Does your family and loved ones get the worst of you while your clients and employees get the best of you? Then you may want to listen to this episode. We get real about this topic that tends to be the elephant in the room. We also discuss Marketing strategies and the importance of listening to your client's needs.

Bobby Hines quickly went from 1 to 8 Anytime Fitness locations. He still owns 4 and has sold 3. How did he expand so rapidly and what lessons did he learn from his failures along the way. We discuss if the Big Box gyms are going after the Training Studio market. Should we be nervous?

Terry Vandermark was Thomas Plummer's right hand man since 1992. He discusses the 3 biggest mistakes fitness business owners make and how to build a marketing plan that will be successful for your business. He also has lots of stories from his years of working with fitness business owners and Thomas Plummer.

Tim Fulton -author of Small Business Matters- Shares about how to avoid entrepreneurial myths that can destroy your business and the best way to improve the profitability and value of your business.

Neal Spruce is a Fitness Industry Titan. He helped Gold's Gym grow from 1 location to over 500. He founded, built and sold Apex Nutrition and N.A.S.M. just to name a few. He describes one key change you can make to double your training income. He breaks down the systems he used to create his success so that you can use it too.

Billy Hofacker runs two successful fitness studios on Long Island in New York ). He credits his success to starting small and staying debt free. His focus on staying true to those principals has allowed him to grow at the speed of cash.

Joe Meglio discusses his philosophy on why leadership is so important to a fitness business and why he has focused on improving his leadership skills to build a team and his business. Joe would say his team is his business. Joe and his team have used a structured and disciplined approach to build a successful and growing fitness business, Game Changer Strength and Performance in New Jersey.

You will also find out why I think Joe is the bravest guest that has been on the podcast thus far.

Kerry Taylor, an ex-NFL player, runs 212 Health and Performance in Rhode Island. He utilizes his current client base, culture and customer service to make them his number one marketing tool and teaches use the value in pausing and taking stock of your success.

Dan Kleckner acts on the advice of his mentors to grow his business in a structured, systematic way. He is growing Kutting Edge Fitness in Seattle WA by $3000 per month and soon to be adding a second location. The systems and structure he has put in place ensure that all efforts go in the same direction..... Growth.

Julian Cardoos's club generates $66,000 of revenue in less than 500 square feet of training space. He shares his unique business philosophy and model that makes this possible.