Important notice to all IFPA certified Personal
Fitness Trainers! The following article presents an excellent
reason why all your clients need to refer you to (and bring you) all
their friends and family. You are not doing your best for your
clients' fat loss programs unless you include their friends and family,
and this article proves it!!
Jim Bell, PhD, CEO IFPA
Personal Development
Associated
Press
August
20, 2007
"A
man's health can be judged
by which he takes two at
a time - pills or stairs."
Joan Welsh
(Excerpt
from The IFPA Certified
Consulting Specialist Course)
There
is a great line in the movie
Braveheart. Scottish hero,
William Wallace (played
by Mel Gibson), is in prison,
about to be hideously tortured
and killed by the English,
and the English princess
is pleading with him to
tell his captors what they
want so they will spare
his life, but he refuses.
The princess says, “If you
don’t, you will die,” and
William Wallace responds,
“Every man dies, but not
every man ever truly lives.”
This
great line represents an
even greater underlying
philosophy, that living
is much more than going
to work, reading the paper,
chatting with friends and
co-workers about the latest
gossip, celebrity scandals,
sports and soap operas;
having a few meals, watching
TV, going to bed and starting
the whole routine over again
tomorrow!
There
is another way of living
… TRULY LIVING, expressed
by the following mantra:
"I
do not choose to be a common
man. It is my right to be
uncommon. I seek opportunity
to develop whatever talents
God gave me -- not security.
I do not wish to be a kept
citizen, humbled and dulled
by having the state look
after me. I want to take
the calculated risk; to
dream and to build, to fail
and to succeed. I refuse
to barter incentive for
a dole. I prefer the challenges
of life to the guaranteed
existence; the thrill of
fulfillment to the stale
calm of utopia. I will not
trade freedom for beneficence
nor my dignity for a handout.
I will never cower before
any earthly master nor bend
to any threat. It is my
heritage to stand erect,
proud and unafraid; to think
and act myself, enjoy the
benefit of my creations
and to face the world boldly
and say -- `This, with God's
help, I have done.' All
this is what it means to
be an American."
--Dean Alfange
This
mantra corresponds to the
Principled Phase of personality
in the Mind Map, and should
be the mantra for every
IFPA Certified Instructor!
If
you have never tried living
according to this mantra
and have never tried the
“TRULY LIVING PHILOSOPHY”,
then please try this: Every
morning when you get up,
pick up your journal (Yes!
Start a journal! On page
one, write out your new
mantra!), and read your
mantra! Use the power of
Intention to dedicate yourself
to putting forth100% dedicated,
committed, focused, disciplined
effort into everything you
do! Do the very best job
you can, for everyone you
can by following these 4
steps:
1) PLAN to do your very
best in everything you do
throughout the day.
2) BRIEF everyone involved
in your career that you
are committed to 100% effort
and you want their comments
on your performance.
3) EXECUTE with the goal
of achieving perfection
in everything you do. It
may be impossible to achieve
perfection, but you are
much more likely to get
there if you are focused
on perfection!
4) DEBRIEF by asking for
comments and criticism on
your performance. Review
your day in the evening
before bed. Detail the comments
and criticisms in your journal
and make suggestions for
your next PLAN (that will
happen bright and early
the following morning!).
TRULY
LIVING encompasses all aspects
of your life: mental, emotional,
physical, financial, social,
professional, personal,
spiritual, artistic, etc.
You must follow the 4 steps
for each area of your life.
Though this may seem tedious
at first, the splendid results
you achieve will quickly
make this a habit! No delusions
here; you may occasionally
get knocked off-course.
Unfortunately, “Life is
what happens when you are
making other plans!”
Evaluate
your strengths and weaknesses.
For example: You determine
that your IFPA Personal
Fitness Training knowledge,
skills, and abilities are
very strong, but you are
unable to get enough clients
to meet your financial,
professional and personal
wants, needs and goals.
You go to the IFPA website
(www.ifpa-fitness.com) and
discover one of the new
IFPA Certification Courses:
The IFPA Certified Fitness
Consulting Specialist is
precisely designed to teach
you the knowledge, skills
and abilities you need to
provide you with a virtually
unlimited supply of clients
for the rest of your career.
Is it enough to get the
course? NO! Is it enough
to read the text? NO! Is
it enough to complete the
3 workbooks provided in
the course? NO!
