Posts in “wellbeing”
The Launch of a Dream
By: Dr. Gaby Cora
Many of us dream castles into the air. Many of us build foundations under them. For me, it is a pleasure to finally share my dream with everyone. I’m excited to announce the formal launch of Dr. Gaby’s Take: Make Life Interesting, an Internet television show that airs every week where I talk about and interview fascinating subjects and people.
Episode 1: Leadership and Influence with Randy Gage
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Are Alphas Healthier Than Their Counterparts?
By: Dr. Gaby Cora
Alpha males and females have intrinsic characteristics—aside from being competitive, controlling, and more aggressive, they are also born healthier, more energetic, and more resilient.
Sure, they can get themselves in to more stressful situations by virtue of being more dominant and on the front lines at all times, which in turn make them more vulnerable to personal attacks. Alphas get to have more head-to-head physical, emotional, and intellectual confrontations or plain collisions. Their innate ability to endure frontal assaults may exceed others’ genetic capabilities to sustain stress itself.
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Leading Under Pressure
What do BP’s disaster and J&J’s recall have in common? Both ended in early executive transitions and change of leadership with massive impact on people, the environment (BP), shattered consumer trust, low morale in the workplace, tarnished corporate integrity, and increased government control. Although most of us may feel self-righteous and point fingers at the perceived culprits, those of us with real life experience in leadership in the business world well know that these damaging decisions can be made by the best of us.
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What’s your health strategy when taking vitamins or medications?
I foresee what will happen with Gingko now.
Most people will probably continue to take it in case the science is wrong. Their idea is to enhance cognition and eventually prevent memory loss and Alzheimer. Science hasn’t proven its cognitive properties, though, check this recent article published in Time magazine.
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Maximize Your Health While Building Your Wealth
In an ideal world, we would spend eight hours of our day at work, another eight in recreational activities and the last eight hours asleep. The true question is how many of us live in the ideal world? Click here download as podcast/MP3: Maximize Health & Wealth
Instead, in the real world, most corporate warriors, executives and entrepreneurs work twelve to sixteen hours every day with little recreational time and less sleep. Forget about taking any vacation during the financial crisis – it is not only unthinkable in your own mind but a serious offense in the eyes of others. People worry about keeping their companies afloat, with the emotional toll of lay-offs, foreclosures and downsizing.
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The Power of Wellbeing Tip of the Day: Relax
Have you ever felt stuck on the computer, frustrated and trying to resolve a software problem for hours? What did you do, keep trying? Instead, what happened when you took a five minute break and relaxed? Where you able to fix the problem in a couple of minutes? Dowload this post as an MP3: Wellbeing tip of the day: Relax
Whether this feeling of rushing is self-imposed or real, the only way you’ll be able to maximize your resilience or ability to bounce back is to find effective ways to relax. While many people include this word in their vacation vocabulary, we all need to relax every single day. In contrast with vacation time, relaxing a bit every day will allow you to feel refreshed as you approach each and every challenge in this hectic world.
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December 31: Let Go of the Past to Start a New Year Fresh
Our present is a mix of what we bring from the past and what we hope for the future. Living in the present while constantly thinking of the past will keep us tied up to what no longer exists. Whatever we feel was a mistake can’t be undone: words spoken cannot be taken and past deeds cannot be changed. Listen to this blog: Let Go of the Past to Start a New Year Fresh: Download as an MP3
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