Health does play a crucial part in success. The absence of our health allows us to experience appreciation and gratitude on a whole new level. The presence of health allows us to live a more productive, pain-free life enabling us to get more enjoyment out of life. Being healthy is feeling good about yourself, knowing that you are taking care of your most valuable asset – yourself.
Unless you are living in a bubble somewhere, there will be times when you have to deal with illness. Here are some suggestions to keep you on the road to success at times of illness.
Just because your body is ill, it does not mean you mind or spirit have to be ill as well. It is all about maintaining your positive mental attitude.
If your illness is temporary, see it as temporary. Setbacks in life are common and expected. Keep your sight on your life’s goals and never let temporary illness take you off course.
Focus your attention on anything but your illness. Be active if possible, practice mind control and focus on empowering and positive feelings.
Do something about your illness and work on future prevention. Is this something you could have prevented? If so, how? Make changes in your life if necessary to avoid illness and learn from each experience.
Remember that health is not just the absence of illness; it is the presence of vitality.
Here are 10 ways to help you reach and maintain your ideal health while enjoying life to the fullest.
1) Understand what you are eating
“Let your food be your medicine,” said Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine. Many believe that the foods we eat have a significant effect on both our short-term and long term health. We literally are what we eat. If we put garbage in, we get garbage out.
Spend some time and do some research on what you are taking daily, what nutrients and calories do they provide. If you understand your food, you can plan your meal and what to have for the entire day or week to give you the extra energy, focus and clarity that you need.
Eating well begins with learning about foods that have positive effects on your body and mind. Bookstores are loaded with books on this topic. So… Go get one would you?
2) Eat breakfast every day
No excuses because breakfast is your most important meal. Your breakfast should be taken within two hours of waking. Researched has again shows that having healthy breakfast has a long term health benefits. It can reduce stress level, improve your productivity, focus, and your mood and also gives you energy that you needed throughout the day.
3) Eat lunch every day
No excuses. Lunch re-energizes your body and keeps your metabolism active. If you feel sluggish and sleepy after lunch, probably you are taking too much. Consider a moderate size meal, with more vegetables and fruits will keeps you fresh and ready to take on another few hours.
4) Nap likes a celebrities
I discovered that many successful people who are actually nappers. Leonardo Da Vinci, Thomas Edison, John F. Kennedy, Lee Kuan Yew, Winston Churchill and so on…
I suggest you seriously considering taking daily naps for following few reasons:
a) Nap restores your energy and prevent you being burnout.
b) Nap reduces overall health diseases.
c) Nap makes you more productive
d) Nap restores your alertness
The national sleep foundation recommends a short nap of between 20-30 minutes to achieve all of the benefits above.
5) Drink enough fluid
Practice the habit of drinking plain or mineral water – with ten glasses a day is ideal. Our body are made up of 70% fluid. By keeping yourself hydrated, you revitalize and purify the body. Let me share with you few more great reasons why you should drink more water every day.
a) Water helps energize muscles and reduce muscle fatigue
b) Water helps improve your blood circulation system and keeps your body at a peak performance
c) Water lower down your stresses, migraine and thirst of sugar which may lead to health issue later on.
Practice the habit of drinking plain or mineral water – with ten glasses a day is ideal. Our body are made up of 70% fluid. By keeping yourself hydrated, you revitalize and purify the body. Let me share with you few more great reasons why you should drink more water every day.
a) Water helps energize muscles and reduce muscle fatigue
b) Water helps improve your blood circulation system and keeps your body at a peak performance
c) Water lower down your stresses, migraine and thirst of sugar which may lead to health issue later on.
6) Exercise more
Both of your body and mind need activity to grow stronger. Maintain physical and mental fitness programs that keep you in your best shape. If you’re enjoying most doing together with others, join a membership club or a group workout lesson… It creates momentum and you will be surprise about how fast your progress will be.
7) Lose excess weight
If you are like most Americans, you probably can lose a few pounds. As you lose fat, your body becomes a more efficient “fat burning” machine. Conversely, as you pack on the pounds, it becomes increasingly more difficult to lose the weight.
8) Every day – Let your body out to play
Movement is play for your body. Every day give it a little of what it needs to be happy. It doesn’t matter if walking up the stairs is as much as you can manage; walk up the stairs today. And tomorrow aim to walk up the stairs twice. Or try a few stretches while you’re watching TV. Or race your kids to the end of the street. Or join them on the trampoline for a quick bounce. Start small and build up the expectation that you will move every day – Just as you would brush your teeth.
Movement is play for your body. Every day give it a little of what it needs to be happy. It doesn’t matter if walking up the stairs is as much as you can manage; walk up the stairs today. And tomorrow aim to walk up the stairs twice. Or try a few stretches while you’re watching TV. Or race your kids to the end of the street. Or join them on the trampoline for a quick bounce. Start small and build up the expectation that you will move every day – Just as you would brush your teeth.
9) Make healthier choices
Eating well does not have to happen overnight. In fact, I began the process over 2 years ago when I have made dozens of healthier choices such as drinking water rather than diet soda, using olive oil in place of butter, snacking on nuts rather than candy, and other relatively painless dietary changes.
10) Do not neglect checkups
See your doctor on a regular basis. Many health problems are insignificant when taken care of early enough. Do not let your fear of doctors, or the sharp needles they stick into you, keep you from health.
Final Thought
Most people’s definition of success includes some level of health. It is very difficult to enjoy anything, including success, if your mind is continuously focused on your illnesses, pain, heartburn, lethargy, and/or the extra 20 pounds of fat you are carrying around with you. You have full control over many aspects of your health, so take control of what you can do today and live with vitality.
“What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.” – Henry David Thoreau
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