I was just thinking of putting together this little email for you when Margret Thatcher’s figure came on to the TV…..apparently when she was in charge of the country she came up with the acronym T.I.N.A!
She was using it when talking about how to get out of the recession , there was a metaphorical price to pay before the country could get back to full steam again!
There Is No Alternative (T.I.N.A)
T.I.N.A is in my life everyday!
The amount of times that I have had the question “is there a way that I can get rid of this bit here” is EPIC!
I need to get a video of that some time with my answer.
The thing with your health is that there is nothing more important, you can have the nicest car, the best house, the nicest holiday location, but if your health is poor you cant make the most of any of it!
You see in most things in life we seem to be able to cheat the system but in Health……there is not a cheat system!
You can write on your arm in your GCSE’s, you can jump the queue at an event, you can get buy one get one free, but with your health there’s T.I.N.A!
For many this is a great frustration until someone shows them the light!
As a coach this is something that I am responsible for.
Getting RESULTS is what I care about!
Oh next time I will be sharing with you what it takes to get results…….
—————————– The Tears On Sunday———————————————–
About three weeks ago …well actually four by the time I send this out…..I asked a group of people , most of them very young, with permission of their parents to hand out some flyers for me……
I will tell you about one of the girls amazing stories another time……..
But basically I had an email from Claire who was desperate to get back in shape. She wrote me the most amazing email describing why she wanted to work with me….. which included:
her struggle with losing baby weight
How she had become disillusioned with the gym because no one was telling her what to do
No one told her what to eat
She would lose a pound then gain one
She wasn’t fitting into her clothes anymore.
So I emailed her and told her that I would love to help her.
She actually cried……..
She was so excited!
She had struggled for so long since having her child that she began to wonder if it would ever happen!
All I wanted was her full commitment to what I knew would work.
It must have been really scary for her….I had never met her, only chatted on the phone for 2 minutes to tell her I knew I could help her.
Why would she believe me?
Well I guess she has probably seen the results I get and heard about what we do, but even still, entering the unknown is always a bit scary!
I will share with you in the next email her results.
————— Oh and Getting locked in the toilet in Thailand—————————–
Oh….incase you don’t know I actually hate small confined spaces!
Two years ago, almost to the day I actually wrote my first book.
That was an unreal experience, I was actually sharing an apartment with one of my mates and a guy who I am actually mentored by now who has helped premiership footballers and owned 14 different locations for his fitness camp, been on a UK Tour showing trainers how to get the results he got.
So as you can imagine being surrounded by people like that is very helpful.
I actually talk with him most days , some times just about random stuff, some times he I think he just likes to listen to my accent (apparently I have one) , he is from South Shields in the North East , so I guess I would sound different to him!
But anyway…whilst I was there Dax Moy, the worlds most expensive coach, £17000 per week for him to coach you, was teaching me how to write my first book. I didn’t pay quite that much for this week as it wasn’t 1-1.
It was The Equestrian Athlete Plan, which is now helping people world wide to achieve performance gains on and off their horses. One of the most stressful two weeks of my life……..I hate sitting down, I don’t like being on my laptop too much.
So I popped down stairs after one of our masterminds and I ended up getting locked in.
It was hot, small and confined!
A nightmare!
I started going mental.
Started running at the door. I was boiling!
It took them 25 minutes to get the garden maintenance dude to come in on a Sunday.
The door was about 3 inches thick…
I was boiling!
Thankfully Kim (one of the other students was talking to me) after they realised I had disappeared for 10 minutes.
Oh yea….the Boiled Urine and The AA…..I will get to that one in my next email for you.
—————————- Winning Environment———————————–
Before you shoot off, check out this little video I made for you about how I create a winning environment.
It’s had some nice reviews from various people after posting it up on various social media sites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbsbRg9naRY&feature=share
Have a good day,
Matt
