Embracing the Suck... Thursday, January 10

After coaching my morning client and then having a delish breakfast out at my usual Thursday morning diner, things all went down hill from there.  And, to tell you the truth, it's not like there was really one thing in particular that sparked it.

I just felt so unmotivated.

I embraced the suck.

Embracing the suck is okay once in awhile.  I mean, feeling overwhelmed and confused as to what step to take next are natural and sometimes daily feelings us entrepreneurs go through.  The key is not to embrace the suck for too long though.  But you are allowed to embrace it, just be sure you don't spread your sucky feelings with those around you.  Best thing is to distance yourself and work through them.

That's exactly what I did today. 

Honestly, I'm feeling a bit more overwhelmed these days than usual, especially because March is less than two months away and now that I've been approached by some fellow boxing buddies regarding the state of the boxing club where I train.  Things are about to hit the fan there and I feel for them, the coaches and the management.  It's an awesome club so you can imagine my uneasiness with hearing that it's threatening to close and staff are talking about taking radical action.  I train there so I can't afford for it to close but I also believe in the awesomeness of not only it but the coaches that work there.  I, for one, will vouch that it's the best club in the Philippines that I have ever trained at, for numerous reasons.  But I can see how it's working in the red when it should be profitable.  The biggest issue is they're under charging their members.  While other clubs are charging 3,500 and above, with 4,000 being the going rate, Team Insider is only charging members 2,000 for their monthly fee.  And that's great for their members but it's not great for trying to make a business profitable.  There are other things too, little things that need to be tweked and altered, like marketing things and the fact that the club could use a facelift to up it's presentation and value. 

This has been on my mind lately, a lot too, the fate of Team Insider.  I would love to go in and do a clean sweep of the place, clean it up not only physically but with it's admin issues and whatnot, but I don't want to clean up someone's mess.  

I want to make my own mess.

I want to make my own business but I also don't want to lose Team Insider.