You
need a PLAN! Your plan will
involve completing the course,
text and 3 Workbooks to
the very best of your ability.
Completing every exercise
asked of you throughout
the course to ensure you
become an expert on Fitness
Consulting, and continue
to use the knowledge, skills
and abilities you learn
in this course to become
both a Master Fitness Consultant
and a master at your craft
of Personal Fitness Training.
Each
aspect of your life will
take continuous practice
and focus on the same 4
steps detailed above!
Reading
and lifelong learning is
also required to enable
you to achieve your destiny.
Every great person you can
name had the habit of lifelong
learning.
I
wrote a FitBit article on
August 18, 2003 (available
on the IFPA website www.ifpa-fitness.com
in the FitBit Archives under
the “Resources” button)
on Personal Development
and listed what I considered
to be some of the most valuable
books available to start
all IFPA Certified Instructors
on the path to lifelong
learning. I would add to
that Recommended Reading
List: The Autobiography
of Benjamin Franklin (written
in 1757 and I still consider
it to be one of the greatest
self-development books ever
written), The Secret (No
one can explain HOW it works,
but it works!), and Power
(the information contained
here is priceless, but the
historical references were
absolutely fascinating).
You
should also consider referencing
a three part series I wrote
on Personal Development;
FitBits 1/7/15, 1/11/05,
and 1/14/05, contained in
the FitBit Archives.
I
wish you the very best of
luck on your “Journey of
Success”.
Please enjoy the process!
Best regards,
Jim Bell, PhD
Announcement
1
SciFit hiring IFPA Certified
Instructors to work the
SciFit/IFPA Booth at Club
Industry, Chicago, October
11-13, 2007
SciFit
is hiring IFPA Certified
Instructors (Personal Fitness
Trainers, Group Fitness
Instructors, etc.) to work
the SciFit/IFPA Booth and
Early Morning Workout Sessions.
IFPA Instructors will be
needed for 5 separate sessions.
Exact times and days to
be announced shortly, but
expected to be:
1) Early Morning Workouts:
Friday, 6:30 – 8:30 a.m.
2) Early Morning Workouts:
Saturday, 6:30 – 8:30 a.m.
3) Tradeshow Session I:
Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to
5:30 p.m.
4) Tradeshow Session II:
Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30
p.m.
5) Tradeshow Session III:
Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to
2:00 p.m.
SciFit
will pay $375 for IFPA Instructors
that work all 5 sessions
or $75 for each individual
session. You will also receive
an IFPA Instructor Shirt(s)
for each session you work
and an Exhibitor Badge to
give you complete access
to the Tradeshow Floor.
There are limited positions
available, so please call
Stacey Mahtani, IFPA Director
of Scheduling, immediately.
Call now at 800-785-1924!
Selected
candidates would take tradeshow
attendees through the SciFit
System (training will be
provided on the newest,
most innovative system available
in the fitness industry!
Research has shown that
individuals can burn 900
calories in a 30 minute
session on the unique SciFit
“Fit-Quick” Circuit – (World-class
marathon runners burn approximately
800 calories per HOUR!!),
demonstrate the circuit,
and have ample opportunity
to work out themselves!
Announcement
2
There is another SCAM circulating
through the IFPA Association!
In different variations,
a potential manager for
a client sends you an international
check for more money than
your sessions, asks you
to remit the balance and
because of the delay in
international banking, the
check sent to you bounces
like a “Super Ball” on steroids!
Don’t fall for this scam,
and report it to local and
federal authorities!
Announcement
3
Mark your calendar for the
combined IFPA – A4M (American
Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine)
Conference held at the Venetian
Hotel Resort & Casino
in Las Vegas, 12/13-15,
2007. Over 7,000 physicians
expected to attend, who
have a professional interest
in working with IFPA Fitness
Professionals that can execute
exercise and nutrition prescriptions
for their anti-aging patients!
The Venetian is listed as
one of the TOP 5 destination
resorts worldwide! Great
location! Great presenters!
Great opportunities.
On
the Net:
New England
Journal:
http://www.nejm.org
Harvard
University:
http://www.harvard.edu
Framingham
Heart Study:
http://www.framinghamheartstudy.org
University
of California, San Diego:
http://www.ucsd.edu
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Special Thanks to the
IFPA's Sponsors:
Doctors Fitness Centers
Fitness Institute of
Technology
VORTEX
SCIFIT
A4M
ACASP
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