Fitness Destinations Journal, Volume 33

Did you know that the 2 biggest reasons why people fail at health and fitness are both part of a vicious circle that has to be broken if you want true success?

1 - People don't exercise often enough because they don't have enough time due to their jobs.

2 - People can't quit their jobs to spend more time on their health and with their families because they don't have enough money.

Does this sound like anyone that you know? In fact, doesn't this sound EXACTLY like you?

Very few people on the face of the PLANET would say that they have enough time, and that they have plenty of money. It's a sad fact, but it is also a true fact.

It is also a true fact that there is a solution that fixes both of these problems at the very same time, and it is something that you - Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public - can get started on right now with minimal effort, and little or no money.

We're talking about Network Marketing, and whether you believe in the concept or not, you better believe that it is here to stay, and that you can take advantage of the unique time and financial opportunities with no special training, knowledge, or education.

Alternatively, you can keep working 40-60 hours per week while your health slides further downhill, your family continues to just be roommates in the same house, and your checking account continues to teeter just this side of zero.

If you are willing to invest just 5 minutes of your time to read the following few paragraphs, you can decide for yourself if network marketing with a time-tested, legal, and legitimate company is for you.

When you get to the bottom of the page, you will be give the opportunity to dismiss the whole concept, or to get FREE, no obligation information on how to succeed in any network marketing company in the world.

- When you are involved with a network marketing company, you can literally work your business from anywhere in the world, at any time of day. With the exception of face to face meetings, a large portion of your business can be done over the phone and the Internet, which means that you can work from home, you can work when you are out of town or on vacation - you could even work from a hospital bed with a broken leg! Network marketers are not bound by the 9 to 5 lifestyle and commuting factors that corporate workers have to live by. You work your business whenever and wherever you choose to - it's all up to you.

- You decide how much money you want to make when working in the network marketing industry. You can work a business part-time just to bring in some additional income, or you can work the business full-time and create a lifetime, residual income stream that is not dependant on you working "x" amount of hours per week, or working until a certain age. It is completely up to you how much - or how little - you want to work your business.

- Since you will have no "boss" and there are no pre-defined schedules or tasks that you have to do every day, you can create and change your daily schedule literally at will. Some days you might want to work for 10 hours, some days you might not want to work at all. You can leave town at the last minute if you want to, go on extended visits out of town to see friends and family, or even work your business part time when you are on vacation. You have complete scheduling freedom, and that will never change. Your network marketing business is just that - YOUR business. You can do whatever you want with it, and no one will ever be in charge except for you.

- In the past, a "job" meant doing a specific task. Only since the industrial revolution have people come to believe that a job should include a long-term situation, benefits, and a pension. More and more companies are eliminating long-term assignments as even being an option for a new employee. Of those companies that do, there is no guarantee that the company won't buy out the employee later on down the road, or eliminate the employee's position or department in order to save money. This destroys that person's seniority and financial plans for the future, and forces them to try to find a new job - sometimes very late in life.

- Today's network marketing companies have almost unlimited ways to help you support your downline, or to recruit new distributors into your business. These tools are available for free or at a very reasonable cost and include prospecting videos, audio tapes & CD's, teleconferences, email, instant messaging, and web conferencing.

- Retail sales and traditional non-targeted advertising will never reach the volume of quality contact and ultimately the volume of sales that are possible via network marketing. In addition, traditional advertising and retail sales efforts are very expensive and time consuming.

- When someone purchases a product at a retail store, there is little - if any - brand awareness or loyalty put in place. The next time they buy that product, they are just as likely to purchase a competitor's product without having had the benefit of the one on one interaction that is provided by a network marketer who distributes that same product to a consumer.

- In today's day and age of incredibly busy schedules, privacy concerns, and long and dangerous commutes, many people want to buy purchases in the comfort and safety of their own homes. You must be able to bring your products to your customers, or have the products delivered in a safe and convenient way.

- Network marketers are able to make their own decisions about how to grow and run their businesses. They are under no obligation to follow instructions from anyone except themselves!

- In today's business world, people commute more often and for longer periods of time, they make less money, have fewer benefits, have less time at home, and have less job security than ever before. Only network marketing offers the answer to every single one of those problems.

- Network marketing is about finding the best products and services, and distributing them - no matter which company provides the product or service. The network marketer is not bound to any specific company, which means that he/she can market/distribute only the things that they choose to.

- Companies are now realizing that network marketing is the cheapest and most effective way to distribute their products and services. As more companies realize this, the veteran network marketer will already have the skills and the distribution network to get paid handsomely for taking that company's products to market.

