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The Fitness Business Podcast with Erin Dimond and Jordan Dugger

414. 10 Lessons After 10 Years As An Online Fitness Coach, Gym Owner, and CEO of Two Multi 7-Figure Fitness Businesses

The Fitness Business Podcast with Erin Dimond and Jordan Dugger

Erin Dimond and Jordan Dugger

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Fitness

4.6667 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

After 10 years of being in the online fitness coaching industry, I wanted to reflect on the lessons I've learned during that time with both my fitness coaching company and IFCA. It really came down to 10 critical lessons and I wanted to share those with you in today's episode! Please share with a friend who might need to hear this and let me know your favorite one!

 

Time Stamps:

 

(1:30) There’s Magic in Reminders

(1:48) Start Before You’re Ready

(2:45) Good Systems Before Scaling

(3:59) Hire Mentors

(6:29) Work In and On the Business

(7:24) Erin’s Open Hour Sales Call

(7:54) Think Like a Big Business Before Becoming Big

(8:51) Good Labor Budget

(10:10) Understand Taxes

(11:15) Good is the Enemy of Great

(13:09) You Are Not Your Business

(16:14) Never Stop Learning

(20:00) Please Share What You Took Away

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0:00.0

You can be doing okay. And that can be the thing that really holds you back. We oftentimes think,

0:05.9

well, things are good. So how much better could they be? I ran a multiple six figure company for a

0:11.0

little while and I thought, well, things are good. So why would I invest in mentorship? Hell, I swear to

0:15.2

God, if my nine to five job would have just paid me like 10 grand more. I would been like, things are good. Things are fine. You know, I'll just stay here. This is all I really,

0:23.7

all I really like expected anyway. You know, I expected to have a job where I could pay the bills

0:29.3

and like things are good. I can afford everything I want. But man, what if it could be great?

0:35.6

What is up guys? Welcome back to the FitBiz podcast. I am excited here with a

0:41.0

solo episode, something I want to share with you all around 10 lessons that I've learned

0:47.3

in entrepreneurship over the last 10 years. So it was, I'll never forget it, February 9th, 2013 when I took my first online fitness client.

0:58.0

Her name was Cheyenne.

1:00.3

She was a complete pain of my ass.

1:02.3

She never listened to anything that I said.

1:04.8

I learned so much from her and that will be like an episode for another day.

1:09.1

And we've done many mistakes episodes but as I was

1:11.9

just thinking and reflecting back on 10 years of entrepreneurship I thought I would just piece

1:17.0

together 10 lessons and I think this episode will be really valuable for you no matter where

1:22.0

you're out on your journey because basically what I've tried to do is separate it between like

1:26.2

day one in the first year

1:29.6

advice in your business and then the second section is like what to do after year one

1:33.6

and then the third section is somewhere between like either year one and year three or

1:38.2

year two and year five type of advice so if you're further along in your business I

1:44.0

want you to listen to every single one

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