For those out there running their business full-time, what do you do for your own health insurance? Do you have a plan directly from a provider? Any tips on affordability when you are not getting health insurance through an employer?

Discover Strength's, Luke Carlson, shared this Strength Forum announcement in HIB Pro. I went last year along with lots of HIT trainers and entrepreneurs, and it was excellent! Details from Luke: Strength Forum will be back in 2025! November 21st and 22nd in Orlando (Sheraton Orlando North – Reservation link coming soon!). We are adding more conference/meeting content Friday afternoon/evening and then we'll meet again all day Saturday followed by a dinner at Chrisnters. Hope to see so many of you again and meet many of you! #### Once Luke shares more information, I'll update this post. Feel free to email Luke directly to [email protected]

This was mentioned in the podcast today. How can I get more information on this?

Per Lawrence's request: I wrote this manual in the early 1990's for Gainesville Health and Fitness, and eventually adopted it into a Generic Manual. I released this as a 'Creative Commons Non Attribution' release. You are free to download it, copy it, rewrite it, or even put your name on it. Use it as you see fit. I am available for any questions or calls about it.

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