Not Taking Advice from the Big Players

Those of us who have their own money at risk don't have a lot in common with CEOs from large companies managing someone else's business.

I think I've become a snob, but in reverse. The longer I am in business for myself, the less impressed I am with fitness industry big-wigs, corporate leaders and well-financed club operations with fancy boards of directors. It's not that I don't think I can learn from them, or that I don't wish for some of the financial success that they seem to have. It's just that I'm not bowled over by the people running them, and the reason is simple: It's not their money at risk.

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