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No one will respect you if you don’t respect yourself first. I’ll never forget, in my 20s, a good friend telling me (in regard to dating), “You won’t be treated with respect unless you require it.” In other words, if you want to be treated with respect and dignity, don’t accept any behavior that is less than what you want and deserve...

It is a beautiful January day in Texas, and I am sitting in my home at my favorite writing spot (the kitchen table) with my laptop. At this moment in time, the United States is experiencing its worst housing crisis in 17 years with a 10-month supply of unsold homes (Deener 2008). In addition, housing starts are down 40% from a year ago, and the subprime mortgage cri...

In “Starting From Scratch,” in the previous issue of IDEA Trainer Success, we wore ourselves out with figuring and calculations to create a livable work schedule and doable financial goals that would lay the groundwork for starting your own in-home personal training business. Now that the hardest part of our work is behind us, we dive into 10 organized steps to take to make your business official. 1. Choose a Graphic Designer to Create Your Materials.

Building an in-home personal training business from scratch can be fun, exciting and just a little bit scary. To take as much fear out of the equation as possible, it is extremely important to do all the necessary foundation work so that when your official “start date” rolls around, you feel completely prepared. How do you do that? By joining me in the second of this five-article series.

This article is one in a series devoted to building a strong foundation on which you can rely when making key business and personal decisions.