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38 || FITNESS MAGAZINE || OCTOBER 2015 one client and her positive experience working with me would quickly lead to a number of referrals and be the catalyst for me to leave my career in the corporate world and embark in fitness full time.In addition to social media helping to allow me to pursue a career in fitness, I%u2019ve been able to reach far more people than I truly ever imagined possible. Whether it%u2019s with posting links to articles that I%u2019ve written, sharing my favorite fit tips, how I stay motivated, or details from a workout that I post, because of the power and vast range of social media, I%u2019ve been able to help people with their fitness in all parts of the world. I%u2019ve been fortunate enough to travel to continents I%u2019d never ventured to before, to hold fitness workshops in places such as Australia, South Africa and more. I am still floored by the amount of comments, messages, emails and more I get from (mostly women) around the globe letting me know that I have helped them in some way or another through sharing a variety of fitness info across social media. This is definitely not something I take for granted one bit, as I realize how truly fortunate I am to be able to help others welcome health & fitness into their lives. MFM: What did you learn doing your time in the corporate world that you apply to your fitness journey?JJ: My time in the corporate world was spent mostly in sales and marketing. In an outside sales position, you are given quite a bit of freedom. I worked from my home office and didn%u2019t have to report in person to a boss on a regular basis- I would go weeks, sometimes months without having seen my boss in person. With this type of freedom comes a lot of responsibility as you have to have the self-discipline to take it upon yourself to organize your day in the most efficient manner possible, often with little to no direction from your boss. You are in charge of your territory and it%u2019s up to you to go out, make the calls in person, put in the effort, follow-up and be a consistent face throughout the territory in order to earn the sales results that you%u2019re supposed to. Holding yourself accountable to making the sales calls, consistently putting in the effort each day, even when you are not seeing immediate results, is all part of the job. You get results if you put in the effort (not to mention those that don%u2019t hit their sales goals don%u2019t often have a sales job for very long). Fortunately for me, having this type of experience in the corporate world has helped me immensely in fitness. The same habits that I honed and adhered to in an outside sales job transfer quite well over to what I do now in the field of fitness. From working from home and being my own boss, I have quite a bit of freedom. This type of freedom isn%u2019t for