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Petra joined us for Pilates Teacher Training and I wanted to share her story with you, as I know that many of you have similar feelings and doubts, as Petra!

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𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑃𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒:

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“When I started this course I really wasn’t sure I’d be able to teach Pilates at all. There was so much to learn and remember and then having to stand up in front of everyone and actually teach was very daunting.

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Even as I was going to my third weekend of the course I still didn’t feel confident that I would be able to.

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But that third weekend was a game-changer for me. Lots of different exercises like ‘defend your position’ where we had to confidently explain why we did something a certain way or cueing an exercise and my fellow course mates did it all ‘wrong’ so I had to correct them. These were so useful and when Tanja asked me on the last day to describe how I felt with one word I said 𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑭𝑰𝑫𝑬𝑵𝑻 😊

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Both Tanja and Paul are excellent teachers and they make you feel so good about becoming a teacher yourself and I would recommend their teaching course to anyone who wants to become a GOOD Pilates teacher”

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𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝑨𝑩𝑺𝑶𝑳𝑼𝑻𝑬 𝑳𝑶𝑽𝑬 ❣️❣️❣️

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Watching our new teachers on their first weekend and they’re nervous (as you would expect) and they develop their skills over the following weekends …..

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and then on the last weekend BOOM….

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You can literally see everything slot into place and that’s when our learners BECOME TEACHERS!

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And this is what my 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠! ​

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💠 ​ ​ Have fun

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💠 ​ ​ Help massive amounts of people as they know how to feel present with them

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We’ve spent years designing our courses so you can get the most experience, knowledge and confidence as you can, within the time that we have you and it works, just like it worked for Petra and all the other teachers that have completed their training with us 🙂

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𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑷𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕! ​

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Lots of love,

Tanja

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AND you know what – THAT IS LIFE.
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Problems will never go away.
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It doesn’t’ matter how successful you become THERE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE PROBLEMS.
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However, as you grow and you can afford to take on a manager – your manager will take some of those responsibilities off your shoulders.
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I’ve got staff that deals with customers for two reasons. One because I don’t want to be dealing with emails all day and having someone else deal with it keeps the negativity away from me BUT also – it stops me having to have any confrontation with a client so that our relationship is preserved, which is really important since I am the face of my business.
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The good thing is ……
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As your business grows – your problems will change!
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So when you start to notice different challenges arising guess what?
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It’s time to celebrate!
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Your business is moving to the next level!
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And I will be honest the more successful you become the easier the problems are to deal with – in my opinion.
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Or maybe it’s not that they are easier it’s that I have learned how to deal with the challenges better and to be more responsive rather than reactive!
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I’ve also learned to delegate more to my team so that I don’t have to carry everything on my shoulders…..
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👉Being a business owner is not easy.
👉You will cry.
👉You will want to throw in the towel.
👉You will want to punch a hole in your computer screen.
👉You will argue with your spouse.
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BUT……
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When you start seeing the fruits of your labour and you see that amazing life that you are creating for you and your family AND how your business is helping other people to have a better life …..
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THEN all that other stuff just disappears.
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You forget all about it.
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Sometimes I sit back and reflect on my journey (which is very important to do by the way)…..
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And I’m amazed at how I got here.
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I’m amazed and how I got through all the challenges we’ve faced.
And I look at our beautiful studio that has had our blood, sweat and tears poured into it and it’s all been absolutely worth it and I love what we have.
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Start to think of problems as challenges and lessons from the Universe.
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Maybe you’ve had clients asking for refunds because your Terms and Conditions need to be made clearer or your instructors are trying to steal your clients because you haven’t got a contract in place…. (and they will still try! – that’s for another post!)….
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When you start to look at it from a place of “What is the lesson here”, you’ll be able to deal with the challenges from a different state of mind and made better decisions.
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I’ll give you an example!
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I have an assistant who answers all my emails and deals with all my client enquiries.
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I have sent emails on various occasions reminding people to email Danah with their requests or queries.
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BUT at least once every two weeks one person, in particular, will FB Message me at anytime between 4am and 6am!!!
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This is just one example.
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I have in a roundabout way – told this person that she needs to email Danah.
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NOW I refuse to answer that message until after 10am on purpose because I know they’re in the morning class.
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After the class, I’ll message them back and say – oh in future if you message Danah she’ll assist you first thing in the morning, as I don’t check my FB until after the classes.
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This is just one instance.
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And it is challenging because I do really love all my clients – but seriously that time of the morning is NOT APPROPRIATE for anyone!
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So you too need to set your boundaries.
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Perhaps you don’t want people contacting you on the weekends or you will only answer emails at a certain time.
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If you’re doing 1-2-1’s the maybe there are specific days off that you don’t want to work or maybe you only want to do mornings.
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Sometimes people may be trying to get extra sessions off you or want to come to classes with a package they bought 2 years ago (yes that’s happened to me as well!)
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This actually goes for life as well.
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People will treat you the way you allow them to treat you!
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Unfortunately, there are those that “DON’T GET IT” and there are also people that will try and push your limit, that sadly is human nature!
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There isn’t a person in the world that hasn’t had some point been stopped dead in their tracks because of fear or that chattering monkey in their head. 🤯

