I was at a Corridor Nine Chamber event at the Willows in Westborough on Wednesday night and had a few interesting conversations with a variety of local business people. One particular conversation I had with Rick Roberge. He is someone I have a great deal of respect for as a person, as well as professionally. We were talking about my business and what my goals were for the next year. I told him what they were as far as numbers of members, etc and he said to me that my goals needed to be more personal. He asked me what I wanted to get out of my business.  Then it dawn on me, LIFESTYLE is what I am looking for. Spending time where I want to spend it and work when I want to work.

I sat on that conversation for a couple of days and this morning it struck me that growing a business and weight loss goals have a lot in common.

When I speak with New Members or new Personal Training Clients, I'll often ask what they are looking to accomplish in hiring my club or me as a trainer. Most often the answer I get is "I want to lose "x" amount of pounds." What I get people to think about is what that will do for them. Losing whatever amount of weight will allow a person to have more energy, feel better in their clothes, run a marathon, play on the floor with their grandchildren, live pain free, live with less medications and so forth.  Basically, weight is a just a symptom of what is making a person unhappy. People need to understand what results they need that will make their everyday lives better. So the next Monday you decide to "Start Your Diet". Remember, that the first 3 letters of DIET are "D I E". Maybe what you are really looking for is a new Lifestyle.