1 Out of 5 People Are 20-30 Pounds Over Weight - What Do We Do About It?

When we were at the Dallas Convention one of our members spoke and he happens to be a professional cyclist. His name is Geoff Godsey.

He reminded us about the obesity problem in the U.S. and that 1 out of every 5 people are 20-30lbs over weight. That’s not even talking about extreme obesity but just using that statistic, let’s look at some numbers.

The average person has 300-400 friends on Facebook. If 20% of them could lose at least 20-30lbs you have 60-80 people TODAY that should be on one of the e84 Burn Challenges. Once they're on the challenge they will - as a group- lose approximately 6000-8000lbs!

OK – now take the remaining 240-320 people and assume they’re in good to moderate physical shape. Let’s get 20% of them (40-64 people) on either the Fuel or Edge e84 Challenges. You’ve now helped approximately 100-125 people dramatically improve their health.

At the conference we heard a lot from Tamilee Webb as well and she said some pretty cool quotes and statistics that totally feed into what we’re doing at Evolv as we help 8.4 million people take the e84 Challenge.
She said the average person spends 2-3 hours per day in front of the television. 2-3 hours!

She went on to say so accurately that if we “Don’t have time to exercise now…we’ll have to find time for illness later!” Thanks Tamilee it was great meeting you and your awesome dog Izzie!

Be The First Penguin

In the book The Last Lecture Randy Pausch said, "“Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.”

I read that and it stuck with me. I’ve ended up repeating it over and over again. It’s a phrase worth considering at every brick wall we encounter, with every disappointment and at every road block. It’s also a reminder that failure is not just acceptable, it’s often quite essential!

In the book a professor talked about how he gave his students a “First Penguin Award” and that award went to the student or team that took the biggest gamble in trying new ideas or new technology, while failing to achieve their stated goals. It enabled them to celebrate out-of-the-box thinking and using imagination in a daring way.

Here’s why he started the award: when penguins are about to jump into the water that might contain predators, well, somebody’s got to be the first penguin in.

The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures. The person who knows only success can be more oblivious to all the pitfalls.

I can attest to this personally. After being in the real estate for 20 years, I made at least 15 large mistakes throughout 2005 and 2006 that made my 2007 & 2008 quite miserable.

I then spent 3 ½ years really building and working hard to amass an organization of over 25,000 people only to be totally misled and disappointed by the company I was affiliated with.

As a result, however, my wife and I are in a position in 2012 and beyond to not just experience our best year ever but to also have the best experiences as we are amazed at the healthy, productive, profitable and fun culture that we’re currently aligned with.

I’m not bummed about the real estate market and the lessons we learned or the experience and subsequent lessons in the network marketing profession; rather, I’m ecstatic beyond belief.

Some of my partners and investors who recognize this and stuck with us will also reap enormous benefits in the years to come in our new venture in Network Marketing. For the ones who don’t recognize the Penguin in the situation, well – you’ll have to watch from the sidelines.

Go be a Penguin.

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