To change your life, change your lifestyle
Running a business is so much harder than I thought. What is even tougher is that as the business gains success you have to get so much better at it. You can level up in revenue and size, but you better level up your business skills also, or you risk becoming stagnant or even back sliding a little bit. You have to learn how to stay ahead of the curve bringing new people in, all the while managing to keep your existing clients engaged and happy. That has been the biggest struggle for me. It is just natural to come to the gym at this point and it is just part of my lifestyle. I tend to forget that not everyone is like that. Some people struggle just to make it in every week. They don't enjoy the challenge, they do it for a different reason than I do. I've also been doing this for close to 9 years, and they may have just started. It takes time to make a huge lifestyle change, and some times I forget about how much I have actually changed over the years. There is a similar shift when you have kids. Not similar in actual change, but in the magnitude of shift. When you have kids they all of the sudden become a huge priority in your life. Obviously taking care of them and keeping them alive when they're little, but then into taking care of what kind of person they are growing up to be. Managing their sphere of influence, and making sure they have healthy relationships also. My point is you give up a lot of yourself, and your previous priorities. You may even make a shift in identity. Before kids you might be known as the guy that takes long vacations to exotic places. After kids you can't be that same person, you may become the dad that takes his kids to the coolest pools around. Adopting a healthy lifestyle is a similar shift in identity. Before you were known as the guy that always went to the bar and had a few beers while you watched the football game, or the guy that is always down for happy hour after work. When you commit to that healthy lifestyle those things don't go with you. You have to find your new identity. Now you might be the guy that watches the game at home, and devotes his energy to cooking the best possible steak. You enjoy your grass fed steak at half time and experience the satisfaction of accomplishing something, that aligns with your healthy lifestyle. The shift is important, it's necessary, and without it you can't have success. You can't maintain that identity of the beer drinking chicken wing monster, and live a healthy lifestyle. But knowing that you have to make the change makes it easier. Knowing that when you have kids you can no longer spontaneously go anywhere, ever, makes it easier to accept. Know that you have to change your lifestyle and know that you may even have to change your identity to achieve your goals.
Announcements
Open Prep Course starts tonight at 630P!
Kids Class is back to normal Schedule
T/TR: 5-530P (Ages 3-7yrs), 530-6P (Ages 8-11)
Sa: 9-930A (Ages 3-7yrs), 930-10A (Ages 8-11)
“The Wright Kids Camp”
Ages 3-7yrs old
Saturday 9/21 from 10:30A-12:30P
Cost is $15 and the sign up sheet is on the long table in front of the kids room
The CrossFit Open starts 10/10, and Open registration is live click here to register
We will be doing our intramural open again this year, stay tuned for more details!
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