Many people neglect their health in
pursuit of success. You should not be
one of them. Your health is the door
to stretching your limits and finding
maximum satisfaction, success and
fulfillment in your life. To be healthy
means to be strong not only physically,
but also mentally and spiritually. If you
are in good health, you have an added
advantage in working towards your
goals with focus, perseverance, extra
energy and enthusiasm. It will save
you money, energy and peace of mind
at the same time.
Decision Making and Willpower
Every decision you have to make
costs willpower, and decisions where
you have to suppress an appealing
option for a less appealing one
(e.g. exercise instead of watch TV )
require a lot of willpower.
There are various tricks to keep your
behaviour in line: Keep your state
high. If you’re hungry, exhausted, or
utterly deprived of fun, your willpower
will collapse. Ensure you take
consistently good care of yourself.
Attempt the most important tasks
first. This makes other tasks more
difficult, but makes your top task
more likely. The gardener must make the difficult
decision to prune the good buds, in
order to redirect the flow of nutrients
to the best buds. This is not an easy
task for a gardener that loves every
rose, but it is necessary for the buds to
bloom to their fullest potential.
Don’t keep yourself in a constant
state of willpower depletion.
Weight-lifting is a great way to
build muscle. But you wouldn’t
spend hours daily lifting weights
with no recovery time. The same
holds for willpower. While wisely
exercising self-control is a great
way to build willpower, never giving
yourself a break is a good way to
deplete your resolve. Our lives are very similar to this rose
bush. They are often filled with so many
good things; so many opportunities,
commitments, endeavors, and
relationships that we are overwhelmed.
Our resources are stretched, and
nothing, or no one, is getting our full
attention. In most areas we are surviving,
not thriving. What would happen if we
were to prune back some of the good for
the sake of the best?
Lessons from a Rose Bush Kepha Nyanumba is a seasoned
Marketing Africa Columnist working
as a Consultant Nutritionist at AAR
Healthcare Limited. You can engage
him on this or related matters via
email at: [email protected],
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Blog: kephanyanumba.blogspot.com.
Life is like a rose bush. Most healthy
rosebushes produce too many buds.
This leads to overgrowth and creates
a drain on the plant’s resources.
Ultimately, if left unchecked, most of
the flowers will survive, but not thrive.