I’m serious. If you are reading this and saying, “When will I ever meet Dr. Oz?”, I say why don’t you think that would ever happen? Here’s my example, this is what’s actually happening to me right now:
A few posts back I wrote how I have partnered with a Manhattan firm that is in a position to introduce me virtually and personally to nutritional medicine, preventative-minded physicians and will show me how to offer them something these physician’s will find valuable when CFNC’s are looking for referrals from them. Well, David from that very same firm, just asked me last week if I was available to go NYC, Radio City Music Hall, next month, to A “Health & Happiness” Summit with Dr. Oz. Of course, I was so excited about it and said “yes”, (I didn’t even check my calendar. Because whatever I had scheduled that day would be canceled. Yes, that means if I was scheduled to work, I would be sick that day… without guilt), but then when he told me that he actually spoke to Dr. Oz and said there’s an opportunity to attend an after the summit event with Dr. Oz, I’m glad I was on the phone because I know I looked a crazy person, like the ‘Joker’, with this huge smile on my face. I will get more details next week.
So immediately as I got off the phone, I begin thinking to myself, “What would I say when I meet Dr. Oz?” Not if I meet Dr. Oz… I expect to meet him. I plan to. I can visualize it. So I practice it. And I want to be ready when he asks me, “So, Lori what do you do?” It would go something like this:
David, the President of the Manhattan firm says, “Dr. Oz, this is Lori Radcliffe. Lori is an RN, one of our partners in promoting nutritional medicine”…
“Lori, this is Dr. Mehmet Oz.”
I say, “Hello Dr. Oz I’m so thrilled to meet you.”
Dr. Oz says, “Hello Lori, It’s very nice to meet you and what do you do?”
Without hesitation and with enthusiasm I say…
“I am a Certified Fitness Nurse™ Coach.”
“Really, what does that entail?”
“Well Dr. Oz, I train other nurses interested in fitness to show the 79 million pre-diabetics out there sustainable methods to reduce their waists and improve their health by finding their minimum effective dose of exercise, diet and supplementation through the computer, coaching and fitness nursing assessment.”
Then I pause. And smile. It’s over. He’s a busy, popular man. That’s all I get.
It doesn’t matter if he says something or not. Hopefully he’s so stunned and intrigued, we’ll meet again. But it’s o.k. if he doesn’t. I said what I had to say.
And if I can say it to Dr. Oz… then I can say it to a social worker in the cafeteria or an old high school friend I run into at the grocery store or to a physician I work with in the O.R. or another nurse who I see at a seminar. Even you ‘nay- sayers’ and ‘non-believers’ of me meeting Dr. Oz or you meeting Dr. Oz and of ‘luck’, have to realize that even if I didn’t meet Dr. Oz, I am prepared for the best luck when someone influential, someone who can provide leverage that I need, is impressed when meeting me. Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.
If you are interested in being a ‘fitness nurse’ are you confident in what you do? Do you know what you want to do? If you answer “no” or are “not sure” to both of these questions, how would you tell Dr. Oz what you do? I’ve always suggested, since the original fitness nursing website, that you call yourself a specific (specialty) type of fitness nurse and develop a client list with health concerns in that specialty, who you want to help with exercise. Are any of you doing that? Are you still putting Certified Pilates Instructor, RN or CPT, RN behind your name? I did that for years. When I worked in fitness, no one cared about the RN part; when I worked in healthcare, no one cared about the CPT part. I just got tired of being in 2 different venues. Do you feel you will ever be doing these two at the same time? Being rewarded for both skill sets at the same time? If you feel like “yes”, then answer the question “how?”. Once you answer that ’how’ question, then develop your programs accordingly, tell your story, so you can answer proudly, ‘your Dr. Oz’ when someone, anyone asks, “so, what do you do?”.
In other words, who’s ‘your Dr. Oz’? Many of you have followed me and have witnessed the changing of my titles and websites, etc., so you can see first hand how I keep defining and redefining what I do. It’s not easy trying to merge 2 professions, stay in healthhcare, with NO roadmap or template for me to follow. I’m learning as I go. I’ve learned so much just over the last 3 months. And I’ll continue to learn more. If you are interested in learning from my mistakes and not taking such a convoluted path like I did and want to work with all kinds of the 79 million pre-diabetics (ie: kids, seniors, working moms over 40, stressed out men over 45 who commute, etc.); you can become a Certified Fitness Nurse™ Coach and then you would answer ‘your Dr. Oz’:
“I’m a Certified Fitness Nurse™ Coach. I provide pre-diabetics with sustainable methods to reduce their waists and improve their health by finding their minimum effective dose of exercise, diet and supplementation through the computer, coaching and fitness nursing assessment.”
I realize that it’s my job to get you excited about this new area of nursing and my Certified Fitness Nurse™ Coaching course. But it’s your job to see yourself doing it. The point I’m trying to make is that you have to be able to see yourself doing what you say you want to do even if you are just starting out. If you can’t visualize yourself doing it; then you won’t do it. Period. Whether it’s a Certified Fitness Nurse™ Coach or another kind of fitness nurse. Get it? Great.
On Tuesday, January 24th, 2012, at 7pm EST, I will be giving my information webinar on my personal Certified Fitness Nurse™ Coaching program called, WeightlossPRN. Here is the phone number and access code below if you want to listen in. If you are on the CertifiedFitnessNurse.com e-mail list you will get the webinar (slides) link sent to you the day of the webinar, Tuesday, Jan. 24th.
Phone number: (201) 793-0051 Access code: 704896#
Yours in Fitness & Nursing,
Lori









