Feb

Peak Performance Through Fitness and Happiness

I think the highest form of mental activity is creativity. Even left brain people can be creative. Mathematicians will say there is a great deal of creativity in math and science.

Creativity is how you make life better or your contribution more meaningful. You lift people out of the process in which they are involved to try new things. Your product or service might be a new thing. How can you spark some one’s imagination to try you?

You have to be loose. Being tied up with tension and anxiety makes it difficult to activate our intuitive, emotional, creative powers. Good health helps your engine fire on all cylinders. Natural food makes digestion easy and allows the body to send more oxygen to the brain.

Exercise releases the endorphins and brings on the serotonin and dopamine. A good muscle burn can put you almost in the same mood as sex. After surfing, I just couldn’t get much mellower. Sex really makes your brain come alive but its hard to type while you’re having it.

When you take care of your body, you start feeling more gratitude and are more positive about your opportunities. The better you feel, the more you want to contribute. Stephen Covey says in the 8th Step, that contribution is our highest purpose.

Shawn Achor in The Happiness Advantage says people that are happy are better performers

It’s a program like cooking dinner. You need lots of ingredients to make it great, but its really worth it when you get into flow or drop into the zone doing your favorite things which may be your work.

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