Ep. 042 - The Inside Track to Consistency and Persistency with Founder of Meet You At The Barre, Jen Brown
Many of us struggle with new year’s resolutions, desperately trying to summon the powers of consistency and persistency - if anyone can teach us these skills, it’s Jen Brown.
Jen’s engaging brand of fun fitness elicits the joy that helps people commit to their physical and mental wellbeing, but how does she manage this for herself?
The Founder of Meet You At The Barre and mother of 4 joins us on The Company Doctor to document her incredible journey as an entrepreneur, barre instructor, mental health ambassador and all-around inspiration.
Key takeaways from this episode:
Start with small, realistic goals
Give yourself a path of least resistance
Persistence will help you push through when you’re off-track
Gary Gamp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garygamp
George Clode: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgeclode
Meet You At The Barre: https://www.meetyouatthebarre.com/
Highlights:
“For some mystical reason the Mail Online picked up my classes as their #1 workout to do in lockdown, which was very welcome but completely unexpected! I went from having 300 Instagram followers to a few thousand overnight.” - 1:55 - Jen Brown
“There are so many spanners that go into the rich tapestry of life. With the emphasis on consistency being what it is, if you get thrown off track then you feel like you failed. That's where the persistence bit comes in - the persistence is how quickly you return to your commitment.” - 8:45 - Jen Brown
“You have your main overarching goal, and to me it works like the opposite of SMART goals. I think it's really nice to have quite a vague overarching goal. So I want to live well for longer, or I want to be healthier, I want to get fitter - but you know why.” - 12:40 - Jen Brown
“We overestimate how much can be achieved in a small amount of time, and everybody underestimates how much small changes applied consistently over a longer period of time can achieve.” - 16:30 - Jen Brown
“There's a brilliant quote, ‘Consistent, imperfect action beats waiting until things are perfect to take action, every single time’. I love that; doing something not-brilliantly is so much better than not doing it at all. ” - 18:20 - Jen Brown
“I think it's really sensible to start with something you can imagine committing to forever.” - 20:25 - Jen Brown
“I think a lot of my life has been shaped by my mental health. I was swanning along and everything was fantastic, then I had my first child and I was hospitalised six weeks after he was born with a type of postnatal depression.” - 24:20 - Jen Brown
“Know that it's going to go off track. Accept that you’re not going to be perfect. What you want is the persistence to return to it, even when it hasn't gone your way.” - 29:50 - Jen Brown
