I work directly with here in Madison, WI.  Actually, the first phase of the video editing process is done, now I get to go back and add the fun stuff!  It will be available later this afternoon most likely.  If [...]

I just picked up a copy of Dave Meerman Scott’s updated book, “The New Rules of Marketing and PR.”  This is definitely something you should have in your library.  Something I read today is a good reason why it’s vital that you understand how potent being online in the right way can advance your fitness [...]