Happy New Year! Let’s talk about setting goals, nuts and chocolate, weight loss and exercise, back care, back pain and stress, and brain health.
Setting goals.
Does setting goals really work? If you’re like me, you start out fast and quickly peter out, losing interest and momentum, eventually, maybe, embracing one new habit or achieving one pre-set goal; but honestly, how did last year’s goal setting work out? Did your goals go unmet, leaving you feeling stuck or frustrated? Well, to be honest, it has nothing to do with your marketing strategies or changing your office procedures, it has to do with upgrading your thinking.
What have you done to change your focus, clarity and certainty? How do you influence others? Do you greet each day with confidence and purpose? Not all of us can restart, renew, revive or restore ourselves and our businesses without help, which is why I am setting up, for myself, to watch webinars and listening to helpful podcasts to improve my thinking, because I benefit from coaching and learning from others with different perspectives from my own. I know my weaknesses; procrastination and (easily) distraction, so being accountable to a “coach” and writing out my “to do” list really helps me develop simplicity, discipline and resilience.
So consider not setting goals this year but consider changing your mindset in order to accomplish those things you have always wanted to do but just never did, by removing the roadblocks that prevent you from growing and changing. Happy New Year to you. BG (thanks to Bill Esteb for his inspiration on this piece)
NUTRITION
| Go Nuts — and a Little Chocolate, Too – Longevity Playbook |
| You might not think of nuts — plain old everyday nuts — as health food. But they are. Tree nuts, like walnuts, almonds, pistachios, and pecans, are rich in nutrients and contain only unsaturated fats. No animal fats. As for nutrition, nuts provide magnesium, manganese, zinc, copper, vitamin D, some B vitamins, amino acids, omegas, and arginine. Not bad for a little nut, huh?
But get this: If you add some yummy dark (not milk) chocolate to tasty nuts, you’ve got a delicious treat that’s even healthier. Adding just 1/4 ounce per day produces noticeable benefits. However, don’t overdo the chocolate. Eating over 3.5 ounces per week reverses all the good effects listed above. |
EXERCISE (to help with weight loss)
You really can’t “exercise” yourself to lose weight without changing your diet, but more “calories out vs calories in” will certainly help.
BACK CARE
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-to-decompress-your-spine-to-reduce-back-ache-and-pain
LOW BACK PAIN & STRESS
https://www.youtube.com/live/g-w4sJoj49E?si=imoKetddEhwpA5eX
BRAIN HEALTH
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-brain-changing-magic-of-new-experiences
THOUGHTS FOR THE MONTH
“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?” Satchel Paige
“You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.” George Bernard Shaw
“Your face is marked with lines of life, put there by love and laughter, suffering and tears. It’s beautiful.” Lynsay Sands
“Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.” Booth Tarkington
“For the unlearned, old age is winter; for the learned, it is the season of harvest.” The Talmud