The Only TV Reality Show That Matters

Reality TV has taken over the television airwaves these days from the show “Survivor” that I believe started it all to the latest one on NBC this holiday season, “Clash of the Choirs.” I hate ‘em all, except one.

For the last four years my wife and I consistently tune in to NBC’s “The Biggest Loser.” That, IMHO, is the only reality TV show that really adds to the quality of anyone’s life. Other’s can debate that with me and since I don’t watch any of the others I will not be able to defend myself against my claim very much, but I have to belief if you look at the concept of “The Biggest Loser” and how it works and what its purpose is, compared to “Dancing with the Stars” or “Big Brother” or some other such concoction, there is no contest.

For the uninitiated, NBC-TV’s “The Biggest Loser” takes overwieght and obese adults and puts them through a weight reduction and fitness program that is grueling and inspiring to watch.  The person who loses the largest percent of their body weight wins $250,000 after six months.

Although I haven’t researched the contestants from the early shows on the surface the transformation on TV the contestants make is tremendous. On the show last night two twin brothers competed and each won their respective competitions, one winning $100,000 and the other “$250,000.

But the cool thing was that out of the 16 or 20 contestants, the two grand prize winners were far from the only winners. Everyone who competes on that show and shows up at the end is a winner as all end up losing a significant amount of weight and seem as though they have a completely new mindset and lifestyle when their time on the show ends.

These contestants are put through the ringer by two top notch personal fitness trainers and are placed on very strict nutritional diets. When they are sent home after their time at the ‘compound’ after their first 90-days they are continually supported and monitored on their path to a successful conclusion.

It is truly inspiring to see the physical and mental transformation these people go through and for my money it is the only Reality TV show worth anyone’s time. On New Year’s Day they are starting another round with couples working together to get in shape, check it out.

Finnerman, Klassen First Inductees into the Business Achievement Gym “Hall of Fame”

I’ve decided to induct two of my first clients to join the Business Achievement Gym program back in 2004 to a newly created “Hall of Fame.” I am borrowing the idea from my mentor but I think it is just the right time to do something like this as a way to give back to long time committed members to my coaching program while also providing a new level of inspiration to new program members.

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Less Talk, Make It Happen

As I sit in my hotel room in Huntsville, Alabama awaiting the morning workshop and watching TV, I’ve been reintroduced to the Royal Bank of Scotland commercials proclaiming “Less Talk, Make It Happen.”  I love them.

There are two that I’m familiar with although there may be others. One has business professionals sitting around a dining table at a restaurant as one of their colleagues begins choking.  One colleague begins explaining the heimlich maneuver and how to do it while his buddy continues to gag.  As he goes on and on with his other buddies putting in their two cents, someone from another table runs over and applies the heimlich maneuver and the piece of food lodged in the guys throat flies across the table onto the chest of the guy doing all the talking.

The other has bank executives on a teambuilding survival retreat when one of their teammates falls into quicksand and begins sinking, while their team leader talks about measuring risk beforing making a decision and taking action.  Right before the guy sinks below the surface one of the teammates runs over throws a rope around a tree trunk to the distressed teammate and pulls hiim out.

Those are two great metaphorical examples of why so many small business owners fail. To ensure your success make sure you are taking action to make things happen. To do that make sure you are not just taking any action but taking the ‘right’ action.

Failure is Your Only Option

Hard to believe it has been two weeks since my last post, time flies when you are having fun and having fun is what i’ve been having while working my butt off since the Thanksgiving Holiday.  I’m not complaining this is the busiest holiday season I’ve had since starting my business six years ago, so that’s a good thing.

I’m writing this from the Embassy Suites hotel lobby in Huntsville, Alabama as I prepare for a certifiication training program in “Influencing Skills,” another tool I’m adding to my toolbelt and product offerings.

Which as I embark on this new learning opportunity it reminds me that soon I’ll be in need of practicing my new found learning, which as we all know, practicing a new skill is scary ’cause we not as comfortable with it at the beginning and it reminds me that a few weeks ago I was sitting in a training workshop and I heard the facilitator challenge us with the phrase “If you’re not failing, you are not trying!”

Last week while listening to a teleconference call on adding humor to my presentations I heard the phrase, “If you want to be funny you have be willing to fail.”

If you think of about your best learning experiences in life were times when you failed. I probably learned more about myself and how to act in an intimate relationship more from my failed marriage after my first wife left than at any other time in my life.

In my training as I was building my certifications and confidence to open my coaching and consulting practice the philosophy we were encouraged to adopt was that there “is no such thing as failure, only feedback.” If you try something and it doesn’t work, you try something else, if that doesn’t work, try something else, if that doesn’t work, try something else.

And that’s where the Law of Requisite Variety comes in, if you want to read more about it and how it can help you break through that fear of failure click this link to read my latest white paper about it.

In the meantime, get out there and fail!