The beginning of a new year is probably the most popular time for people to focus on a healthier lifestyle and determine to lose weight. That's why there's always a surge of new members at Weight Watchers in January and the challenge for me is to keep them focused, so that their good intentions are translated into life change, rather than being a passing whim that falls to the ground.
Last January we saw a huge increase in members and I calculated that if we have anything remotely near that at the start of 2009, it would be impossible to cope with the crowd in our Selden Center.
It seems that the company's policy is generally to be reactive rather than proactive about adding meetings, but having presented our Territory Manager with facts and figures, carefully collated over the past 15 months, she has agreed to introduce a fifth Saturday morning meeting in anticipation of growth.
So starting next week, January 3rd, our Saturday groups will be at 7.30am; 8.30am; 9.45am; 11.00am and 12.15pm.
We've added the new meeting right at the start of the day to ease some of the pressure during the most popular timeslots.
Whatever your business is, you always have to make room for growth - otherwise there is only one thing you can guarantee, there will be none!
