| "Without health, life is not life; it is only a state of | | | | After about a month at my new sport, our store had a |
| languor and suffering," Rabelais | | | | big sale. During that sale, I was so energized, so full of |
| If you want to be wealthy, it's best to get healthy. A | | | | vitality and good cheer, that at the end of the day I had |
| salubrious lifestyle is worth the effort. | | | | done $10,000 in sales. This was unheard of for a single |
| Here's the wisdom: | | | | department, run by a single person, for one day. |
| You need good health to think clearly, act intelligently, | | | | My department manager awarded me a fluffy green |
| and schmooze diligently. | | | | beach towel! (I still have it with me.) |
| Usually, the wealthiest people are entrepreneurs. This | | | | How did my sales skills shoot up to such an astonishing |
| endeavor to create everything from scratch takes an | | | | level? Quite simply, I had accidentally learned how to |
| enormous toll on your health. And if you're not looking | | | | breathe deeper and fuller and my body was in a state |
| after your health, you're sabotaging your progress. | | | | of vibrant energy. |
| It works the same for employees, though. The more | | | | Good health spills over into every aspect of life. Your |
| sick days you have, the fewer days you get paid. | | | | relationship with yourself improves. Your relationship |
| Sometimes, however, when you're very healthy, magic | | | | with others improves. And your work in the world, |
| happens. | | | | whatever it is, takes a quantum leap. |
| Many years ago, when I lived in Florida, I worked as a | | | | We take our health for granted until we lose it. We |
| retail clerk in the Orlando Mall. I sold luggage for | | | | need to guard our health more than our money, for |
| Burdines, a department store. | | | | when we are healthy, the money follows. |
| One day, I found this great book about the benefit of | | | | It's easy to acquire health information on how to make |
| underground swimming for the heart and lungs. Since I | | | | your brain sharper, your lungs clearer, and your |
| had a huge pool in the apartment complex I lived in, I | | | | muscles more able. The bane of most people, a |
| enthusiastically began to train myself to swim | | | | heavy, tired body will not be yours if you choose a |
| underwater. I got so good at it that I could do two | | | | healthy lifestyle of nutritious food, exercise, deep |
| whole laps underwater. I developed an enviable | | | | relaxation and experiencing the great outdoors. |
| robustness, stamina, and strength. | | | | |