The Monday Newsletter
February 13th, 2023 | Systems take time to establish and are only good as long as they keep working for your goals.
If you get caught up in the production of information, you drown in the data.
-Paul Van Riper
Personal Update
As I inch closer to going to this conference on the 23rd I am reminded how valuable systems and routines are. Without them, I would be scrambling around to try and get stuff done but probably just sinking. Coupled with this appreciation for systems and routines, is the realization of the amount of work it sometimes takes to break from old ones that no longer hold as much value and efficiency as they once did. I am experiencing this with a lot of the behind-the-scenes work I’m doing both in my personal training work and with FITLETE. Like a lot of people, I want to do everything, all at once and finish without re-writes yesterday.
On this Monday say cheers to the systems that continue to work and good riddance to the ones that don’t.
Fantastic Podcast I listened to last week
Business For Unicorns Episode 204: Raising Rates, Working with Part-timers, and Creating Culture with Pete Dupuis.
My thoughts: This is a short 25-minute reminder that the world of business in the fitness industry is a random mix of numbers and feelings. The numbers have to work(eventually) in order for you to affect someone’s feelings about your business, and your business has to impact people’s feelings in order for your numbers to(eventually) work.
The Next 30 Days: Annual Education Events
While the new system is building I apologize for the “dust” as I might have missed one.
San Diego Pain Summit: Annual Summit- 2/14/2023- United States Of America, San Diego, California
Society For Neurosports: 4th Annual NeuroSports Conference- 2/17/2023- United States Of America, Deerfield Beach, Florida
Carroll University: LONG TERM ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT CLINIC- 2/18/2023- United States Of America, Carroll University, Wisconsin
International Society Of Physical And Rehabilitation Medicine: Annual Meeting- 2/21/2023- United States Of America, Anaheim, California
United Kingdom Strength Coach Association: Regional Event- 2/23/23-Sport Wales National Centre, United Kingdom
Scw Fitness Education: DC Mania- 2/24/2023- United States Of America, Washington DC
Cincinnati Children's Heart Institute: 10th Annual Clinical Exercise Testing and Therapeutics Symposium- 2/24/2023- United States Of America, Cincinnati, Ohio
Coached: Raise The Bar Event- 2/24/2023-United States Of America, Dallas, Texas
I will be attending this one!
Fitness Business Association: SUCCEED! Annual conference- 3/2/2023- virtual
CanFit PRO: ASPIRES Nutrition: 3/3/23- Virtual
Idea Health And Fitness Association: Personal Trainer Institute- 3/9/2023- United States of America, Virginia, Alexandria
Resistance Exercise Conference: Annual Conference- 3/11/23- United States Of America, Minnesota, Bloomington
World Anti-Doping Agency: Annual Symposium- 3/14/23- Switzerland, Lausanne
Other Member News
There will be a lot of changes in the coming weeks. Some are scary and some seem so simple you will question why they weren’t done sooner.
Find out what I’m working on next. Follow this Trello Board to see what is going on.