Self Improvement Articles: 5 Fundamental Principles of Optimal Physical Health
Posted on : 30-04-2009 | By : George | In : Self Improvement
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There are many significant areas of self improvement. From what I have studied and learned from the proven findings of the most effective self improvement coaches, is that physical health is considered to be one of the paramount areas of self improvement needing optimization, to create the level of personal effectiveness we want in our daily lives.
Why? Think about this next sentence: “I know precisely what I want, I know why I want it and I know how to get the result, but I am really, really tired! I’ll take care of it in the morning.”
We all know what happens in the morning right? We get caught up in another task, lose momentum and usually wind up putting yesterday’s really important task on the backburner. The time to take action is when you are in an “emotional high.” If you don’t take action in that moment of power, the power to take action begins to fade away. So we need to have the physical energy to act at all times.
Are you lacking the physical energy to follow through when you want to? To keep taking consistent action towards our goals, we need an abundance of physical energy.
What are some self improvement principles of optimal physical health?
1) Effective eating habits consistent with physical nutrition.
2) Effective breathing techniques.
3) Aerobic exercise.
4) Drinking a correct amount of water each day.
5) Getting enough rest/sleep.
These are five key areas of self improvement in physical health that you can begin to research. Create an effective plan and start taking action each day. I’m not going to go into what you should do in these areas. It’s up to you. Find out what works best for you. What I can tell you, is that if you master these five areas of self improvement, your energy will explode and drive your success in what you seek.
Very true. In addition to what you’ve posted, I find that when I am in a good, consistent routine of exercise and consciousness of my diet, my self image gets better. And as a result I can carry that energy/enthusiasm into the other area of my life.
Why is it then that even though we know just what we need to do, but can’t motivate ourselves to take that step?
It sounds like you are talking about procrastination. It is how we are focusing on what needs to be done. How we focus on something is a stimulus and we have conditioned ways of responding based on our neuro-associations. If someone needs to take action on something that needs to be done, but they are associating a lot of pain to taking action they will not take action until the meaning associated to taking action changes. What does this mean? Let’s take an example that most of us can relate to. How often do people wait until the last day to write their term paper? Why? They get more pleasure from not writing their term paper and taking action on other pleasurable things like watching TV, going out with friends etc. They will procrastinate until the end. Now when the deadline comes up, they now know that not completing their term paper will be more painful than not. The meaning of what they associate to writing the term paper changes and thus they finally take action and cram to complete. Now, if we associated a lot of pain from the get go to not writing the term paper because 1) we would not get as good of a grade, 2) we hate to worry that it would not be done 3) we would miss out on some events that were coming up…if we strongly feel that taking action to do something now can help us get immediate pleasure and stop a lot of pain – we will take action. Using these powerful feelings of pain and pleasure intelligently can motivate you to take action on positive things as well as help you stop taking actions that may be having a negative impact on you.
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Thanks for posting about this, I would love to read more about this topic.