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Energy - How to Have More of It
Something the successful business person needs is - lots of
Energy!
You need Brain Energy and you need Body Energy. However as
with any other kind of energy, it's constantly being drained
away and needs replacing.
Dealing with people, your customers and your team, can both
drain your brain and your body - and you probably don't need
me to tell you that.
Let's look at Brain Energy - Imagine that you receive a
letter from your bank manager saying - - "I need you to come
in and see me."
If you react to that with - "Oh no! What does he want,
what's wrong now? Maybe he wants to recall my loan." That
sort of reaction drains your brain of energy and gives you
stress.
The successful business person doesn't react she thinks.
Reacting drains the brain - thinking, less so.
Get the thinking bit working and say to yourself - "I'll
phone him now; I'll speak to him and see what he wants. If
it's about the poor business results, what information do I
need to make my case? Perhaps he wants to talk about how I
could develop the business."
Whatever you're thinking - stop the negative stuff - it'll
kill you
If one of your people comes to you with a problem or you
receive a customer complaint, start thinking - "Let's see
what I can do about this."
Do not, and I repeat - Do not say - "Oh no! What am I going
to do now?" Every time you say - "Oh no!" - your brain has a
huge drain of energy.
I just want to say a few more words about stress. People
will tell you that there's good stress and bad stress. I'm
talking about bad stress and it occurs when your brain is
drained of energy. Some business people seem to believe that
it "goes with the territory" and some even wear it as a
"badge of honour."
They also believe that it can't be avoided; it's part of
being in business and the world we live in. Organisations do
have a responsibility to minimise levels of stress in their
workforce but we have a responsibility for ourselves.
It's very important to minimise your levels of stress and
you can do that by thinking rather than reacting. Challenge
your inbuilt programs, stop saying - "That makes me really
mad" or "That really gets on my nerves."
Start saying - "This is something I have to deal with and
I'll deal with it" - You have the choice.
I know your probably thinking (or is it reacting) - "That's
all very well Alan but its hard sometimes not to get
stressed."
You're absolutely right however; let me give you some more
reasons why you need to work at minimising it.
Stress can cause heart disease, sleeplessness, sexual
problems, overeating, drinking too much, loss of
concentration and stomach upsets.
Research is now telling us that many if not most of our
illnesses can be related to stress.
When we get stressed a chemical is released into our
bloodstream called Cortisol, sometimes known as the Stress
Hormone. High levels of Cortisol can lead to diabetes and
skin problems. There is also a suggestion that Cortisol
attacks our immune system and leaves us vulnerable to many
of the bugs and viruses that come along. This also includes
cancer.
So if you've ever suffered from skin
complaints or perhaps
too many colds, it could very well be the results of stress.
I don't want to scare you death or give you any more
stress, I just want you to - think.
Now let's look at Body Energy -
So what about the body stress? The body and the brain are
linked together so when the brain drains of energy so does
the body. However the body does a lot of running about, up
and down off the seat and often takes a bit of a battering.
For it to work well, it needs to be in good condition in
the first place. We should all know by now that if we eat
too much or eat the wrong things, smoke too much or drink
too much alcohol, then our body is in danger of breaking
down.
Again it comes back to programming. I often tell people that
I eat a lot of salad. The response - "Salad is boring." -
Not the way I make it, it isn't; I put all sorts of things
into a salad other than the green ingredients - chillies,
sun blush tomatoes, anchovies, tuna, sardines, chicken,
olives, cheese, sausage etc. Not all at once of course, I
like a bit of variation on the theme. So open up your mind
and open up the fridge but be careful what you take out.
Remember - you won't get an ulcer from what you eat - you'll
get it from what's eating you.
If you want to be successful in business, then you're going
to have to do some exercise. Now I know you think you don't
have the time. You may also be the type that doesn't want to
go to the gym and lift heavy things or leap about in an
aerobics class; however, you need to take some exercise that
makes you sweat a little.
I'm sorry, but a round of golf doesn't count, it isn't the
kind of exercise you need. Golf is great and it's good for
the stress but it doesn't make you sweat.
If you're going to walk then walk fast for a distance,
enough to push up the heart rate and increase the breathing.
(And don't run round the golf course with your clubs on your
back - that's going too far.)
Again, get your internal program right and start to think
how you can make your exercise enjoyable. I see some people
at the health club making the whole business a real chore.
They get on a bike or a rowing machine and try to kill
themselves for twenty minutes. If that's your thing then
fine but please don't make it a chore, plug into the sound
system and catch up with what's on TV.
I like to do circuit classes with a whole group of people
many of which have become friends. I enjoy the chat
beforehand, the music and the exercise. (And I also like the
fact - there are more girls than guys)
If you're really not into exercise then please make sure
you have other activities outside of your workplace and make
them fun. Too many people are going home and slumping in
front of the TV - successful people don't do that.
So look after the body and the brain and you'll have lots of
vroom!
About the Author
Discover how you can generate more business by motivating
your team!
Alan Fairweather is the author of "How to get More Sales
by Motivating Your Team" This book is packed with practical
things you can do to get the best out of your people .
Click here now
http://www.howtogetmoresales.com/
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