Not just my 401K?

Seems like making a profit especially on Wall Street seem to be the lead stories of late on all the news cast. Making a profit is defined as an excess of returns over expenses from a transaction. How about when we exercise, is it possible to make a profit?


How can we justify taking time out of our busy day to somehow fit in an exercise session? How can we also justify the energy expense when we are already tired and stressed from our hectic lifestyles? One might wonder if there is something more profitable we could be doing with our time? (other than working for Goldman Sachs?)


When you expend energy, time and money partaking in an exercise program, you do make a profit on your health and wellbeing. The big payoffs that you will reap and enjoy are that you will change and increase your life quality, increasing your health span across your lifespan. That can be broken down into three major areas. Improved physical function, psychological benefits (healthier mental state), and reduction in risk factors associated with disease.


Along with these three major benefits, you will feel and look healthier, have tons of energy, be more self confident, more productive and discover a happier, joyous and fulfilling life.


Higher quality of your life is a reward that no amount of money can buy. This investment (your commitment) that you give to your exercise program becomes even more attractive when you consider there is absolutely no down side risk. You have so much to gain and nothing to lose. This may be the ultimate investment opportunity, how much better could it get, and can you ever remember getting a better offer than this?


Yet why do so many of us fail to act on this extraordinary opportunity by simply choosing to procrastinate or ignore the proven benefits of exercise? The health profits far outweigh the potential expenditure but many cannot see this. Millions of people all over the world have an exercise deficiency, and millions of people are dying from this deficiency. Don't let yourself be one of them.


We all really do know that exercise is good for us, but sometimes our vision gets clouded and we lose track of what is really important. What could be more important than our health? Without vigorous physical activity, there in no way that a person can have a high quality of health right across their lifespan.


Focus constantly on the benefits that exercise can give you. Continually confirm to yourself your decision to get strong, fit, slim and healthy. Remind yourself how great you feel when you finish your exercise sessions and focus on the fact that you are doing it for the right reasons. Say to yourself while you are exercising "I am getting stronger, fitter and slimmer every second I keep going".


Don't question yourself as to whether you really feel like doing it or not, just do it and it will become a habit. Think about how you want your life to be like in the future. Is your health going to be important to you to be able to do all the things you need and wish to do?


There are many tasks or chores we do every single day that we may not like, but are necessary to live a happy and productive life and exercise might well be one of them. But focus on the bigger picture.


People often look to other people to motivate them, but the fact is that lasting motivation comes from within. You are doing something wonderful for yourself. No one else can take care of you in this way. Be your own coach and get yourself going. Exercise is better than money in the bank, make your deposits and become a millionaire.


Til next time…