Rule #2 for Starting a Wellness Program Within Your Workplace: Turn "No" to "Yes"

Desire. Compassion.  Drive.
When in the position of a corporate wellness leader, you'll learn not everything comes easy.  Things are tough: it's tough to get things OK'd by upper management, it's tough to get people involved, it's tough to keep going when things aren't turning out the way you want it to.  This stuff happens all the time, but you have to believe in yourself and your goals.

Right now, we are struggling on getting on-site exercise equipment approved.  It's a long and strenuous process, but will it be worth it in the end?  You betcha!  When you believe in a project, initiative or whatever it may be, work with all your might to do it.  I tell people that when I believe in something, I turn "nos" into "yeses".  You may be the only person that believes in what you do, but that doesn't mean that what you do doesn't matter.  You know the benefits, you know the rewards, and you know the impact that it will have.  Where there is a will, there is a way.  Keep fighting for it, my friend!

Cheers to persistence and the belief that your cause is for the greater good!