I sometimes get asked, "What is the big key to losing weight?" The truth is that it is our everyday decisions that ultimately lead to our success or our failure. We all know that we should exercise and maintain healthy eating habits. That decision is easy! So why doesn't everyone do it? There are two general answers for this.
The first is that making bad decisions is also easy. Deciding to get up and exercise for 30 minutes a day is easy. We all know the benefits of exercise (weight loss, more strength, more endurance, less chance of injury, etc). The problem is that it is also easy to get distracted in our daily routine that exercise becomes an after thought. The same can be said about eating healthy, making good financial decisions, having a happy marriage, or anything that we are trying to accomplish in our lives.
The second is that we are a society that demands instant gratification. The reason that most people quit exercising is that they don't see the results right away. If you were to exercise for 30 minutes today, you wouldn't wake up tomorrow and notice how much thinner you look. Chances are even after exercising every day for a week, you still wouldn't see the results of your hard work. It takes time to see the results of your daily decisions. The same can be said about our bad decisions. Will you instantly die of a heart attack if you eat a bacon double cheeseburger? Probably not. If you pick up a cigarette, will you have lung cancer after the first pack? Nope. It's that feeling of, "I worked out and I don't look or feel any better." or "I ate a super size meal with a milkshake yesterday and I'm not any fatter today" that really gets us in to some bad habits.
It's time to stop looking short-term and begin to look at the long-term effect of our decisions. I highly recommend reading the book, "The Slight Edge" This book will show you how everyday decisions aren't as small as we thought we were.
What decisions are you going to make today? Are you going to start working towards a healthier lifestyle? If so, I can help get you started. I'd love to find out more about you, so that I can help you find a complete fitness (exercise, nutrition, and support) program that will help you get started on the path to better health and a longer, happier life. Email me at bbcoachkoz@yahoo.com
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
What is a coach?
When I tell people that I am a Beachbody Coach, the most common response I get is, "What does a coach do?" Too many people think that I am a sales person for Beachbody. I'm not. I've been in sales before and, even though I was good at it, I didn't like the feeling it gave me.
Being in sales is all about convincing people to spend money that they may or may not have on crap that they don't really need. I worked at Best Buy a few years ago. Some of our training was about how to overcome the objection of "I can't afford this." Our job was to convince them to open up a credit card and go further in debt just to get a bigger television, video game system, surround sound, or whatever else we happen to be selling that day.
Being a Beachbody Coach is NOT about selling. What coaches do is provide people with information about fitness as well as the opportunity to become a coach and make money. After they get the information, we help answer any questions that they may have. It is not a coaches job to pursuade someone to do something. People have to want to get physically fit and/or financially free for their own reasons. If people start to do something for my reasons, they will get discouraged and quit.
Do I want everyone to become physically fit and healthy? YES! Can I force someone to do it? No. I do share information about health, fitness, and weight loss in an attempt to show people the importance of being healthy. People have to decide to take that first step on their own for their own reasons. Once they do that, I can help them.
If you've already started your journey towards a healthier lifestyle, what is your "why"? What is it that made you decide that it was time to get started? If you haven't started, I hope that this video can help you make that decision today:
The same can be said for sharing the coaching opportunity. My job is not to convince people that they have to do it. This is a decision that people need to make on their own. Is this the right time for you to start your own business and make some extra money? Would you do it to earn a little extra spending cash, build a business and be a stay at home mom/dad, buy that new car you've been thinking about? Whatever your reason is needs to be YOUR reason. Just like getting physically fit, my job is to share the information and answer any questions you may have.
Even if you are one of those people who never thoght about starting their own business, I would encourage you to watch these videos. They say that the best things in life happen when you least expect them. Here you go:
If you have any questions about fitness programs or the coaching opportunity, please feel free to send me an email so that we can set up a time to talk. My email is bbcoachkoz@yahoo.com
Being in sales is all about convincing people to spend money that they may or may not have on crap that they don't really need. I worked at Best Buy a few years ago. Some of our training was about how to overcome the objection of "I can't afford this." Our job was to convince them to open up a credit card and go further in debt just to get a bigger television, video game system, surround sound, or whatever else we happen to be selling that day.
Being a Beachbody Coach is NOT about selling. What coaches do is provide people with information about fitness as well as the opportunity to become a coach and make money. After they get the information, we help answer any questions that they may have. It is not a coaches job to pursuade someone to do something. People have to want to get physically fit and/or financially free for their own reasons. If people start to do something for my reasons, they will get discouraged and quit.
Do I want everyone to become physically fit and healthy? YES! Can I force someone to do it? No. I do share information about health, fitness, and weight loss in an attempt to show people the importance of being healthy. People have to decide to take that first step on their own for their own reasons. Once they do that, I can help them.
If you've already started your journey towards a healthier lifestyle, what is your "why"? What is it that made you decide that it was time to get started? If you haven't started, I hope that this video can help you make that decision today:
The same can be said for sharing the coaching opportunity. My job is not to convince people that they have to do it. This is a decision that people need to make on their own. Is this the right time for you to start your own business and make some extra money? Would you do it to earn a little extra spending cash, build a business and be a stay at home mom/dad, buy that new car you've been thinking about? Whatever your reason is needs to be YOUR reason. Just like getting physically fit, my job is to share the information and answer any questions you may have.
Even if you are one of those people who never thoght about starting their own business, I would encourage you to watch these videos. They say that the best things in life happen when you least expect them. Here you go:
If you have any questions about fitness programs or the coaching opportunity, please feel free to send me an email so that we can set up a time to talk. My email is bbcoachkoz@yahoo.com
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