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Leadership for Life
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By Beth Lanier
Ken Chapman & Associates, Inc.
As a leader, your first responsibility is to manage
well your own words and behavior; and not just in the boardroom. The
importance you place on your personal health and wellness speaks volumes
about your priorities, your self-awareness and your self-discipline. It
also speaks to the level to which you esteem those who care for and depend
on you, such as family, friends, and colleagues. These are the people who
benefit from the contributions you make every day in every arena of your
life. The combination of your personality, talents, skills, knowledge and
abilities is yours alone to offer…and to preserve. The most critical asset
you have is your health, for on it alone rests your ability to give to those
around you that which only you can - YOU.
“Health” and “wellness” are terms that are in the
headlines almost daily, often in conjunction with the latest trends in diet
and exercise. But “wellness” is about much more than looking and feeling
better. It is a whole-life philosophy of personal leadership around making
smarter choices and adopting a strategy for living a longer, more productive
life. It is about seeking feedback and utilizing self-critique to
facilitate positive personal change. And it is about leading others to do
the same through your example.
If wellness sounds like running a business, that is
because it is! In fact, keeping “You, Inc.” in business is the
ultimate goal. Everyone who works for a living is first, a self-employed
company of one – an outside contractor who brings all of his or her assets
to bear in satisfying a customer and contributing to an organization’s
bottom line. If your health is poor, your “business’s” ability to add its
highest value is, at best, limited. Therefore, staying healthy should be
your highest priority. And while plenty of excuses for doing nothing exist,
so, too, do these two simple truths:
1)
The length and quality of your life is, to a
great extent, up to you.
2)
Only you can choose to increase the two.
Science says that 80% of how you age is determined
by your lifestyle, so determine today to live better longer by:
Making three simple
choices today may mean more tomorrows to make the next good choices.
Choosing to do nothing will get you exactly that.
For more information about
Ken Chapman and Associates’ Leadership Development Programs, contact Ken
Chapman at 205.366.0265 or email Ken at
kchapman@leaderscode.com.
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