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Sacrifice
SACRIFICE...
Friends, Family, personal time, personal possessions, vacations, love, self happiness. I have given up all of these things for what seems to have been the most important thing that I possess: My career. The ability to enact change and bring enhanced health to those who come to me because that is what they seek. I have given up anything and everything that is for myself and have given all of me to the business that needs me. At times, I have often given TOO much of myself. Through the 10 years I have worked to build my company, I have given it my all. I have done this without ever asking what was in it for me.
I have only cared that through my skills and abilities, I could help change the lives of others and give people greater vitality; vitality that will give my customers years beyond an irresponsible handling of one’s health and wellness. I have done this for others; For it is you that makes me who I am. It is you that defines me as what it is that I am: A coach, A mentor, A trainer, A motivator, A Friend. I am all these things to the clients I work for or the many people that seek me out. Whether they are looking for advice, guidance, assistance, or direction. Without asking for anything in return, I do this. It is that choice that leaves me only this business in my life. My friends…THIS IS STUPID!
At times, I have made sensible decisions. I have turned away from family because they thought fighting for a dream of being in business was ridiculous. I have worked 7 DAYS A WEEK for YEARS now! I have sacrificed the greatest possession of my life for personal gains in business. I have given up that love of my life for my desire to succeed in business.
And what’s the message? Don’t ever put the selfish desires of your life above the REAL love of your life; the love that loves you back late at night. The love that tells you that she loves you. The love that is waiting for you when you get home. None of the money I’ve made, nor the beautiful home I bought as a result of my business success, ever told me how much it loves me or needs me in return. That is SACRIFICE and not one that was EVER worth it!
Phil Sottile, the director and owner of Intelligent Fitness/Athlete’s Edge, has 15 years of experience in the health club industry having pioneered two previous fitness companies (one taken to IPO) and owned his own fitness centers. Mr Sottile has certified, educated, and tested other fitness instructors as a contributing author to a fitness certification course, extensively lectured to students at Dowling and Nassau Community colleges, motivationally spoken to high school students, educated seniors, has hosted his own broadcast of INTELLIGENT FITNESS on several FM Radio stations, has appeared on NEWS12 LONG ISLAND as “Personal Trainer to Long Island’s Kids”, currently co-hosts THE INTELLIGENT WAY TO WELLNESS on CABLEVISION and IO, sits on the Technical Advisory Committee to BOCES and WILSON Technological center, and has been reported on by several local magazines, newspapers, and bodybuilding periodicals. Sottile is a staff writer for fathersandsons Magazine and is also a guest writer for Natural Bodybuilding and Fitness Magazine. Much of his work has been published on the web.
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