Training Wheels: Is It All for One or One for All?

By Shelby Murphy

Do you believe that the more you get, the better off you'll be? Or do you believe that the more youcontribute to your team, your gym, your clients -- even when it doesn't seem atto be in your best interest -- that you'll be elevated in the end?

Basically, is it a dog-eat-dog world andyou better get all you can while you can? Or is it a world of karma, where whatgoes around comes around, where you get what you put out?

Unfortunately, I believe the dog-eat-dogmentality is the most prevalent in the training community. We believe there isa limited amount of money, a limited amount of clients and if the next trainergets a good-paying client, that means there is less for us.

But I've seen in running a trainingbusiness that it is always the "One for All" trainer, the one who goes out of herway to help her clients and co-workers that ends up with the most clients, the biggestpaycheck and the most satisfaction.

It's always better to build a team ofpeople who have your back, because you have theirs, then trying to go at it alone.