Thanks for opening up this edition of the Friday Four. Let's get things started by sharing a blog post from my own personal archives:
- Walking Before You Run - Managing Fitness Facility Growth - Want to learn how a gym with 1,487% growth year over year dealt with rapid growth? This one comes from deep in my 2015 archives. It really brought me back when I considered how vastly different some of the numbers I
mentioned are today, five years later.
My Friday FOUR:
Four pieces of content I've consumed this past week that will influence my future blog material and challenge me to think differently about how I manage Cressey Sports Performance. As always, I'm looking to bring you some business-specific information from outside of the world of fitness. Enjoy:
- 3 Things the Pandemic Taught Me About Planning - Mike Tyson is known for having said "everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." Well this article was nice enough to point out that we should probably plan on getting punched in the mouth when we look at
our big picture goals.
- Systems Design and the Front Line - This Seth Godin blog delivers a great reminder of the importance of taking extreme ownership of customer service pitfalls if you are a manager of people. If you're looking for clear, concise, and consistent content, you should be reading Seth's daily
posts.
- Instagram Will Roll Out Reels—Its TikTok Competitor - Remember Snapchat? Sure, it's still here, but is it anywhere near as relevant as it was before Instagram rolled out its stories feature? You may
want to prepare for another social media platform to stumble in the coming months thanks to the overwhelming force that is "the gram."
- How a Fully Distributed Company Keeps Its Team Engaged - Whether your gym continues to be closed, is on the cusp of being locked down again, or fully open with no concerns, there is valuable information in this article. The portion discussing "false proxies"
particularly resonated with me, as I was guilty of this habit back in my days of cubicle life.
Make sure to let me know if you come across any material that you think I'd enjoy. More importantly, have a great weekend.
- Pete
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