Your Personal Eye Chart
The doctor will be in shortly to examine your eyes. While we are waiting, let’s check out your personal eye chart. The top letter on the chart is an E. There are actually five “E’s” that the doctor has asked us to review. They are Endurance, Energy, Engagement, Enthusiasm and Excellence.
Let’s begin with Endurance. These economic times have tested and strained your vision have they not? No matter if you are employed or in transition one thing is for certain, you need to endure. Endurance exercises include any activity that increases heart rate and respiratory rate. This includes walking, jogging, running, biking, rope jumping, and many others. Over time these activities improve the health of the lungs, heart, and blood vessels. Most importantly however, endurance exercises can also delay or prevent many diseases including diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and certain cancers. Let’s add this to the prescription to enhance our vision and performance.
The second “E” is Energy. What is your energy level? Do you get up each morning eager to start the day or dread getting out of bed? To improve the position on your eye chart, let’s practice these ten techniques.
- Practice deep breathing: Try breathing with your abdominal muscles to improve your energy.
- Give yourself a more flexible schedule: Work on tasks when they feel appropriate to your energy level, or pick up something else to do.
- Turn on the lights: When you wake up in the morning, turn on all of the lights to trick your body out of bed.
- Always eat breakfast: Breakfast will give your body the fuel jumpstart that it needs.
- Schedule down time: Regularly give yourself time to recharge and relax.
- Spend your energy wisely: Know when your energetic moments are, and don’t waste them on trivial actions.
- Stay organized: Avoid losing energy by keeping everything in its systematic place.
- Act like you have energy: Trick yourself into feeling more energetic by moving faster, like pacing while you talk on the phone or putting more energy into your voice.
- Keep a manageable, even pace: Manage your time and energy more efficiently to avoid burnout.
- Take up a hobby: Make a habit of nurturing a hobby, and you’ll always have something energizing to look forward to.
The third “E” is Engagement. Become an engaging person in conversation with others. Practice using more open ended questions and focused listening. Explore different topics to broaden your perspective. These pills will help the effectiveness of your interactions with others.
The fourth “E” is Enthusiasm which produces energy. Positive energy moves you forward and lifts you higher. Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation and a pinch of creativity. Let’s plan to add that to the new pills you will take daily.
And the last “E” on the personal eye chart is Excellence. Striving for excellence in everything you do creates a label that is stamped on you. In order to seek excellence we must be energetic, enduring, engaging, and enthusiastic.
As your doctor, please have the prescription filled and get started so you can see clearly. Enjoy your “Es”.
Until next month,
Nyda
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September 4th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Terrific (and timely!) article!