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When the great Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz wrote the book, The Power of Full Engagement, they made a powerful point that I’m not sure enough people got, even though it was on the cover of their book - "Managing energy, not time, is the key to high performance and personal renewal".

These guys were a major inspiration for me, and influenced my thinking differently about health, lifestyle and the mindset of high achieving people. But the one thing I’m reminded of over and over again, when I read that quote… is this. Many people understand this concept. But do they know how to apply it in their life? Do they know the implications, the realities, and what it really takes to manage energy?

Once you start to explore these questions you immediately start seeing that your goals and how you plan to achieve those goals will be become the key determinants in how you look, feel and perform, and vice versa.

Think about it, we wake up and achieve objectives and goals every day, from the moment we open our eyes. It’s how we achieve them and whether we compromise our health in the process, that determines how well we’ll perform while we do it.

It’s not as easy as the traditional model of living one way (overwhelmed, exhausted and overweight) and then trying to solve the problems that arise with another (dieting and exercising). In a strange way, the problematic way is easier to grasp.

As Loehr and Schwartz put it, the Power of Full Engagement is about managing your energy more skillfully both on an off the job. I highly recommend you read this book. One thing I can tell you now is that the Power of Full Engagement does not mean "over engagement" to the point of driving yourself into the ground.

What’s driving you? You’ll answer this question when you have a Performance Lifestyle. The answers will prevent you from living over engaged and ultimately change you life and body, forever.

To understand the difference between full engagement and over-engagement, you have to experience a Performance Lifestyle. It’s much more dynamic than the current way people live, yet the quality of life is better. By the name of it, you might think it means you’re always performing, but the reality is, quite the opposite.

Fully engaged assumes you’re managing your energy, and have a lifestyle that’s promoting success. Over-engaged is the direct opposite, as your lifestyle is compromised in the process, therefore you drive yourself into the ground. This is called the downward trend.

Learn how to break out of it, read the Performance Lifestyle Manifesto.

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Contact: Maureen Piper
- 973-763-9902

Maplewood, NJ- Performance Lifestyle Solutions announces the upcoming release of the Performance Lifestyle System™ (the System) designed to help fast tracked professionals, entrepreneurs, working mothers and others coordinate all aspects of their lifestyle for that health and high performance edge.

Originating in the world of athletics where we find the healthiest and highest performing people in the world, the Performance Lifestyle System teaches the every day “achiever” the 7-Step lifestyle formula that can transform their life, body, even their business.

Focused on personal energy management, performance, and big goals that drive lifestyle improvements, you can have same breakthrough energy athletes have, all as a result a sustainable lifestyle that promotes success. “The System is 100% guaranteed effective once people begin to use it”¨, explains John Allen Mollenhauer (JAM), CEO of Performance Lifestyle Solutions. The System includes a manual with audios, group, and private phone coaching, and depending on the package, online support. “Our goal is to empower individuals to become “Healthy High Achievers” by teaching them how to manage their energy, first and foremost,” continues JAM.

People go on diet and exercise programs all the time to lose weight, a problem that is about far more than food and fitness alone. With weight loss programs people usually end up regaining their weight and eventually stop being physically active because that is not how they live normally or naturally. Everyone knows that you have to eat healthy and exercise in order to live a healthy lifestyle but why do most people fail? It’s because most people have overwhelming and exhausting lifestyles that promote overweight and deconditioned bodies. They’re lives are over engaged. They have so many demands on their time, that their energy is drained. Not only are people tired, they are also eating nutrient poor foods, which lead to over consumption and health complications. They also think that to have a good exercise plan it has to be long and hard, something they don’t enjoy or desire in a depleted state, so they remain inactive. “They live on a downward energy trend,” says JAM, “and the idea of a healthy lifestyle alone just doesn’t seem to inspire people.”

A Performance Lifestyle changes all this and refocuses your lifestyle around performance and success. Big goals beyond weight loss that focus on sustainable performance drive healthy lifestyle changes.

“I just got back from the doctor and in the past year; I lowered my cholesterol by 30 points, increased my bone density 8%, and lost a whole size! I don’t even feel like I’m doing much. I am focusing on goals that inspire me with a lifestyle that sustains me! I love my Performance Lifestyle?” explains Jessie Hippolit. Here’s what others are saying.