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1️⃣ 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒚𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒆

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Everyone, including myself, has at some point felt like a fraud or a fake. ​ ​ Maybe it was at a new job or perhaps you had to do a presentation and you experienced “What if they find out?” thoughts going through your mind.

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When these show up in my life, I’ll grab a piece of paper and write down as much as I can to 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐄 the theory. ​ ​ ​ I’ll consider all my training, all the coaching and business mentors I’ve had and I’ll even reflect back from when I started and how far I’ve come.

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I know some people even feel this when they qualify and head out to teach their own classes and this is something I discuss with our teachers. ​ ​ ​ 𝑰 𝑲𝑵𝑶𝑾 𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑰𝑹 𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑰𝑺 𝑬𝑿𝑪𝑬𝑷𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑳 and by the time our teacher qualify they are chomping at the bits to get started – they are 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 ready! 🤸‍♂️ 🕺

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This can be a biggy for some people. ​ That inner critic that’s always telling you how rubbish you are or that you’re not good enough to become a teacher, sound familiar?

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Now, whether or not you can do the splits or stand on your head is completely irrelevant when it comes to being a good teacher. ​ ​ ​ ​ 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝑯𝑶𝑾 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝑼𝑺𝑻 𝑶𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑺 ❣️

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❤️ ​ It’s one of my favourite weekends because it’s the weekend that the learner 𝐵𝐸𝐶𝑂𝑀𝐸𝑆 the 𝑇𝐸𝐴𝐶𝐻𝐸𝑅. ​ ​ It’s when you 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐄 that you are a teacher and it happens every time we run a course! ​ ​ ❤️

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3️⃣ 𝑱𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑶𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔

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There will always be judgement from others. ​ ​ BUT often it’s not the judgement we think it is. ​ People in general are actually REALLY supportive. ​

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Yes, there will always be a troll out there, some keyboard warrior expressing their opinion. ​ BUT guess what. ​ That is exactly what it is. ​ An opinion. ​ ​ And the bonus of social media is that you can block the person. ​ ​ ​

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You cannot please everyone all the time and it’s taken me a while to learn this and to be comfortable with it.

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Often when people express some sort of disatisfaction, it’s a reflection of THEM not you.

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I won’t lie, getting yourself to the point where things like this don’t bother you does take time and it takes a lot of work on yourself.

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In fact two things have happened in the past couple of weeks that have given me the opportunity to see how far I’ve come. ​ ​

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5 years ago I would have tried to bend myself into a pretzel to “fix things” and to make these people happy, even though it actually showed that they weren’t the right clients for us – note you do need a sense of humour to work with us! 🤪

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BUT ​ the current version of me didn’t care two hoots! ​ ​ ​ I didn’t even respond and deleted these people from our database. ​ ​ It’s a wonderful place to be when 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝘿𝙀𝘾𝙄𝘿𝙀 𝙒𝙃𝙊 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙒𝘼𝙉𝙏 𝙏𝙊 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙆 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 rather than working with every Tom, Dick and Harry and then regretting it! ​ ( I have done that too!) 😖

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Or it could even be your ego is too shit scared to try something as it knows it’s going to be something that scares you.

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For example, doing your Pilates or Yoga Teacher Training. ​ ​ ​ 𝐼 𝐾𝑁𝑂𝑊 𝐵𝐸𝐶𝐴𝑈𝑆𝐸 𝑇𝐻𝐼𝑆 𝑊𝐴𝑆 𝑀𝐸!

