http://www.gurugilbert.com Adam Gilbert's Entertaining Ideas on Business, Fitness, and Life... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:59:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Any business, like any relationship, has ups and downs. It's the ups that keep you going through the downs. If there are too many downs then it's time to get out. Thankfully, there have been plenty of ups! Recently, MyBodyTutor.com was featured in a segment on Good Morning America. The segment was ... http://www.gurugilbert.com/2009/06/23/mybodytutorcom-featured-on-good-morning-america-video-included/ MBT is doing very well thankfully, despite the economy! In fact, I hate to say it but the economy is actually helping my business. I think it's partly because everyone understands the transformative potential of eating right and exercising and everyone knows that exercising and eating right pays off big in ... http://www.gurugilbert.com/2009/06/18/the-economy-thrillist-and-caroline-with-crazy-before-after-pictures/ I think the ultimate paradox in life, and especially as an entrepreneur, is to never be complacent. But of course, the paradox is that if you're never complacent how can you appreciate what you have? I do believe happiness is a choice. Either choose to focus on what you do have. ... http://www.gurugilbert.com/2009/06/10/the-worst-word-in-the-english-language/ My brother in law always jokes that there’s two types of good. Good. And good for nothin’! I think that applies to advice too. And I love helping people and a huge part of that is giving advice. As the Chief Body Tutor of MyBodyTutor, I wear many hats. Part nutritionist, part ... http://www.gurugilbert.com/2009/06/01/how-to-give-and-get-advice/ Ego, as I’ve written about before, is simply the story you tell yourself about yourself. If the story you tell yourself about yourself is that you’re a worthless piece of shit and you don’t deserve success (whatever success means to you) then you’ll probably never obtain success. On the other hand, if ... http://www.gurugilbert.com/2009/05/14/is-your-ego-getting-in-your-way/ First off, writing a bestselling book has nothing to do with writing. In fact, I can confidently say my writing is better than 99% of the health and fitness books out there. Not because I’m such a great writer but because they’re all co-written. And co-written books (famous person’s name with…) ... http://www.gurugilbert.com/2009/05/06/why-i%e2%80%99ll-probably-never-write-a-bestselling-health-and-fitness-book/ My nephew, Landon Jay Uvenio! http://www.gurugilbert.com/2009/05/01/1000-words/ It must have been no later than 4:15 in the morning when my mom woke me up abruptly. “Let’s go! Wake up!! We’re going to Disney World!!!” she said excitingly. “But what about our bags, Mommy?!” “They’re all packed and ready to go!” I was 5 years old at the time ... http://www.gurugilbert.com/2009/04/24/to-my-mom-on-her-60th-birthday/ Life is ultimately about 3 actionable questions: Where you live, what you do with it and who you share it with. If you’re lucky in love and you meet your ‘partner’ in life at a very early age (say high school – college) you may feel as though you’re done and ... http://www.gurugilbert.com/2009/04/21/do-people-who-get-married-younger-take-less-risks/ I've been thinking a lot about the chicken or the egg debate. Well sort of. It seems as though we all have our own chicken or the egg debate. Whether it’s with your fitness goals, business goals, career goals or anything else that you’re pursuing. What came first the results or the ... http://www.gurugilbert.com/2009/04/16/what-came-first-the-chicken-or-the-egg/