Does Uncle Sam have you in a choke hold this year or did you come out on top?
This year I did well with my tax return – the last two were really rough because my old accountant made a costly mistake…
Well, it turns out there’s another good thing about leaving your high-paying job to start your own business – if you’re still in the red by the end of the year, you can end up getting all the taxes you paid at your old job back. 
Fortunately, the boot camp business is rocking now and this year will go quite nicely, especially with all the great things I have in store for you. Good thing I’ve got a new accountant…
You know, tax time is really interesting. Some people get super-stressed because they’re worried about paying, while others are psyched because they purposely had more money taken out throughout the year in order to give themselves a “bonus.” I’m not here to discuss the right philosophy with you; I’m just making an observation.
Anyway, like I said, I got a good chunk of change back. I’m not telling you that to make you feel bad if you didn’t; I’m brining it up because it leads to a very important question –
What will I do with all that money?
The wild and crazy side of me might say, “Let’s go to Fiji!” while the cheap and budget conscious side might say, “Put it all towards debt.”
In fact, I’m doing neither.
Instead, I’M INVESTING IN MYSELF.
I’ve hired one of my mentors, Pat Rigsby and his business partner Nick Berry, to be my private coaches. Pat and Nick are two of the best in the world at what they do – they currently have ownership in over 14 different fitness businesses worth several million dollars. They’ve helped thousands of personal trainers achieve their dreams doing what they love – helping people like you achieve their dreams of looking and feeling great!
This was actually a very rare opportunity for me. Pat & Nick don’t take on private coaching clients. They’re quite busy as you can imagine. Instead, they have a couple mastermind coaching groups with about 10 or so people per group. I previously mentioned in a blog post that I went to Kentucky to visit with Pat for a free one-day group coaching session that’s part of a “boot camp owners association membership” I’m part of. While I was there, we really connected and he asked me if I’d be interested in a unique opportunity – to work with them for 12 months in a private coaching program where we’d meet regularly (weekly calls, in person trips in KY as needed, and daily access via phone and email for urgent needs). In addition, he’s going to provide me with proprietary resources to help me grow my business and become a more knowledgeable fitness professional. And, one of the goals is to come up with some joint venture projects – we’ve already brainstormed one in our first call!
WHAT AN HONOR!! An opportunity to get coached by one of my fitness business heroes and the possibility to create some great things together!!!!
Of course I wanted to jump on the opportunity, but there was only one problem – a BIG ONE. I didn’t have the money. 
I’ve heard that excuse so many times in my fitness career. In fact, if I had a dollar for every…
Anyway, there was no way I was going to let this opportunity pass me by. Somehow, someway I was going to make it happen!
If you follow the blog regularly, you know I’m a believer in the Law of Attraction. If you set your mind on a goal with a definiteness of purpose, have faith and take action you will find a way to achieve it. Don’t focus on the “How?” Instead, focus on your “WHY?” With a strong enough “WHY?” the “HOW?” will come. No, I don’t mean it will magically appear, although sometimes it feels like that.
Typically what happens when you focus on something that you really want and connect with your real “WHY?” is you start to see things around you differently – opportunities present themselves. For example, have you have you ever bought something (car, dress, shirt) that you’ve never really seen before and then all of a sudden you see it everywhere? It’s not that it wasn’t there before; you just raised your level of awareness. It’s the same thing with achieving a goal – read chapter 2 of The Science of Getting Fit to see what I’m talking about.
So, what happened? How am I going to be able to afford this opportunity?
Well, if you remember, on my birthday I had a HUGE 35% OFF SALE on my boot camp programs. Now, that wasn’t just some slick way to get money from my campers so I could afford Pat & Nick, although there really wouldn’t have been anything wrong with that – after all, I’m giving an incredible service of mine away at a MAJOR DISCOUNT. I held the sale because I really do value my members and what my programs do for them, and I thought it would be cool to give something big away like that on my birthday.
What happened next was the interesting thing…
I did have some people take advantage of the sale, but I also had a two campers say they’d love to but asked if I would hold the opportunity open (it was a 3 day sale) until they got their tax return.
Before I go on, I just have to say, “THAT’S FREAKIN’ AWESOME!” I love that these people who don’t just have $1500 to throw around want to take part (or all) of their tax return to INVEST IN THEMSELVES. They believe so strongly in the value of my boot camp program (which feels fantastic) that they want to use their tax return, which I’m sure they originally had other (probably not as worthy) plans for. They traded in the new [whatever] that they don’t really need for a healthier, more fit, not-to-mention sexier 
body. They understand that in the long run, health and fitness is what’s important. If they take care of that, the rest will come as it needs to.
THIS INSPIRED ME!
It turns out that I had the money (most of it) all along to get the coaching that I so badly wanted – the coaching that would no-doubt give me the knowledge, training and connections to help me achieve my goals.
My tax return will cover a little over half the fee to work with Pat & Nick for the next year. A couple more super-committed tax return using boot campers will take care of the rest.
So, thanks to the request and inspiration of my two campers I’m going to extend the 35% OFF SALE through the end of this month – if you e-file, you should have your return by then.
Go ahead and bookmark this page so you can access the DISCOUNT BUTTON below when you get your check from Uncle Sam:
Follow the lead of these inspiring members by putting your tax return towards achieving a goal that will change your life forever. That’s what I did.
Have Faith & Take Action!
Justin Yule, B.S., CPT
Your friendly neighborhood Chaska / Chanhassen boot camp instructor and online personal trainer.
Burn 9x more fat at a fraction of the cost of other personal training programs.
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