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There was no way I could stand up in front of a group of people and teach and even to this day I have no idea how I actually ended up doing the course because I was so terrified 🥴 but I did it!

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I won’t lie, there have been times when self-doubt has won BUT there has also been times when I’ve smashed it. ​ ​

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When I originally did my teacher training my intention was to teach private clients because there was no way I could teach a class full of people!

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I absolutely love teaching classes and running teacher training courses! ​ ​ And if ever I get a query for a 1-2-1 clients, I send them straight to Paul as he teaches all the 1-2-1’s.

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Things can change and the possibiliteis are endless IF you don’t allow self doubt to get in the way. ​ ​

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We all have them, but we don’t all allow them to rule our life and stop us from having all sorts of experiences in this thing called life.

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Now that you know about these barriers, do they look familiar or perhaps you have your own limiting beliefs that are stopping you from becoming a Pilates or Yoga Teacher. ​ ​

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What is the FIRST step you can take to overcome them and move forward. ​ ​ ​ Perhaps its doing an internet search of training providers in your area or even speaking to some of the training schools to get a feel for what might be a good option for you.

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One small step every day will keep you moving closer to your goal and before you know it you’ll be fully qualified!

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𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 🥳

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Lots of love

Tanja xx

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Have you ever read the book “Think & Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill? 📕

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Well, if you haven’t, it’s probably one of the most popular money mindset books in the self-development industry.

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𝐻𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦.

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And whether your goal is to lose weight, buy a fancy car, live in a big house, or own every studio in the world there are things that you might be doing that are stopping you from achieving them.

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𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚.

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⏩“I’m fat”

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🤜𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡.

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​𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗙𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨’𝗟𝗟 𝗚𝗘𝗧.

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You can manifest it or another way is

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𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑆𝐸𝐸 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡.

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𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑦𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑. 😲

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You’ve just programmed your brain to look for yellow cars, even when I’ve told you NOT to look for the yellow ones…

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👉 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒!

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The first step to changing this thought pattern is that we get to be THANKFUL for everything that we DO have in our lives. 🙏

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💘 I am so thankful and grateful for all the money I have in my account. ​ There is always enough to support me.

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💘I am so thankful and grateful for all my amazing clients who continue to love and value what I do.

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𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑛 (𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔) 𝑀𝑈𝑆𝑇 𝐵𝐸 𝐴 𝑃𝐸𝑁 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝐴𝑃𝐸𝑅, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐿 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡. ​ ​ 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛.

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Coming from South Africa I have seen what POOR is. ​ People with no food, no clothes, no home and there isn’t help for them. ​ They literally have NOTHING.

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I am RICH compared to them, and that’s what you have to focus on. ​ ​ 💰

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✅I am so grateful that I have heating. ​ (has your heating or hot water ever broken down in the middle of winter?? Sure does make you appreciate it!!).

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✅I am so grateful I have food every single day to eat.

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✅I am so grateful that I have warm clothes to shelter my body when I go outside!

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We do have so much to be grateful for, even when times are challenging.

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THE MORE YOU FOCUS ON WHAT YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR, THE MORE OF THAT YOU WILL HAVE!!!

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Focus on the money you do have. ​ Even if it’s £5 in your account. ​ Remember that a homeless person would kill for the £5.

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This really is one of the biggest steps you can take to attract more things into your life.

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Think of it this way.

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The Universe sees us as children.

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𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑???

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Did you want to take it back?? 🤬

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𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙? 😍

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Did you want to give them more???

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𝑌𝐸𝑆, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚.

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OUR LIVES ARE THE SAME!!!

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Go buy yourself a nice journal do this at least once a day. ​ It only needs to take a few minutes.

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I do this every morning and every evening. ​ ​ I write down 5 things. ​

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It doesn’t need to be an essay.

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The important part is that you’re taking the time to sit and connect with the Universe and say thank you.

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𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛!

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𝑊𝐻𝐴𝑇 𝐴𝑅𝐸 𝑌𝑂𝑈 𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑇𝐸𝐹𝑈𝐿 𝐹𝑂𝑅 𝑇𝑂𝐷𝐴𝑌???

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Lots of love ,

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The post 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝐺𝑒𝑡 𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑊𝑎𝑛𝑡? appeared first on Elite Pilates Teacher Training.

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​Personally, I love to read about other people’s experiences when I’m looking at different services or products, so let me introduce you to Janine.