- A good network marketing company will have a fulfillment center or other drop-shipping arrangement that allows your customers to get their products directly from the company. Not only is this convenient and time-effective, but it also helps someone who is shy or uncomfortable about "selling" to other people. All they have to do is tell someone about the great product or opportunity, give the customer their distributor ID or pin number, and tell them to go to the company website or call the fulfillment center directly. The customer uses your ID so you get credit for the sale, and you let the professional company representatives worry about selling the products or the opportunity for you.

- You can utilize pre-recorded audio or video messages for potential new customers or recruits to get much more information about the products or the opportunity presented by your company. This frees up your time, removes you from the sales process, and also helps you to sift through people who really aren't interested. Most good network marketing companies have the tools in place to help you build your business easily and painlessly.

- By utilizing the automated recruiting and product information systems provided by a network marketing company, you are able to very seriously cut down on the amount of time that you spend working your business. This allows people who can only work the business part-time the opportunity to grow their business with a small time investment until it can ultimately replace the income provided by their full-time job.

- Network marketers have a much higher success rate of building and profiting from a business than a salaried employee of that same business. They are free to use their own motivation and innovation to grow their business, and they are not bound by corporate style rules and limitations.

- It does not make any sense to submit your skills and profit margin to the rules and regulations of a corporate entity. Get paid for your time, your skills, and your own effort, free of the constraints of a corporate schedule, compensation plan, or political structure by getting involved with a quality network marketing company.

- In the past, it was cheaper for a corporation to hire employees to accomplish day to day tasks than it was to hire an outside contractor. Today, technology allows communication and transaction details to be worked out over thousands of miles, allowing companies to just pay a contractor for work that is accomplished, without the long and short-term expense of having full-time employees who need benefits, vacation plans, pensions, etc.

- For the purpose of streamlining customer service - and ultimately saving money - today's companies have automated almost everything. From a business standpoint this is good, but the fact remains that human beings want interaction from other human beings. As the world becomes more and more automated, peoples desire to have a "real" person to talk to will get even stronger. Network marketers are in a unique position to service their customers and their downline one on one via personal meetings, telephone calls, and online correspondence. This gives the network marketer an edge that a corporate company will never have.

- A network marketer can leverage the power of "transfer buying", which basically means that it is easier to get new customers who are already using any given product. When you offer that customer a product that they are already using, but you offer them a better version of it, chances are they will want the product that you are offering, since you aren't asking them to purchase something that they aren't already using. To build a customer base, simply find a company that offers a higher quality version of products that people are already using.

As you have just read, there are many great reasons to get involved with network marketing. Whether you desire more time, more money, or just the opportunity to take charge of your own life, network marketing offers you these opportunities.

In addition, a legitimate and successful network marketing company will not ask you for any large initial time or financial investment. Most companies will let you get started for anywhere from nothing to about $40 for a one-time set up fee that includes all of the materials that you need to start your business immediately.

People routinely spend more than $40 on a single meal, but then they hesitate on spending that same $40 on an opportunity to literally change their life? That doesn't make any sense.

Choose a network marketing company that has quality products, offers a legitimate and profitable business opportunity, and that has stood the test of time over the years. Fitness Destinations recommends Tahitian Noni International for all of those reasons, and you are welcome to learn more about TNI yourself, and/or contact us directly for more information.

Also, as a Thank You for taking the time today to invest in your own future, you can have a FREE copy of the Special Reports '7 Pillars of Success in Network Marketing' and 'Top 26 Tips for Success in Network Marketing', both courtesy of the wisdom contained in the book 'Wave 4', available at Amazon.com.

Simply click here to send an email to us already populated with the proper subject line, or email info@fitnessdestinations.com directly with "Network Marketing" in the subject line and we'll send the reports straight out to you.

Secrets of Female Strength and Conditioning

Fitness Article - Attitude: The Forgotten Power

by Aaron M. Potts, ISSA CFT

What would you consider is your most valuable tool for staying in shape? Is it your treadmill? What about your weight set? Is it your arsenal of low-fat cookbooks, and low-carb diet snacks? What about your collection of workout videos?

Would you consider it a revelation that your most lethal weapon in the battle of the bulge is your Attitude?

Think about it. What good is your treadmill if you don't have the energy to get on it, or can't get up the motivation to crank up the speed, or the elevation? How useful are your dumbbells if you can't push yourself to use them in the most effective manner? How good is a nutrition program that you can't stick to? How much fat loss will you get out of your workout videos if you just can't seem to get as motivated as that bouncy cheerleader who is urging you to jump higher, or that buff macho man who keeps saying, "C'mon, just one more rep!"?

