Most of us are. While many of us are still in recession-mode, many of us also want to move on and make the best of 2010!
Many may have made a resolution to start fresh and join the local gym, others may still have it on their calendar without any set up date.
Many may have gone through downsizing, mergers or bankruptcies and, in the end, we all strive to make this year the healthiest and wealthiest ever.
What are the most 7 common challenges most people face to maximize their health and wealth?
1. “I want to be healthy but it’s hard to start and maintain my plan, I’m too busy:”
Indeed, most people start with high expectations (i.e.: lose five pounds in one week, run on the treadmill for one hour, start meditating half an hour every week or cut work hours)
to then realize their targets are way too high. What happens next? Many people give up altogether.
2. “I have tons of work and I’m the only person who can do this:”
While we perceive a powerful position as being indispensable, this is one of the most common reasons for feeling overwhelmed with an amazing amount of work to do.
3. “I need to make $1,000.000 over the next three months to meet my target by the end of the year:”
It’s excellent to be guided by a specific, targeted goal and yet, if you have not made $500,000 in the last quarter, what makes you think you will be able to double that amount?
4. “I will only overwork for the next month and I will then go back to normal:”
While temporary decisions may be excellent strategies to boost a specific project, we tend to accommodate to doing more without going back to the previous state.
5. “I would love my work only if I could work alone, working with others stresses me out!”
Whether it’s a boss, a colleague, a client or an employee, people-stress may push us to the edge. . .
6. “My work life is perfect, I want to work more… My relationship with my wife and kids? Fine… Well, my wife is busy with her life and the kids don’t speak to me unless they want something. . .”
Most people feel the most important reason for their hard work is being able to provide for their loved ones and yet, many busy executives and entrepreneurs feel
distanced from their driving source of energy.
7. “I know I am gaining weight, my blood pressure is higher and my ulcer is acting out. I’m taking more medications and I can’t change anything in my lifestyle, this is the way it is:”
Most people who are already experiencing stress-related medical conditions minimize the impact their work-style has to do with their current issues until it’s too late. . .
Join me in this educational and entertaining seminar at our Miami offices where we’ll discuss all your interests about staying healthy while becoming wealthy.
These are some topics we’ll discuss:
Effective strategies to lead under pressure
Tips to manage work in life
Winning ways to deal with conflict and manage difficult people at work
Proven ways to manage your physical and emotional stress
Strategies to maximize your performance and productivity while staying healthy and well
Many of us believe we are effective multitaskers when, in fact, we can only do one thing at a time. Even when we have ten things on our plate, we will only succeed at clearing one by one till we have nothing left. Better still, we will have additional projects thrown in and we’ll still achieve our goals by prioritizing, planning and organizing our plan of action.
This Spanish studysuggests the Mediterranean diet may have a protective role against depression after studying a group of 10,000+ people prospectively over 4+ years. Although the underlying mechanism is unknown, the diet has already been linked to beneficial effects to the heart and immunologic system.
Food for thought
Would you consider changing your diet if you learned you could live longer and healthier years?
1.Get organized to bounce back as soon as possible: Most of those who were laid off did not have any retraining or company-sponsored smooth transition. Although you may expect this from your employer, this is ultimately your responsibility. Update your résumé, write a list of all your best skills, write down each and every work-related positive experience or “win” that you have had and, once prepared, start searching for other positions where you could incorporate transferable skills from your previous job into a new job opportunity. Even if you had years of experience in one industry, keep an open mind and search in other industries.
2.Talk with your spouse: you are in this together: remember, together in good and bad times? Address your own concerns and acknowledge the fact that this is, indeed, a very stressful time for you and for your family: you cannot do this alone. Brainstorm about immediate ideas or possibilities about improving your situation and think of other possibilities that may be helpful in the long-term. Assess your financial situation. Make sure that you are not spending in some areas where you could cut down your expenses and look at additional ways in which you can increase your income.
3.Talk to your kids: our kids have been brought up in greater affluence than we were raised. Tell them you are in a tough situation and discuss ways in which everyone can contribute to improve the challenges even with the little things. May be they can help by taking on additional chores, may be they can help with their brothers and sisters, may be they can help with each other’s homework and so on.
4.Socialize with others: one of the biggest challenges is people tend to isolate from family, friends or other business colleagues out of feeling down, unsuccessful or just embarrassed. Acknowledge these feelings but avoid dwelling on them: whatever is lost is lost and the faster you can move on the more resilient you will become.
5.Stay healthy: smoking, drinking, using drugs, eating junk food or avoiding exercise won’t help you in any way. Use my Managing Work in Life® with LOVE formula to increase your resilience as you move on into your next opportunities.
Keep it. Many seniors who could retire are staying at their job in the States. They have given their life-long dreams to retire because of the drastic loss of retirement funds and the uncertainty the future holds. Many have decided to keep their secure job – and steady paycheck - as long as it lasts.
Many who have lost their job and who are desperately seeking for new opportunities are facing an even tougher market because of this situation. Many Americans 62 and older are staying healthier and active at their well-valued job whereas the newer generations may be struggling to get a position.
What can you do?
1.If you are 62 and older and you have a job, you are using the right strategy as you keep your benefits and steady income. In addition, health coverage, regular activity and a healthy lifestyle will keep you active and positive along the way.
2.Create savings opportunities: many in their sixties were unable to retire because of massive loss of money in the Stock. Save money and think wisely when investing at a low risk, if you desire to use this money when you retire.
3.If you are younger and out of a job, consider part-time job options and continued education. Prepare yourself by becoming more competitive. This will be a great way of spending your time, energy and money.
4.Keep a positive outlook: whether you are young or ready to retire, keep a positive attitude toward the future: the more positive the better you will transition into a job (if you are new to the workforce) or into your next life phase.
5.Stay healthy: above all, continue to take good care of yourself. Use The Four Pillars of Healthas your core toward a healthy and fulfilling life experience.
What would you prefer? To go to your doctor for fifteen minutes once a month, receive a prescription and go to a separate therapist twice a week with a total monthly co-payment of $100 and still feel anxious, down and depressed or would you, instead, prefer to go to one doctor one hour a month with full payment of $300 and notice the difference as your problem resolves and you feel well again?
Forbes recently published The World’s Happiest Places. Denmark followed by Finland and the Netherlands rated at the top of the list.
While economic health defined as high gross domestic product per capita and low unemployment rates were common factors in people experiencing well-being, other countries that were in the top ten did not match this trait. Instead, other lifestyle characteristics prompted people to feel satisfied with their lives.
Although there are nature-related factors that impact on our ability to experience happiness and joy, a favorable environment with people who enjoy their lives will prompt others to have a positive experience.
ANYONE can sell non-FDA approved supplements these days. I could have become a millionaire myself, as I have been invited to “sell” or be the spokesperson on behalf of companies that produce these products. I never did. Why? Non-FDA approved products “may” work to a certain extent but their potential side effects are not studied by the same standards as FDA approved medications. Even when FDA approved, we sometimes find medication side effects that we did not anticipate over time.
As the Jack-of-all-Trades and trained in pharmacology in my past life as a researcher, I have much respect for anything that is brought into the body, whether it’s water, food, medication, vitamins, herbs or potions of any kind.
The taboo of suicide prevails. People avoid what is hard to understand and try to make sense of what may have little sense when people feel cornered, embarrassed and frustrated to the point of no return.
As stress increases during times of recession, so does the potential for violence toward others or self.