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​Janine started her course with us and then boom Covid hit, but we worked around it and now she’s teaching her own classes in Plymouth 🙂

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​”In the beginning, although I really wanted to do my teacher training, I did have some reservations. I’ve done Pilates for a few years, but there are still things I can’t do (not sure I will ever be able to do them) and my core and flexibility are not as good as I would like.

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𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 – 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑠 𝑟𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑!

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But Tanja put my mind at rest and was encouraging and as she says ‘Usain Bolt’s coach can’t run as fast as him!’ Which when I thought about it properly made sense so I went for it!!

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I looked at a couple of training venues but I chose Elite as it seemed a lot more personal. They offered more than the basic course and weren’t about the hard aggressive sell like the other company I had contacted. It seemed more about helping you as a teacher rather than take your money, here are the moves now off you go!

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The course was really well taught and very informative, not just learning the moves but teaching us alternatives and what to look out for as well as learning which muscles are used.

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There is also a catalogue of online materials to refer back to whenever you need it even after the course has finished which I don’t think anywhere else offers.

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Tanja and Paul are very supportive and happy to help with any issues. We had another lockdown in between our weekends so our second half of the course was delayed, but they worked around this and sent supportive messages and emails.

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They were very accommodating and flexible with finishing the course as a few of us wanted to finish before Christmas and some wanted to defer until the new year. They worked out some weekends that would suit everyone so those of us that wanted to qualify before Christmas were able to.

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I don’t think other training facilities would be quite as flexible – they were happy to work around us rather than the other way around!

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As strange as it may sound the best part of the course for me was getting through my practical assessment. I was very unsure of myself and lacking in confidence for the first half of the course but by the time it came to the assessment part I felt a lot better about what I could do (even though I was a bag of jelly for the whole hour 😆 ).

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It felt so good teaching a class. I think that is down to how well the course is taught and the teaching practice we are able to do.

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I think it took the time off, in between the sets of weekends, to process everything we had learned. The first 2 weekends are very full-on and it’s a lot to take in – I found it quite overwhelming to start with.

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Although when you have that time to think about everything you have learned you realise that you have taken in more than you think and all the extra teaching practice given at the studio helps massively (even though its nerve-wracking at the time )!!!!

I can’t wait to start teaching my own classes now!

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Here’s my 3 top things that you can start to do if becoming a Pilates or Yoga Teacher is something you want to do, but not right now….
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1️⃣ ​ 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆.
It is really important and you will pick up loads when you start to look at the teachers objectively and when you really listen you’ll start to discover what kind of teacher YOU want to be.
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➡️ ​ Notice how they cue. ​ ​ ​ Do you understand them fully or is there space for confusion?
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➡️ ​ Was there any particular cue’s you liked or that resonated with you VS cues you didn’t like?
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➡️ ​ ​ Did they offer alternatives / variations or modifications to people that couldn’t do particular things or did they just expect everyone to do the same thing?
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➡️ ​ Did you feel safe in their class? ​ ​ Did they respect your body and it’s limitations?
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➡️ ​ Are they walking around helping you and correcting people OR do they stay on their mat and do their own workout)?
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➡️ ​ Do they make eye contact with everyone in the class?
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➡️ ​ How did they make you feel when you came in, during the class and afterwards?
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➡️ ​ Did they take note of your name?
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➡️ ​ Are they passionate about what they are sharing or are they just going through the motions?
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2️⃣ ​ ​ ​ 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉. ​ ​ ​
You’re not making any commitments but get a little book out or a spreadsheet if you prefer to work on a computer and start researching venues and note down their emails, telephone numbers and rates for their halls. ​ ​ If you think you might do your training sooner rather than later then contact them and ask them what spaces are available. ​ ​ Also how many people do you think you could fit into that venue.
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3️⃣ ​ ​ 𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑭𝑩 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
You can keep it unpublished, but start adding photos of you doing Pilates or Yoga or related posts. ​ When you start your training you can add more pictures and you can then publish your FB page and there’ll be loads of content on there already! ​ ​
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𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑤, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔.
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If you’ve got something big going on in your life right now then hopefully you can see that you don’t need to hit pause on your dream. ​ ​ There are still steps you can take and any actions are better than no actions. ​ ​
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For those of you who are considering their teacher training maybe later in 2023 please feel free to get in touch for our prospectus, which has much more information for you. ​ ​ ​ 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝑷𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒀𝒐𝒈𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓.
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We look forward to helping you on your journey to becoming a Pilates or Yoga Teacher when the time is right 🙂
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Lots of love
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And it’s not that I didn’t study….

