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—————- The next find out more meeting for our March programme is on Tuesday 23rd February which is in [cntdwn todate=”25 February 2020 23:59″ timeoff=”0″ showhours=”0″ showmins=”0″ pretext=””] Check myrise.co.uk/briefing-meeting to find out more, see what the meeting involves and, potentially, take that next step to transforming your life and body 🙂 ———————-
Each month a number of people leave us.
We won’t pretend otherwise.
Our retention is good for our industry (and to say we have no ‘minimum term’ tie in).
But people do, of course, leave.
Most places I see claim their retention is great.
But they (presumably) get new joiners each month…………
And still have no more (often less) members than they did a few years ago.
Anyway.
People leave.
For variety of reasons.
Some logistical and unavoidable.
Some not so much.
I got a few cancellations the other day which said pretty much the same thing.
They were cancelling as they weren’t using it enough to get their ‘money’s worth’.
I get that.
That can be frustrating.
Out of interest I did a search through the cancellations form folder for the “money’s worth” and “value”.
And had a look at the people who, over the years, have cancelled for these reasons.
It made me sad 🙁
I still have a fair proportion of these people as Facebook friends.
And, from what I’ve seen, little to none of them have gone on to achieve what they want using the cheaper (or free) options they intended to.
Many are in a far worse position than they were last time we saw them.
Some absolutely miserable from what I can see.
And that’s what made me sad.
I get that we want to “get our money’s worth”.
To extract maximum value from something.
And, if we can’t, it’s tempting to leave that thing.
And, sometimes, that makes sense.
But not always.
If getting 50% of the value / money’s worth lead to someone being fitter, healthier and happier, isn’t that enough?
In some cases maybe just 20%?
What’s the magical cut off number for ‘sufficient value extraction’ that we place on such things.
And, if we’re not quite there, what do we need to do to get to that (not to get to 100%)?
It’s a classic example of the whole “all or nothing” thinking that so often holds us back.
Black or white.
Dichotomous.
One end of the extreme or the other.
Because it rarely, if ever, can be “all”.
So, we’re just left with “nothing”.
We do get it.
We honestly do.
But…………
We can question it too!
If “getting your money’s worth” involves a body you like the look and feel of less…………..
Reduced energy and mood…………
Worsening health (or likelihood of)………………
And so on……………….
Is that the best thing to do?
Much love,
Jon ‘Dieppe’ Hall and Matt ‘Miramichi’ Nicholson
P.S. It’s, clearly, not the best thing to do. Check myrise.co.uk/briefing-meeting if you’re ready to “not get your full money’s worth” but to get more than enough to make it worthwhile 🙂
P.S. Probably not worth asking if anyone gets those middle names. Unless you happen to be into French-Canadian construction companies? Or googling stuff?
