Brad Brown

Four down, three to go. 2012 is looking like it is going to big year if I manage to accomplish everything that I have set out to achieve in the previous four posts. If you have missed how the Seven Things came about feel free to have a look at them. The links to them are posted below:

Time for Some Changes

The First of Seven Things – My Food Addiction

The Second of Seven Things – Working on Me

The Third of Seven Things – Athletic Goals

The Fourth of Seven Things – Financial Intelligence

I made a decision a few years ago that I wanted to be my own boss and have been working my butt off ever since. Working for yourself is rewarding but it is also challenging because the buck stops with you. I have had a few successes over the years but have also had a few failures. I seem to have found my niche and plan to consolidate in 2012 and build on the foundations I laid in 2011. I have always been one to have fingers in a few pies, never wanting to have all my eggs in one basket. The fifth thing I want to work on in 2012 is my businesses.

What I want from my businesses in 2012

You may or may not know but I have a web design business called CSD outside of radio that I have owned and operated for the last 3 years. We build websites and lease them to our clients. That business has grown steadily over the last few years and I plan on continuing that growth over the next 12 months. I would like to add at least another three new clients to my portfolio a month for the next year.

The second area I want to focus a lot of my effort in 2012 is building my Run Walk for Life business. I acquired the franchise for the Bryanston branch towards the end of this year. I am really passionate about helping people lose weight and get fit and have some big plans for building Bryanston over the next year. I would like to double the membership there in the next 12 months. At the beginning of January my wife and I are also taking over the Krugersdorp branch, which operates from Krugersdorp High School. I also want to grow that branch substantially over the next year. I’m considering starting a third and fourth branch on the West Rand too, another afternoon branch and a morning branch. Watch this space, I will post the details as soon as it is finalised.

If I am going to make this one happen in 2012 it is going to require a combination of working smart and working flipping hard. I need to get a lot better at delegating and letting go a bit more to let other people take control. In a nutshell I need to let go and let it grow.

What are your plans on the employment or business front? How are you going to make it happen in 2012?

It has been a month since I have taken over the Run Walk for Life branch at the Bryanston High School. Things have settled quite nicely and it is now time to start making things happen. One thing I have learnt on my journey over the last couple of years is there is no time like the present to get started with something. I always had to wait for a Monday/a new month/a new year to start with an exercise regime or a diet. You know what it is like I’m sure. I always used to start a week off with a bang and then fizzle out by Wednesday or Thursday. I then used to say “it’s to close to the weekend, I’ll start again on Monday” and that pattern got repeated around the 20^th of every month and then again in about October. I’ll start again in the new year. Sound familiar?

Let me share with you what I have learnt. There is no better time to start than now. If you fall off the wagon today that is fine but tomorrow it starts again. The same applies to eating healthily. If you have a bad meal at lunch time there is no reason why your evening meal can’t be healthy. Do it now. Don’t wait until Monday, next month or next year. Do it NOW!!!

With that in mind I’m running an awesome promotion for December at my Run Walk for Life Branch in Bryanston. If you join as a full paying member between 1 and 31 Dec you will receive a FREE pair of New Balance running shoes*. Free, nada, mahala! Why wait for Monday, next month or next year? Do it now! We have three training sessions three times a week at 16:30, 17:00 and 17:30 on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon at the Bryanston High School. If you want to find out more pop me a mail rwfl@bradbrown.co.za

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The December Run Walk for Life Promotion

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The journey I’ve been on over the last two years has really been life changing for me in many ways. First and foremost the change in lifestyle from being sedentary, over weight and at risk of a catastrophic health event to losing a third of my body weight, completing a few hardcore endurance events and bringing my vital health statistics back into normal range without medication has been amazing. But also from a career perspective this change has put me on a totally different course. The change has opened doors and provided opportunities I would have never thought possible.

Brad Brown - What a difference a year can make

Over the duration of my journey many people have asked me to help them get started on a training programme to run their first five or ten kilometer race. I started my journey at my local Run/Walk for Life branch in Krugersdorp and found the programme to be beneficial in the way that it slowly builds you up and gets your body accustomed to the stresses and strain that walking or running puts on it. Little did I know that two years later I would be operating my own branch, helping people in the same position I was two years ago.

Run Walk for Life Bryanston

I am pleased to announce that from 1 November 2011 I am the new operator of the Run/Walk for Life branch in Bryanston. The sessions take place at the Bryanston High School every Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons and start promptly at 4:30 and 5:00pm. If you would like out more about the Run/Walk for Life programme you can visit their website at http://www.rwfl.co.za If you would like to contact me to find out more about what we do or if you would like to join us please pop me an email (rwfl@bradbrown.co.za).

I have also created a Twitter and Facebook profile for the club that I will use to communicate to existing and new members. You can follow Run Walk for Life Bryanston on Twitter or like Run Walk for Life Bryaston on Facebook

The weather this week played havoc with my raining plans. With two weeks to go to the Roy Brown memorial half marathon I really wanted to run the 15km night race last Wednesday in Benoni just to see how I would cope with a slightly longer distance. I was really nervous the first half of the week leading into it, but Wednesday morning arrived and the weather was shocking. I decided not to risk getting sick by running in the cold and wet conditions. That left me with a huge dilemma as Read more…