As The Treadmill Turns: Are You Ready To Receive What You Asked For?

 "You get in life what you have the courage to ask for."

Ms. Winfrey

I was frustrated. 

I was burned out. 

It was time to wipe the slate clean.

I was scared. 

As any entrepreneur knows and understands unless we have clients we don't eat. 

Well, I think all business owners know this! 

But what if you start to lose the joy you once had? 

What if you just aren't attracting the type of clients that actually want change? 

It is time to have a sit-down with yourself.

Go over what you deem as important to your career.

What will make you happy?

And what is it that you want exactly? 

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."

Dr. King

This is where things get scary. 

I sat down with myself after a very disappointing Personal Training session.

The questions I asked myself were not easy:

1. Do you still love what you do?

2. If you do, then why are you attracting people that don't want change and clearly don't want to be dedicated to getting healthy? 

3. What are you willing to do to enact change? 

My answers to these questions were thought out and honest. 

I didn't pull any punches with myself. 

Yes! I love what I do!

Yes! I had become complacent. I was like a cat that had been fed well...I was relaxing in the sun and fell asleep! 

Was I willing to wake up and change? YUP! 

The time had come to get back to who I once was.

This is what I did. 

"You raze the old to raise the new."

Justina Chen Headley

I am a believer in asking the Universe for help.

"Ask. Believe. Receive."

I am also a believer that you better be ready when it(whatever you asked for)comes your way. 

So I asked. 

What I wanted: Clients that love themselves SO much, that they are dedicated to pay the amount I am asking and do the work!

I also asked: "Let the serious clients stay. The clients that aren't, I am grateful to them, but let them leave me."

What happened: After I wrote those words. After the words imprinted on my heart then left my mouth, half of my clients were gone. 

It's what I asked for. 

Was I scared? A little bit.

I was also elated! 

This whole ask, believe, and receive thing actually worked!

Now, when I tell this story, some people call me crazy. It's okay!

I know why I became a Personal Trainer. 

I also know that being a Personal Trainer gave me joy.

It was time to get back my joy!

"Stop asking blind people to proofread your vision."

Unknown

Sometimes people won't understand why you're doing what you are doing. They aren't meant to. 

Do you remember why you picked the career that you're in? 

Did you love it? 

Do you still? 

Were you/Are you excited to get to work every day? Okay, maybe not every day, but most days :). 

I love Training! I always have, and I believe I always will. 

The quote "Love what you do, and you'll never work a day in your life." is so true. 

We want to keep that fire stoked! 

How do you do this?

1. Focus on your vision. 

2. Set standards for yourself and your clients.

3. Make sure you have contracts written that cover non-compliance.      Then you can't keep clients that refuse to follow your program.

    This keeps you and your clients in check. 

4. Set personal goals. Long-term and short-term goals, set and met are what keeps us growing in our business. 

5. Be "The Change-maker" in your life and you will attract clients that want change. 

6. Charge what you are worth and not what people can afford. 

They already know your value. 

You also need to know your value!

Fear of scarcity can cause us to question our prices, don't. 

Set your price.

Stick with it. 

The clients will come. 

"Ask. Believe. Receive." 

Wishing you love and peace...but mostly, Peace. 

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