Health Is Your Greatest Asset

If you are like many people who take the entrepreneurial plunge, you do so most successfully when you are approaching or entering into middle age. Your middle-aged years are also ironically around the time many people start to suffer problems with eroding health and weight problems. Wouldn't it be nice if we could have the best of both worlds: financial freedom and optimal health?

 I once heard Dr. Dennis Kimbro say on a television interview that most millionaires fail a few times in business, and suffer some bankruptcies before they become successful. Another salient point he made is that most of people become millionaires around fifty years of age. Why this is the case I don't exactly know, unlike Dr. Kimbro I can only speculate on these matters.

 My observation of many people makes me think perhaps the middle-age launch into business ventures has to do with people finding the confidence later in life. You have to have self-assurance to risk business ventures. Usually people don't have this type of business confidence until after they have run other peoples businesses.

 Or at least they feel more confident once they have worked for other people.

 Andrew Morrison, the owner of Small Business Camp, once alluding to the book "Think and Grow Rich" said that many men become more successful in their middle years because they are less focused on sexual pursuits. I can relate to this because when I was in my twenties I would be too focused on dating, to have the focus to run a viable business.

 However, what would be the point of having a successful business if we don't have the health to enjoy it?

 Most people would agree business is a very competitive and challenging. It also stands to reason you should try to be at peak performance when undertaking a business venture. This is why you should seriously consider investing in your health to afford you the extra push -- to drive you to business success.

 Some of the major reasons you may want to bolster your health and overall fitness are because:

 - Studies show exercise helps relieve stress

 - Exercise helps elevate your mood

 - Exercise will help you think more clearly

 - Resistance training will help increase your muscle and bone density which tend to decrease with age

 - Stretching after exercise will to help keep you flexible which also tends to decrease with age

 - Regular strenuous exercise can help you increase natural hormones in you body like testosterone which will increase muscle mass, sexual desire, and overall health

 These are just some of the many well-known benefits you will achieve with a regular exercise program. It is no wonder that I find many people who are successful in business come from athletic or sports backgrounds. Many successful entrepreneurs have a regular fitness programs.

 If you are a woman who has had children and find yourself with some undesired pounds good balanced workout programs could be considered from people like Denise Austin http or Donna Richardson. For men you may like the workouts of people like Billy Blanks and his TaeBo system.

 According to fitness trainers like Denise Austin, the focus of your workout should be on the balance of strength training, aerobics, and flexibility.

 Most fitness experts like Jason Martin of the BODeStore.com make the point that strength training as alluded to earlier "will increase bone density and muscle mass, aerobics will burn fat and give you more cardio fitness, and yoga or martial arts will help counter the inflexibility associated with age".

 One thing you may experience as you age is you don't obviously have the natural energy you had when you were sixteen years old. Another problem you may experience is pain in your joints like your knees.

 If you notice pain in your knees and elbows especially on damp or humid days you may be experiencing the on-set of arthritis. Arthritis can be demoralizing when you are trying to obtain optimal health. It is definitely something you didn't have to worry about or contend with when you were in your twenties. Don't let arthritis totally derail your pursuit of health in your most productive midlife years!

 Seek the help of your doctor and perhaps explore some alternative remedies of relief. Personally I have found that some alternative treatments to be superior to pharmaceutical drugs. I hear good things about the supplement Phosoplex(tm) in helping with arthritis and other joint problems.

 The most important thing is to remember when embarking upon a health and fitness program is to do so with moderation. Don't overdue it and risk injury. Make sure you invest in good fitness shoes with good heel and ankle support. In Denise Austin's words "avoid boredom by doing various physical activities that you enjoy with your family". If you are quite a bit over weight maybe start out with walking more.

 In the end what does if profit you to become a millionaire, but you are totally unfit to enjoy your investment? Like the saying goes "your health is your greatest asset".

Mental Health-watching The World Go Crazy

Nobody knows why or how the American public is starting to suffer at astronomical rates from issues that deal with mental health and mental instability. Yes, there are trying times in the world these days, but people have always been able to cope with them in the past. Still, it is a sign of the time that people are starting to become frustrating with dealing with the overwhelming burdens of stress and those problems are not going away. There is a growing concern among medical practitioners that these problems are not going away and more people are needing medical help to deal with those problems that are brought on by stress and medical needs.

 Anyone can have their health measured by a physician, simply by going in for a regular checkup, but when it comes to mental health things can get a lot more complicated. An hour-long session can cost a patient a lot of money and there is not a doctor in the world that can change someone's life in that hour. It costs a lot of time and a lot of money to figure out what is going on when it comes to deal with issues about mental health. Loading up on medications might seem like the perfect answer to cure anything, but it is not the perfect idea.

 Mental health is a fragile issue and is not easy to analyze because it doesn't involve simple medical practice. It involves getting inside someone's mind and trying to figure out what the problem is through talking and relating, rather than a simple blood test. There are a lot of mental issues ranging from ADD, ADHD, to depression, but they can only be controlled by working with the person's mind. Drugs are not necessarily the right way to find out the right answers to the problem.

 It is believed that more than three quarters of individuals in America are suffering from mental health issues and many are still not receiving the medications and counseling they need to manage these issues. Mental illness is said to be the cause of much of the deviant behavior in our society as well and that many of those who are in jail and homeless in this country are actually in the predicament they are in due to their mental health problems.

 Mental health problems vary in severity and therefore the number of individuals being inflicted by these issues may actually be underestimated. Many medical professionals feel that the increased amount of stress in our society and the growing number of fragmented families has actually led to a huge increase in the number of mental health cases in our society.

 It is easy to say that the medical profession is using mental issues as a reason to increase their own personal revenue, but mental illness is a problem that needs to be faced and right away. There is no way to tell for sure who is affected, but the issue is out there and needs to be addressed.