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In fact I would study really hard….

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But then you’re sitting there and the paper is in front of you and all of a sudden my mind goes blank and 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟! 🤯

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Just before I have to teach an assessment I don’t know whether I want to 💩, pee or 🤮 or everything at the same time and let’s not mention the sweaty hands, sweaty cleavage and all those other areas!! ​ ​ YIP I get that too! 🙈

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Because I always want to make sure our courses are among the best, I do lots of my own teacher training courses to ensure our level of expertise is among the best! ​ ​ ​

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Recently I completed another 500hr Yoga teacher training course and I was SO nervous about teaching, even though I’ve been teaching Pilates and Yoga for nearly 10 years! ​ ​ It never goes away BUT 10 minutes in your nerves will settle and by the 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒛𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈! ​ 🤸‍♀️

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You’ll never get over the anxiety by sitting at home and trying to plan your way or think your way by getting over anxiety. ​ ​

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The only way to get over it or through it is to do the thing that makes you anxious in a supportive place. ​ So whether that’s sitting for the written assessment and doing that several times or standing up and teaching, you get better and better each time.

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During our Pilates and Yoga Teacher training we spend ALOT of time getting you teaching practice so that you start to feel more comfortable and confident standing up and I know that sounds really scary but it’s the one thing I 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦’𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑒. 💞

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We create a safe space​ where it’s okay to mess up or get tongue twisted or even go completely blank! ​ ​ 𝑰𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒕! ​ ​ 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑬𝑵𝑱𝑶𝒀 𝒊𝒕.

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𝑊𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑢𝑛 𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤.

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We encourage our teachers to experiment with their teaching style so that you can find what works best for you rather than be cardboard cutouts of your own teachers. We want you to develop your own style and way of teaching so that YOU bring your own personality and quirks to your classes and you can do that in the safety of a judgement free zone.

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No one is perfect, not even us and we support you, your fellow teachers support you and even our clients that volunteer to be guinea pigs are also there to support you.

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Here’s some of the ways that we make your experience easier:

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✅ There’s mock theory papers for you to practice your exam with

✅ ​ We have clients come along to some classes so you can teach other people and actually see different body types / accessibility and modifications

✅ ​ Our teaching skills exercises are fun and will help to develop your skills super quick

✅ ​ There’s no limits to how many times you can take the theory test and there’s no extra cost

✅ ​ We run mock group teaching assessments so you know exactly what to expect on the day

✅ ​ I check all your paperwork before hand to make sure you hit all the assessment criteria so that there’s no way you can “refer” because of something missed

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There’s always going to be some kind of nerves, which is actually a good thing as it shows that you care about your performance, but you will have less stress.

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I will let you all in on a little secret of mine.

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𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑁𝑂 𝑊𝐴𝑌 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑!. ​ ​ 𝐼 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠. ​

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𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐈 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 ❣️ 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 – 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐋𝐎𝐋

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I love the energy I get from a class and the group enthusiasm and it’s like spending an hour with friends!

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It gets even better when you start to teach your own clients and they’re your classes and you start to see how your classes are really helping other people to live better lives:)

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Lots of love

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Growing UP I hated maths. In fact I hated ANYTHING to do with numbers!!! 🤮

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Even as an adult – I’m not a fan of doing accounts – there’s far too many numbers for me (although I do enjoy looking at my bank accounts! Lol)…

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But any kind of calculation that I can avoid – I will….

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𝑬𝑿𝑪𝑬𝑷𝑻…..

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If you want to grow your business and you want to do it

✅Without wasting money

✅Being able to predict how long it’ll take you to reach your goal

✅Know how much return of investment (ROI) you’re getting then …..

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𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑅𝐸 𝐴𝑅𝐸 𝑆𝑂𝑀𝐸 𝑁𝑈𝑀𝐵𝐸𝑅𝑆 𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝐶𝐴𝐿𝐶𝑈𝐿𝐴𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁𝑆 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒!

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(or in my case…. Create a spreadsheet that does it all for you, which is something 𝐼 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑉𝐼𝑃 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 them the hassle!).

