Ask about employment. Not rental.

Walk in and ask about employment. Not about renting floor space.

The lesson

1. Walk in and ask about employment.

   Not about renting floor space.

2. This is the critical correction.

   To almost all standard PT-business advice.

3. Renting space costs you money before you’ve earned.

   You walk in already in debt.

4. And members can smell it.

   The desperation that comes with unfilled rented hours.

5. Get employed instead.

   PT, class instructor, reception, floor staff — any role.

6. The gym pays YOU.

   To be exactly where your future clients already are.

7. Empathetic: rental is how new PTs burn out.

   Renting and failing to fill it is one of the most demoralising ways to start.

8. Pragmatic: employment flips the cash flow.

   You earn a wage while the gym funds your prospecting.

9. Keep this sharp.

   It contradicts the standard advice — that contradiction is the point.

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