Fit for Life
Entrepreneur and inventor Bill Phillips is an accomplished publisher. His bestselling books, magazines, and documentary films have played a key role in helping people change their lives for the better. His efforts have made him happy, but they’ve also made him a millionaire.
Bill’s books “Body for Life” and “Eating for Life” are two of the most successful fitness books ever. Soon he’ll release another book, “Transformation: A Guide to Physical and Spiritual Fitness”. Bill’s work is so well received that he was asked to join the American relay in 2002 to carry the Olympic Torch.
Bill has helped train celebrities like Jerry Seinfeld, Sylvester Stallone, Demi Moore, and John Elway, but that’s not where his heart lies. He’s happiest when helping ordinary people reach their goals for physical and spiritual fitness. He began at only age 10 helping others reach their calisthenics goals on his little league football team.
Bill Phillips isn’t only an example in fitness. He’s also an example in charity. Bill has won several awards and recognitions for his efforts to help others including the highest award for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, an organization that makes dreams come true for terminally ill children, and the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce’s Top 10 Outstanding Young Americans.
Bill knew from an early age that fitness was his calling. It’s a passion that chose him rather than the other way around. His love of training coincided with America’s newfound love of body building. Bill thought studying medicine would be his ticket to helping others. It didn’t prove to be so, though.
When Bill Phillips was in pre-med school, he quickly realized he wasn’t learning preventative medicine. He was learning how to treat the end result of things like cancer and high blood pressure - things he knew could have been prevented months or years before. To help pay for school, Bill began teaching people how to exercise, training sports members, and writing a newsletter.
To Bill’s surprise, his newsletter took off the first year. Soon he was making more money writing than he would have been making as a physician, and he was helping people at the same time to prevent lifelong illnesses. Every two weeks, at the cost of only $25 per year, Bill sent his subscribers a newsletter filled with pictures, instructions, and general information.
Bill Phillips doesn’t focus only on the physical fitness of his readers. He also focuses on the mental, spiritual, and emotional areas of their lives. He believes there is a formula for success between creating valuable services and delivering them in a meaningful, powerful way. It’s what has led him to the life he enjoys today.