The lockdown has affected us all and the change in daily routine and stresses of what’s to come, may have impacted your health and wellbeing. Today, Neil shares his personal experience with how the pandemic has affected his physical health and shares tips on how to overcome this, from being completely honest with yourself and admitting your bad habits, to looking back at when you were at your peak health and what you did differently then, as well as making sure your workspace is a stress-free environment, both physically and mentally.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- When you hit your crisis point, the key is, to be honest with yourself. Take a look at yourself and if your health is not where you want it to be, and you are able to control that, then be honest about it and ask yourself ‘what am I doing right?’ and ‘what am I doing wrong?’. Once you have figured those two things out, the process of improving your health and fitness can start.
- Look back at everything you have done, when you were in the kind of shape you wanted to be in and when you were functioning at a high level, look at what worked before. Look back down the timeline and figure out what you were doing back then to get you into your best shape.
- Have a shopping list. Having a shopping list reduces the chances you pick up stuff that doesn’t work for you, the battle for your health and your wealth is one that can be lost in the supermarket aisles. Use the right kind of shopping list to keep you on track.
- Get yourself some good lighting in your workspace. Without good lighting, you are going to be straining at everything, lay your work area out properly so that the workflow is simple. Ensure everything is at the right working height for you, the whole point of this is to reduce the amount of stress. When you are stressed emotionally and physically you release stress hormones which affect the production of fat in your body.
- Look after yourself, look after your health. Without your health, how can you thrive? Don’t chase the wealth at the expense of your health you have to think long term and as a business person, you want to go into every business encounter with boundless energy and mental clarity which you can’t get if you are poisoned by crap food and you are dragging excess weight.
- An ugly truth is that the better you look and the better you feel, the more attractive you are to the people with whom you interact on a business and personal level. This makes you a better asset to the business, you are more valuable if you look and feel better.
BEST MOMENTS
“The foundation of life is deep health and energy, and we should never neglect them. Without these, it is very hard to stay in business and work the kind of hours with focus energy and drive. “
“This was my crisis point, this was my wakeup call and I had to get really honest with myself, and that is the key.”
“Anything that you realise is not good for you, stop doing it, it is not hard.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
- Listen to The Tutor Podcast on the Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tutor-podcast/id1369191372)!
- Build Your Online Course Week 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/build-your-online-course/id1369191372?i=1000477109724
Contact Neil via this website - com! ABOUT THE HOST
Neil Cowmeadow is a maverick peripatetic guitar teacher from Telford with over 19 years’ experience in the business of helping people. Learn how to start, grow and love your business with Neil’s invaluable advice and tips without the buzzwords and BS!
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