The success of your business relies on your performance at work
and at home. As you deal with the
unpredictable challenges you’re faced with every day; your life becomes
stressed, messy and out of control.
Just take a minute to think about what your day might look like. Your work
days begin with jumping out of bed to an alarm clock; have a jolt of caffeine;
then fight your way through the traffic to get to work on time. During your rushed day there are complicated
decisions to make, pressure to get a lot of things done in a short period of
time without enough help. At the end of every work day you hurry off to your
car facing the rat race back to home filled with evenings of quick dinners,
late night “bad” news, tossing and turning; sleepless nights just to start
right back over again the next day! No
wonder you’re sick and tired!
People are sick. It seems
nearly every other day there’s a new national epidemic. The latest? Childhood obesity, diabetes,
obesity, insufficient sleep...what next?
Nearly 1/3 of Americans now have Metabolic Syndrome. What’s that you
ask? If you would’ve asked me 30 years ago about Metabolic Syndrome I couldn’t
have answered, because there was no such condition. You may not know you have
it. Those of you with a big belly (abdominal obesity), exploding body weight (body
mass index), high blood pressure, your cholesterol is too high (low HDL
cholesterol) and have high blood sugar (pre-diabetic) it’s you. What happened?
A lot of poor food choices, no exercise, not enough sleep and too much stress
that’s what! 1 This means 1/3 of us are already sick and the rest of
us are looking forward to the possibility of developing diabetes, heart
disease, and/or stroke. Just because you don’t have any of these symptoms
you’re in the clear. Not a chance. For example heart disease doesn’t start with
chest pain; it starts with that first French fry!
Bad health is bad for
business.
The price of everything is going up and we as a population are
getting sicker; a costly combination. With all these challenges it’s critical
to include the wellness of your employees as a top priority for your business. Encouraging your employees to make healthy
choices and take responsibility to
improve their health is not enough anymore.
The time has come for companies to be the leader, show their
employees way and give them the tools to become healthy it’s the only way to
survive this tough economy. You lead by setting the pace, being the example and
providing a supportive work environment to get healthy in.
Bad health affects every size business and it’ll cost you big
time. If you’re an entrepreneur you are your
business. Even one day of missed work
can cost you big. How many days of work
can you miss due to illness before you close up shop?
Are you the employer of a large number of people? Your company’s medical costs can add up to
more money than your gross revenue. We
are all working people who are getting older and sicker. Not only that, insurance companies are taking
a serious look at the overall health of your employee population. If your employees are too sick, not only
will your rates go up but in some cases your insurance coverage will be
canceled.
Bad health is bad for
you.
Poor health is frustrating, tiring and emotionally draining on
you and on your family relationships.
Sickness will cost you with a lower paycheck, not able to get things
done on time, and missing too much work.
You’ll be spending money on doctor visits, medications, diagnostic
testing, procedures and emergency room visits.
If your health is not a priority your sickness will be. When you’re sick, trying to get better can
become a full-time expensive and exhausting job. Think about whom you know who
has heart disease, cancer or diabetes. It’s all consuming. Isn’t it?
Good health is good
for you and good for your business.
Sometimes we forget every company is made up of individuals. By
providing support, information, and education, the health and wellness of each
individual is improved over the long run resulting in a permanent lifestyle
change. Each person is unique in their
desire to become healthy, the way they embrace change and when the time is
right for them. Healthy and well is what
we become, not what happens to us.
Being healthy feels good, fuels you with energy, helps you focus,
and makes you happy. You wake up
refreshed, ready to go and prepared for what the day has in store for you. As a result of good health you get to grow
your business, keep your job, possibly make more money, feel great about what
you do and where you work!
When you’re
financially fit, enjoy a healthy, active body and have a healthy attitude what
can’t you do?
You’re on top of the
world!
Your partner in health,
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