The System helps people understand the principal steps to take and develop in a lifestyle that works FOR them, not against them. That promotes their health but focuses on their personal performance and success. The 7 Steps are frequently overlooked in a market cluttered with fads, diet and exercise programs with big claims that don’t address the real problems people face, besides weight. These steps have never been assembled in one place as they are in the Performance Lifestyle System, a lifestyle solution anyone can put into play. Everyone who adopts a Performance Lifestyle looks, feels, and performs better.

Performance Lifestyle Solutions has done 18 years of research and development to bring the 7-steps together in a sensible, organized manner that can with stand scrutiny. Diet and exercise programs have been around for decades but with little success on a population basis. We recognize that it is vital, especially today, to have a true lifestyle solution for personal energy management, one that includes insightful, non-sense free guidance around food and physical activity and focuses on performance.

The company plans to roll out the System to the public on a national basis in May 2007, as well as to targeted corporations to incorporate into their existing corporate wellness and success training programs. “We feel that this system will play a major role in the lives of corporations and their employees”, says Eddie Enriquez, President of Performance Lifestyle Solutions. “More and more corporations are promoting healthy lifestyle habits to their employees and the System will give them a fresh, powerful cutting edge tool they can understand and put into practical use. What CEO doesn’t want their employees to be able to perform better”? The Performance Lifestyle System helps people to transition from a downward energy trend to a sustainable lifestyle that promotes success.

For more information about the Performance Lifestyle, and to download the lifestyle manifesto visit -

www.performancelifestyle.com.

Or contact Performance Lifestyle Solutions at 973-763-9902.

info @PerformanceLifestyle.com

This morning, I woke up at my usual 7:00 am and once again, I realized what a "performance" lifestyle is all about. I have these realizations all the time and every one of them connects me deeper and deeper into the realities of the world we live in today, what personal energy management really means and the scope and span of the idea.

My weekend was not my usual, I went into the city to support my friend, colleague and mentor Michael Port, author of Book Yourself Solid, who was speaking at ECA World Fitness conference and doing a tradeshow at the Marriot Marquis. Tradeshows as you know are major energy output.

My Sunday schedule changed significantly. Not only did we have the Spring Forward time change which meant I was giving up an hour, but I didn’t have the full regenerative day I usually have on Sunday. While still a relatively relaxed day, I also walked the city, watched a 15-minute side show on the streets of NY with this amazing band of Andes flute players, battled the cold wind in the city, and attended a church event on Sunday evening and talked to my cousin Terry in Colorado (to highlight only the main events) which got me back at 9:00PM.  Now Sunday nights are my movie night and I really wanted to watch “Blood Diamond”. I knew in that moment I had decision to make that was going to affect my entire Monday and the start of my week (without sounding dramatic).

Watching that movie at that time was going to mean I would lose roughly 3 hours of my recuperation time needed to be effective on Monday, and I did it anyway, because my desire to watch the movie was that strong. "I’ve worked all a week, this is my Sunday ritual and I’m not shifting gears for any reason", I thought quietly in my mind. Little did I consider… that my routine had already changed by going to the church event; I had already essentially "moved" my movie night, by choosing to do that. But no! I piled it on top, made it fit and now I’m paying for it as I write this post. No wonder America is running on Dunkin! I lost 4 hours of recuperation time yesterday and put out more energy than usual on a day that is reserved for energy regeneration.

It’s times like these that remind me of the ever so delicate balance we have to maintain today if we’re to maintain both our health and success. "Life itself" has to be kept in balance, and this is something the whole idea of work-life balance doesn’t address.

It’s all about the energy.

Thanks for dropping by and sharing your thoughts on the Performance Lifestyle Manifesto.

In the manifesto I wanted to shake you up, stir you up and get you thinking differently from the ole "yeah,  I know I’ve got to live healthier" mindset that most people have. I wanted you to see that your experiences may be unique to you but what you are going through is not, you are not alone and you are not out of control. You can share in how healthy high achieving people think and achieve similiar results. All you need is the right mindset, and the lifestyle that promotes your health and reinforces success.

By downloading and reading the Manifesto, you have just taken the first step towards learning the mindset of the healthy high achiever! I hope I accomplished my goal. Are you ready to accomplish yours with breakthrough energy? If so, share you comments below and then get started with the System.

Let’s get your lifestyle working FOR you!