Obstacles and Learning from Giants
By Fred Zoller You may have heard “Learn from the Giants” before but since I have had the amazing opportunity to work with some amazing business owners as well as having Pat Rigsby as a coach and mentor for the last 3 years, the meaning has become so much more apparent. Personal and professional development […]
Borrow My Success Secret
By Pat Rigsby I think there are a few things that I do that have helped me achieve success…just a few. I think being a coach first and a marketer / sales guy second is one. I think making important concepts simple is one. I think focusing on individuals and their unique goals instead […]
Be Different and Be Better
By Pat Rigsby Back in my baseball coaching days I read a book by a famous football coach who had taken a job at a University with limited resources. He recognized that he couldn’t instantly do the same things his competition was doing better than they were doing it. With that in mind he […]
Feedback is a Gift
By William Hofacker and Doug Spurling Rather than share my own ideas today, I’m going to do something of much greater value. I’m going to share some wisdom from my friend and fellow Virtual Fitness Mastermind member – Wisdom that is proven. I’m not sure I can add much to this brilliant idea but I’ll […]
4 Tips for Better Leadership
By Pat Rigsby Leadership. You can’t avoid it. No entrepreneur can. That’s because, ultimately, it’s your business. You’re steering the ship, you’re choosing the course, you’re making the final calls. And that’s an awesome responsibility. You’re the ultimate decision-maker, and those decisions can’t help but have a huge impact on not only your success, but […]
What You Didn’t Expect When You Opened Your Gym
By Doug Spurling Hang out in sweats all day long… Listen to cool music all day long… Talk shop and change peoples lives… Life of a gym owner, right? That’s part of it. But they don’t tell you about the “other” stuff. Getting good at marketing, financial statement analysis, strategic planning, holding good meetings, putting […]
Make Your Own Rules…
By Pat Rigsby Over the past couple of years I’ve become very adept at making my own rules when it comes to business. One thing that is interesting about that is how some of those rules almost seem to contradict one another… Let me give you an example: I’m not a big […]
Your Championship Plan
By Pat Rigsby When I coached baseball I had a playbook. 136 pages of everything that encompassed what we did as a program. It addressed everything from base running and batting to dress code and class attendance. One of the components of this playbook was our Championship Plan. This […]
Why aren’t you where you want to be?
By Pat Rigsby Question time. If you’re not where you want to be professionally or personally…why? Now I’m not talking about Utopia here. Not perfection…just a spot where things are pretty darn good. I think for most people it comes down to one of these things…at least on the professional side […]
Are You Missing Out on a Small Fortune?
By Pat Rigsby If you’re like 99% of fitness pros, you’re letting a small fortune slip through your fingers. In fact, the question isn’t whether you’re making some of these mistakes… …it’s whether they’ll just hold you back from reaching your ultimate goals or they’ll cripple your business entirely. But today I’m going to give […]