Where did it go?!

In an ongoing effort to motivate everyone to take action, myself especially -- here is an interesting tidbit…. Monday marked the 25% point of the year. Sorry - it's not an April fools joke.

The entire first quarter of 2008 has already passed- we are now three months into 2008.

How are those New Year's Resolutions looking?
Are you on track with those New Years Resolutions?
Are you on track with your goals?

If you wanted to lose 20lbs this year - are you down 5lbs already?
If your goal was to do 250 workouts - have you completed 62 ?
IF you wanted to make $10,000 more this year -- are you on track?

It's amazing how time passes so quickly. I guess the lesson here is don't waste a single second.

If your goal is fat loss - start today
If your goal is muscle building - start today
If your goal is (insert anything here) - start TODAY !

25% of this year is gone forever.

Will you make changes TODAY or will another 25% pass, then another 25% -- and before you know it -- it's 2009.....

I meet a lot of people in my job, and get a lot of questions

I'll talk to people who track every single macronutrient that passes their lips, and have tried just about every program out there. When I ask them how things are going -- they'll tell me that it's great, or that the program is working well.

However, very few people actually measure and take stock of their efforts. If you are following a plan to lose fat - are you actually losing fat? And I mean at a rate that is acceptable for your efforts? Or are you blindly following a plan that doesn't work, and essentially ignoring that?I know where my progress towards my goals stand because I measure it.

When I had some medical issues about a year and one half ago - enduring test after test the medical team took measurements of temperature, blood pressure and blood samples every 4 hours. That was a pain...but very telling.

When we implement a marketing campaign at The Center -- we track the results. We know for example how many direct mail pieces we send out, the cost of each mailing, how many inquiries we get, how many people we attract because of those efforts. It is still a work in progress but we can measuere how effective the plan is, and whether the return we are seeing is worth the investment.

In my current position I need to see that $X invested, we receive a return of $Y. This is important as I am trying to expanded our programs by 50% this year and are in the middle of a complete remake of the various departments I head up.

We need to know where our enrollment stands, how many members and nonmembers are involved in the programs. It it necessiary that I am able to track- our new members, renewals etc and when our busiest times are – we have put systems in place so that everything can be measured and tracked so we can continue to grow and serve our membership and users.

If you remember "SMART" goal setting -- one of the keys is 'M' - Measurable. Measure your results.As we enter the second quarter of 2008, it's time to take stock of your efforts. Has your current return been worth the investment?

Again -- 25% of this year is gone forever.
Will you make changes TODAY or will another 25% pass, then another 25% -- and before you know it -- it's 2009.....

Don't waste a single second. Start TODAY.

Where will you be at the 50% point - July 1st ? That's 13 weeks away. Will you be 13 weeks leaner- will your business demonstrate 13 weeks further growth - will you be 13 weeks closer to your goals?

The time is going to pass either way - why not make the most of it.

Til next time…