From Great by Choice:

Imagine you’re standing with your feet in the Pacific Ocean in San Diego, looking inland. You’re about to embark on a 3,000-mile walk, from San Diego to the tip of Maine. On the first day you march 20 miles, making it out of town.

On the second day you march 20 miles. And again, on the third day you march 20 miles, heading into the heat of the desert. It’s hot, more than 100˚F, and you want to rest in the cool of your tent. But you don’t. You get up and you march 20 miles.

You keep the pace, 20 miles a day.

Then the weather cools, and you’re in comfortable conditions with the wind at your back, and you could go much farther. But you hold back, modulating your effort. You stick with your 20 miles.

Then you reach the Colorado high mountains and get hit by snow, wind, and temperatures below zero — and all you want to do is stay in your tent. But you get up. You get dressed. You march your 20 miles.

You keep up the effort — 20 miles, 20 miles, 20 miles — then you cross into the plains, and it’s glorious springtime, and you can go 40 or 50 miles in a day. But you don’t. You sustain your pace, marching 20 miles.

And eventually, you get to Maine.

Now, imagine another person who starts out with you on the same day in San Diego. He gets all excited by the journey and logs 40 miles the first day.

Exhausted from his first gigantic day, he wakes up to 100˚ temperatures. He decides to hang out until the weather cools, thinking, “I’ll make it up when conditions improve.” He maintains this pattern — big days with good conditions, whining and waiting in his tent on bad days — as he moves across the western United States.

Just before the Colorado high mountains, he gets a spate of great weather and he goes all out, logging 40- to 50-mile days to make up lost ground. But then he hits a huge winter storm when utterly exhausted. It nearly kills him and he hunkers down in his tent, waiting for spring.

When spring finally comes, he emerges, weakened, and stumbles off toward Maine. By the time he enters Kansas City, you, with your relentless 20-mile march, have already reached the tip of Maine. You win, by a huge margin.

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Part II – Splintering Effect  There are two types of people that will leave your gym: }} } The Splinter Effect II Keep Your Coaches }}     Type I – Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurs will do what they want, regardless of your business plans UNLESS they see they can see opportunity and vision inside your

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Hosting competitions are very powerful for your community! These get people PSYCHED about what they’re involved in and create massive momentum for your community. Keep in mind that unless you’re an experienced event or race director there will probably be a learning curve for the logistics of the event. Start by hosting in house competitions open to current clients only and keep them small. Open these up to 20-25 people and limit the workouts to movements that aren’t too technical or difficult to judge. From there – grow your competitions and get your community involved!

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Are your coaches leaving to find jobs at other gyms or start their own gyms? Have you heard if current clients are looking to start their own gym? If so, you are probably facing the splintering effect. FIRST -> Ask yourself these questions: 1. Do you have an environment for coaches to become full time

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Check out the pictures from this month’s affiliate business training

• Darrin & Diana Shaw of Graham CrossFit (Washington)
• Keefa & Christina of CrossFit ICONZ (Georgia)
• Steve & Kellar of Versus Strength & Conditioning (Mississippi)
• Josh & Jamie of CrossFit Akron & CrossFit JXN – TBD (Washington)
• Justin of CrossFit Pointbreak (Spring, Texas)
• Patrick Burke & Ashley Kretsch MBS CrossFit (Colorado)

Nicole Hughes is the Co-Founder of Garage Gym Blueprint and the Brand Development Specialist for of CrossFit Central’s brands. Her passion and creativity is seen and felt by many, but her passion is seldom heard by large groups. Recently Nicole was featured on a short documentary on Women in the 21st Century. This piece touches on an important subject and has gone viral in our CrossFit community and will soon spread beyond that. We are so proud of Nicole for taking part in this documentary and representing the Blueprint team. Awesome Job Nicole.

Earlier this week we discussed the importance of an introduction. Many (mostly all) of you have an about page of some fashion on your Website, Facebook, and Twitter Page. Most of the time this is something you do once and forget about. However, this is the first impression a new visitor to you online presence will see. It is important to turn visitors into customers. For this reason we would like to put this aspect of your business under the microscope and journey through the aspect of making your website/online presence work for you!

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What? : 2 Days of focused business training designed designed for current and aspiring Garage Gym Affiliates

Who? : New and Veteran CrossFit and Garage Gym Business owners

Why? : Because you are looking to implement proven systems in order to grow your dreams and or reach financial freedom

Where? : Austin, Texas

When? : February 23, 24 and a bonus observation day on the 25th

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Garage Gym Blueprint is about helping you reach your American Dream. Whether its achieving Financial Freedom, Debt Free Living,  or 150+ member gym implementing the systems taught at this seminar will get you results. You will learn the closed class model vs open class model, systems, structure, recruitment, marketing, media, branding and much more.

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How to set a powerful introduction for your Gym

One of the most important parts of your website is the About Us page. When a new person visits your website one of the fist pages they will click is About Us. Why? To decide if they want to buy what you’re selling!!! This single page gives your gym a unique opportunity – to tell your business’ story, make your gym stand out, and establish your business as a credible source in the marketplace. Your “About Us” is your introduction to the public and fuels your online presence.

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