To understand the concept of how looking after our health first can help to make us wealthy, we need to understand the true meaning of the word wealth, it is originally derived from the word weal which means prosperity or well being.
This is a concept which I teach to my Kaizen Wealth Students so as to help them to understand that one needs wealth in all areas of your life so as to be able to lead a life of abundance, the fact that I believe that we should be aiming for constant and never ending improvement in all seven areas of our lives so as to create a harmony in our existence is the reason why I refer to this as Kaizen Wealth.
So many of us are focused on only improving certain areas of our lives such as our finances that we simply neglect to make sure that we are bringing all the other areas of our lives into harmony with what it is that we are trying to achieve. The Universal Law states that unless we are growing constantly in all areas of our lives, our chances for achieving our full potential are almost impossible.
But why should we put our health first? Think about this for a second, if you are not looking after your health correctly, you will be lacking the strength and energy which you need in order to be able to grow in other areas of your life, the healthier you are the easier it becomes to generate the energy and passion you need in order to make the maximum potential positive changes and efforts you need in other areas of your life so as to achieve your goals.
So what we are doing in reality when we deny ourselves the time to make sure that our bodies and minds are in a healthy condition, is to actually deny ourselves the opportunity to meet our full potential and be the best that we can be. By doing this we will be making our journey to a life of abundance, or Kaizen Wealth far longer or practically impossible.
Once we begin to realize that by putting our health first, we are effectively fueling the vehicle which is responsible for transporting us to financial freedom and a life of well being and abundance with high octane fuel, it becomes ever more apparent that by putting our health first is a great way of improving our wealth in all areas of our lives.
If we are unable to respect and love ourselves, how on earth can we expect anybody else to do so? I will now give you a few simple ways which you can use so as to go about improving your health and bring you closer to finding true wealth.
1. Start with a check up – Most people who have been neglecting their health have not taken the time to schedule an annual checkup with their doctor. This is a good place to start as the doctor will be able to give you an assessment of your physical condition so that you will be able to know where to begin and what your goals should be.
2. Make time for an exercise routine which works for you – Many people envision spending hours on end in a gym as the only form of exercise routine, but your exercise routine could be as simple as going for a brisk walk. Not only will you have the benefit of being out in the open and getting fresh air into your lungs, but this is a very effective form of exercise.
3. Be aware of what it is that you are eating – Many people spare little thought as to what it is which they are feeding their bodies, so long as they are not hungry, what they eat no longer matters. The truth is explained by the old saying of “You are what you eat”, keeping this in mind we will soon realize that many of our eating habits are incorrect.
By reducing your intake of refined sugar and alcohol, you will already be making a huge impact on your health. Try to boost your intake of fruits and vegetables and you will soon begin to see the difference, drink a lot more water and you will realize that you are not so hungry anymore as most of us confuse dehydration with hunger.
4. Don’t forget the ‘me time’ – Making time to relax and just calm the chaos down will do wonders for your mental state and greatly improve your focus and attention span. It is for this reason that I give my Kaizen Wealth students mental exercises to do on a daily basis so as to bring about relaxation and a greatly heightened ability to be able to focus on their goals. By simply putting aside 15 minutes a day for me time, you will effectively be improving your productivity and focus on your goals dramatically.
It is only when we get the big picture and realize that all areas of our lives are dependant on one another for growth that we realize that by putting our health first we are actually helping ourselves to grow in all areas of our lives and by not doing this we will never really be able to reach our full potential in other areas of our lives which we might have thought to be more important.