No, none of those tools is going to get you very far unless your HEAD is in the right place. As you read this article, you have probably already been exposed to more nutrition and exercise information than you could possibly ever need to actually stay in shape. You've probably read, listened to, or watched the answers to your fitness issues enough times to win the next Mr. or Mrs. Neighborhood fitness competition a dozen times over! Yet, you are still not where you want to be. Why? Attitude.

Seeing Your Goal

Do you have a clear vision in your head of where you want to be, or what you want to accomplish when you are at a peak level of fitness? I don't mean just some vague idea - I'm talking about an actual burning mental image of a six-pack set of abs, or a nice set of curves, or a clear picture of you crossing the finish line in first place, or taking home that trophy. If you don't have that, you are already just spinning your wheels. How can you expect to get somewhere if you don't know where that "somewhere" is?

Many people start out very motivated to get in shape, or to compete for that prize, but their motivation lacks focus - laser-targeted precision that will guide them down the right path. The term "as the crow flies" comes to mind. If you could leave your house and drive in an exact straight line to your destination, don't you think that you would get there a lot faster? What if you could just fly through stop lights and intersections, disregard all posted speed limits, and go exactly in a straight line to every destination? You sure would get there a lot faster!

Exercise, physical fitness, and nutrition are no different. If you don't have a clearly mapped out and measurable road map to your success, then you will stray, and that will cost you time at the very least - and at the most, it will cost you precious amounts of self-confidence! Take some time to think about WHERE you want to be, HOW you are going to get there, and most importantly, WHY you want to be there. Take the time to do that, and I think you'll see that your previous path may have been road blocked by a few too many trips to Starbucks for a Caramel Frappuccino. Not that anyone writing a fitness article such as this would know anything about that...

Believing In Your Ability

Okay, so you've got yourself a good mental picture. You have your road map in front of you, your path is straight and true, and you are ready to get started. What comes next? Belief.

Do you believe it is possible to wave a magic wand and have all of your excess bodyfat gone, and all of your fitness goals realized in the blink of an eye? Of course not. If you do, and you know the secret, please contact us - I'm sure we could make some money on that secret! For everyone else, I'll ask a different question. Do you believe that you could sit on your couch, suck down some ice cream, and put on some more bodyfat? The answer is, unfortunately, yes.

What is the difference between those two questions? Very simple - one is possible, and one is not. What does that have to do with your fitness goals? Well, it may come as a surprise, but you have been dealing in the IMPOSSIBLE for quite sometime now. You have been striving for a goal, yet not really believing that it was within your power to reach it.

Oh sure, you may have joined a gym, or bought a new Litmus 3000 Super-Decker top of the line treadmill/clothes hanger, but did you really believe that you were going to do it this time? If you are reading this and you are in perfect physical condition, then congratulations - you did it! For the rest of you, are you seeing the point? You didn't truly believe it, because otherwise it would have happened.

Each of us shelters hidden either very deeply or sometimes NOT so deeply a seed of doubt that we will really succeed. When that seed is there - whether it is planted deeply or not - your subconscious waters it and feeds it. The next thing you know, it is has grown into an entire field of self-limiting beliefs, and you have neither the time nor the desire to get out there in the field and destroy that evil crop!

What are you to do, then? BELIEVE IN YOURSELF! Why? The answer to that is simple - because you are the only one who truly can. Others may support you, and they may even show you the path, but it is YOU who has to walk it.

Taking Action

We have covered the need for you to clearly see your goal, and for you to use the power of belief to start walking down the path, but what's next?

The next step is the same for you as it is for an aspiring business owner, or a college freshman, or an artist staring at a blank canvas - you have to TAKE ACTION. You can read the top 2 sections of this article all day long, but doing so won't burn off any bodyfat, or pack any muscle tissue onto your body. Only appropriately carried out action can do that.

Think of all the self-help books that you have read, or programs that you have watched on TV, or listened to on the radio. Did any of them do you any good whatsoever if you didn't take action on what you had learned? What about what you have read so far in this article? Has it been helpful? Most likely. Will it do you any good if you don't Take Action? Nope. Negative. No way. Nada. You get the picture.

You can read, listen, and watch your way right into a bodyfat level that would make a sumo wrestler jealous, or consider your options until your muscles have diminished so much that you can't even lift a toast to your dearly departed dreams, but none of that will mean squat if you don't GET UP and make it happen!

Why are you still sitting here? Get out there and Take Action!

About the Author

Aaron Potts is a Certified Personal Trainer, and is also a Certified Success Group Leader for the Tahiti Trim Plan 40 program. He also writes Free Fitness Tips and hosts a Free Fitness Podcast for the Fitness Destinations website.