Archive for February, 2008
A Performance Lifestyle is about how to…
Written by John Allen Mollenhauer "JAM" on February 22, 2008 – 1:57 pmHi All,
It’s a snowy day here in New Jersey. I haven’t seen snow in three years!, It’s exciting. And its Friday… a buffer day for me… meaning I take it slow. I operate from a lightly driven place, so I can start to recuperate my energy from the week and prepare for the weekend.
Yes, you need energy for the weekend. If you’re ever wondering why you’re yawning with the family, or unable to slow down, it’s because you don’t have a performance lifestyle yet, and didn’t recuperate from your week.
So, I’ve gotten questions about Performance Lifestyle and how I describe it in one sentence.
The answer is this…
"A Performance Lifestyle is about how to achieve your goals with your health and well-being intact."
Of course, I could expand on this by adding ideas like, living at or near your ideal weight, sustainably and successfully, fit for the challenges ahead, etc… But if you understand what health and well being means, it’s all included.
What Performance Lifestyle does for you is expand your idea of what it means to live successfully.
Its more than fitness, food and sleep, there’s a much bigger picture and that bigger picture will determine how fit you are, how you eat, how you sleep and more… that bigger picture also needs to be discovered, learned and acted upon.
It’s amazing to me, now at least, how we beat ourselves up at times for not doing this and that better, or sticking to the XYZ program, when our lives and lifestyles are all out of whack. What’s happening is not a lack of motivation; it’s a lack of time, space and energy, and knowledge.
It’s what we call the Achiever’s Paradox - In this “age of achievement,” where we have access to more information and opportunity than at any other time in history, we can accomplish our goals seemingly faster than ever before.
However, we get a paradox… the busier we are, the less time we have to take care of ourselves.
Performance Lifestyle is for achievers – those people who want to get the most out of life and produce their best in everything they do, but not at the expense of their health and wellbeing.
It’s for people who know the many aspects of their life impact on each other and each one needs to be carefully planned and managed if all their goals and aspirations are to be realized.
More soon,
Let’s discuss,
JAM
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The Top 10 Reasons why you want to live a Performance Lifestyle
Written by John Allen Mollenhauer "JAM" on February 16, 2008 – 9:10 pm1.Focusing on performance enables you to make the healthiest and the most successful decisions in life, business and sport.
2.You acknowledge that health is not a goal. Maintaining it, is an objective of every day life and you’ll gain new perspective.
3.It’s the healthiest lifestyle there is because it focuses on more than fitness, food and sleep alone, and focuses on how to manage your energy like a pro…
4.It’s practical to the pace of life that we live. All health and wellness concepts are learned in the context of performance and success. You won’t make more out of things than they need to be.
5.You don’t have to roll your eyes back every time someone tells you to “live healthier”. Your performance will tell you that daily and you can choose to listen to yourself and take action.
6.You’ll have energy left over to train and condition your body
7.Your quality of life will get better and better…
8.You’ll see your lifestyle as the way to achieve your goals with your heath and wellbeing in tact, not merely something to improve to lose weight.
9.You can save 20 years discovering what Healthy High Achievers know and live… by desire
10.You can start anywhere and fill in the gaps.
Oh yes and you will lose weight…look and feel better. ;-)
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Performance Lifestyle and Your Purpose
Written by John Allen Mollenhauer "JAM" on February 13, 2008 – 4:37 pmI’m often asked how the Performance Lifestyle model was developed. Well this past Monday, I talked with Lissa Bergen Bowles of www.SoulFulfilled.com and she asked me that very question along with a host of others.
I found myself reveal allot about my own personal process that was valueable for me to hear and may be valueable for you too.
We had such a great gellin’ jam session on the subject I want to share the conversation with you.
If you are trying to solve your puzzle, get clear on your purpose and calling, and or have a nagging feeling insight you that is creating anxiety, you want to listen to this audio.
Enjoy
JAM
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Did my last post miss the mark?
Written by John Allen Mollenhauer "JAM" on February 8, 2008 – 1:56 pm"Your email re Heath Ledger and Energy Management, in my opinion, is missing the “mark”. Heath had many issues that were way beyond Energy Management. Although your observation is acknowledged as part of the issue. He had deep rooted psychological issues and, in my opinion, needed serious therapy."
Best regard,
Randy
JAM response -
I don’t attest to knowing Heath Ledgers situation first hand, so its important to say that I am sharing observations regarding Heath and his cause of death that seem obvious.
I agree with Randy on this one. It depends on how you look at it. Randy is looking at the deeper causes of poor energy management which are surely psychological.
Point noted Randy…
He likely had psychological issues (many of us do;-)). My point was not one of exclusivity, or ultimate cause, but overwhelm and exhaustion is clearly a cause/effect that prompted his overdose. I was referring to the article and his comments about his current condition.
The true basis of a Performance Lifestyle is emotional fitness and psychological strength without which, managing your energy like a pro can be very difficult.
I have learned from much study and personal first hand experience that when you combine psychological issues that negatively affect how you perceive and live in the world, with overwhelm and exhaustion… you have a disastrous combination.
If you combine that downward trending duet with a cloudy or unclear vision of the future, it’s very hard to move forward (achieve your goals) with your health and wellbeing in tact.
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When you get down to it, Heath Ledger died because of Overwhelm and Exhaustion
Written by John Allen Mollenhauer "JAM" on February 6, 2008 – 7:24 pmHealth Ledger…
"Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night," Ledger told The New York Times.
"I couldn’t stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going." He said he had taken two Ambien pills, which only gave him an hour of sleep.
He said this in a November interview that his most recent completed roles in the Batman movie "The Dark Night" and Bob Dylan biopic "I’m Not There" had taken a toll, saying he couldn’t sleep.
JAM
This is a crying shame. I really liked that guy, his acting and his place in our world. "The Patriot" was one of my favorite movies… and he seemed like a quality man.
It’s a major loss.
What can we learn from this besides the fact that the combination of doctor-prescribed drugs proved lethal for Heath and that Heath’s accidental death serves as a caution to the hidden dangers of combining prescription medication, even at low dosage?
It is this…
Sleep, or more broadly and accurately said, personal energy management is not an option, it’s the very essence and the most fundamental lifestyle / skill you can ever learn. Overwhelm leads to exhaustion and that can lead to more than overweight and health complications, it can mean death.
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