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Here are some important numbers that I’m teaching my 1-2-1 clients and that you should ALSO be keeping on top of at LEAST every month if not bi-weekly

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1️⃣How many people have opted into your free offering?

2️⃣How many people have signed up? (aka what is the close rate)

3️⃣How much money was spent on that advert

4️⃣Was the close rate MORE than the spend on the advert

5️⃣How many more people do you need to get through your “funnel” in order to achieve your goals

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I will admit I’m not great at being consistent with it, but because most of the mentors I’ve had in the past have always asked for these numbers I have HAD to do it!!!

As you become more familiar with it I know more or less how many new clients I will get with x amount of ad spend.

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As I’m switching my focus on my business, I’m now getting strict again with these numbers because I’m using new strategies so I am taking to the time to track these!

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Knowing your numbers is extremely important or you’ll waste money on ads and spend the next 5 years trying to achieve your goals that could have been achieved in one year!

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​💜KNOW YOUR NUMBERS! LOVE YOUR NUMBERS! 💜

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Lots of love!

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𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆-𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆??
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Have you ever been out for a coffee with a friend and by the time you’re finished you feel absolutely exhausted and like that friend has sucked the living life out of you, like in a vampire movie! 😩
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It takes you days to recover and hopefully they won’t get in touch again for another few months….
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𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 ℎ𝑢𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒.
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Over the coming months start to take note of who leaves you feeling exhausted, tired, and irritated😧 ​ and who leaves you feel energized, motivated, and like you can conquer the world! 🌍
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Quite a bit of research has been done about how the people you hang around with affect your earnings and it’s really bizarre, but you are the average of the 5 people you hang around with the most!!!!
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So if you spend all your time with people that aren’t interested in business, helping people, or making a GREAT LIFE, they will pull you back down.
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“𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐴𝑚 𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛??? “
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If only it was that simple!
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It’s very hard to just cut all ties with people especially if you’ve been friends for many many years and you feel obliged to stay friends.
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One thing that I do is 𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑡.
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So instead of seeing some friends as I used to now, I’ll only see them 2 or 3 times a year.
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It saves me being around their negativity towards my business (yes some friends will take the piss out of your “business” because it’s not a “real” job).
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I have friends that I party with – and don’t discuss any business with these friends. Mind you I’m even getting too old for partying!
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I may sound boring but I get more excited about what I’ve got planned for my future than I do about going on a piss-up so my goals and my future comes first.
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When I achieve my goals and I’m sat on a porch watching the sunset across the seas in Cyprus, sipping cocktails then I’ll party!
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I have got friends who are in the same business as we are and I love spending time with them. We love talking about business and what’s working and what’s not working.
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We love sharing our goals and dreams with each other and supporting each other! We also support each other when things aren’t going great, as sometimes they will, and sometimes we’re just an ear to listen when you need a rant!
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𝐼 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ-𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 (𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑡𝑠) 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝𝑠 𝑎ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒-𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜.
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What about family?
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OOH this is such a hard one….
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My mother gets under my skin quite easily when it comes to business. Always making comments like “you always have so much going on”. “mind you don’t overdo it”. “Oh, what do you want to do that for” and the list goes on.
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But guess what. She doesn’t’ really understand. She has never run a business of her own and she means well.
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It’s taken me many years, but now I know what to tell her, what not to tell her, and also to take what she says lightly.
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The problem with family members is that their words cut deep and will affect you the most.
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Close friends who have no idea about business will make remarks about ideas you have “oh I don’t think that will work because xyz”.
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​𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑤𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚!
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𝑈𝑁𝐿𝐸𝑆𝑆 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.

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THEIR BRAINS ARE NOT WIRED LIKE OURS. 🤯
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If I told people what my plans were all those years ago, I would not be where I am today.
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𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.
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I’d probably still be killing myself in the police and being a slave to someone else.
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Here’s an exercise for you:
1️⃣Who do you feel like you need to reduce your time with?
2️⃣Who do you want to spend more time with?
3️⃣What actions are you going to take to make both happen?
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𝑀𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜, 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎 ℎ𝑢𝑔𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑒𝑡, 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑓.𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.
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Surround yourself with business owners, masterminds and people that will lift you up when you need help and cheer for you when you have a win!
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PS These were my fellow coaches when I used to coach for a very successful mentoring company. I was great to be a part of such an awesome team!

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