My last blog post was about how things seem to go in cycles. Well today, I had another experience of this happening. 4 months ago I moved to Cary, NC from NY (by way of a short stop in OH) with the idea that I’d be moving in to what is at the time a […]
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Full Circle
Almost 5 years ago I had a client who eventually became an intern for my company. In the process he became a friend. He eventually followed me to LSU to pursue his college education. That was four years ago. He arrived on campus around the same time I left campus to take a job at […]
mike Catch All HPC, United States Military Academy, west point, Yale University
Property Hunting Update
The last 2 weeks I’ve devoted much of my time to nailing down a place to set up my training facility for my business. I’ve got about a 7 mile radius that I’m looking in that encompasses most of Cary, NC and some of Morrisville and Apex, NC. I’ve scoured craigslist, loopnet and all the […]
mike Catch All Business, Business and Economy, facility, HPC, marketing, Seth Godin
Dealing with Irrationality and Beauracracy
One of the clients for my company is a large group run by a bunch of highly irrational, ill-informed people. Needless to say they can be a bear to deal with some times. While I’ve by no means mastered the art of dealing with such clients here are some pointers from what I’ve learned so […]
Mid-day Ballet
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Today I took my daughter to ballet class and stayed through the entire hour long class. I did the same thing last week. Her class was at 11. There were a couple soccer moms there but I was the only dad. Am I a ballet fan? No, not at […]
mike Catch All Business, flexibility, HPC, Physical education
Startup tips from My Last 3 Months
Ok…picking up where I left off, when the opportunity to operate my business out of the Impact Athletics center fell through I was scrambling to find another place. Mind you, I had had back ups all the while (tip 1). Number 1 backup, if you can even call it that, was the original warehouse I […]
mike Catch All beijing, Business, facility, HPC, Real estate, USA Track & Field
More Waiting
So to continue where I left off yesterday, much has happened in the last month or so. First the Impact facility opportunity fell through due to a complete staff overhaul from the ground up. Then things quickly picked up as the very people who had brought me in to that deal (only to later be […]
mike Catch All Building, facility, Fitness, Gyms, Health, HPC, Massage, Sport
A Fine Line Between Selling Out and Making A Living
In my business (elite level athletic development), there’s a very fine line between selling out and making a living. I’m sure this can be said for many industries but I can’t think of one that this is more true than mine. There are lots of charlatans, bamboozlers, and con-men in my field claiming to be […]
mike Catch All Business, gurus, HPC, Marketing and Advertising, Sport
Patience is a Virtue
As I wait for a facility to take my business full frontal, one of the things that has really become clear to me is that if you’re going to go at it alone and pursue your dream lifestyle and job, one thing you’ll need is patience. Without patience you’ll go crazy. Insane in fact. Fortunately, […]
Still Waiting on Facility
Conspicuously absent from my last mega update post was any new news on opening my training facility. The reason for that is that there is no update. In fact, things are exactly the same as they were 2-3 weeks ago. I’ve actually been through enough of these things to realize that I tend to be […]