Note: This is not a political email.

If you are following the Presidential Election at all these days, and regardless of your political persuasion, you have to admit that Barack Obama, is pretty impressive. Even John McCain admits that.

Well in the spirit of the Healthy High Achiever I thought you might like to read a recent post I found on the the campaign site. Its notice to me that the idea of the living like a pro (like an athlete) is here to stay.

By Leo - Apr 18th, 2008 at 9:39 pm EDT

Perhaps many of you are not into sports, but have you ever watched a great athlete in action, at his or her peak? Textbooks call it the ‘out of body’ experience. The athlete is so focused on the task at hand that he is literally unaware of his surroundings (outside of the game at hand). It’s like he already knows the moves of his opponent. It’s almost like he can read minds and leap or jump beyond the abilities of a normal human being … and gracefully, like it takes no effort at all. Everything clicks. Everything flows. It took many years of muscle repetition, many years of studying the game, many years of training the mind. The head game every bit as important as the physical game. Many athletes spend their entire lives only dreaming of this ability. They work hard all their lives until at some point their abilities begin to fade … how depressing … never being able to reach the ultimate plateau. Never becoming the professional they dreamed of. How many of us, while watching a professional athlete on TV, really sit there and think; for every one that makes it, there are countless thousands that have tried and tried. They spent the better part of their life as a slave to the sport; to the dream, only to fail. They remain poor financially, but what’s so depressing to them is not the money, but the failure to reach the dream. It creates a sick feeling in the pit of their gut … one that never goes away.  

Mr. Barack Obama has a gift for leading the people of this country. Like a professional athlete at the peak of his career, I believe Barack Obama can achieve a similar state, one like the athlete achieving the ‘out of body’ experience. Not thousands but millions of people supporting him and backing his every move. Other nations across the world watching with starry eyes and saying, “Wow … what an amazing leader the United States of America has! He utilizes his great speaking skills to build camaraderie with other nations, like never before. More and more the people of the United States realize not only have they made the right decision, they have made the ONLY DECISION! Destiny! The same feeling of a great athlete performing at his or her peak …

The point that I think stands out so strongly here was also reinforced by a recent post by actor and activist Alex Baldwin in an article at the Huffington Post who points out that the real difference between McCain and Obama is not one of age, but of "condition".

The problem with John McCain is not his age, it’s his condition. McCain’s true lack of the abundant energy required to function as president, even performing the job on the most basic level, is what must be questioned. Perhaps McCain could have served in the 1950s, back in a time when the job was significantly less complicated than it is today.

However, the world has grown far more dangerous and complicated in the last decade. (I know this because the Bush administration has worked incredibly hard for eight years to convince me of this.) The world today requires that we have a president who has the mental and physical capability and stamina to face issues such as terrorism, global warming and the energy crisis we are currently steeped in, not to mention the link between all three…

The ideas of energy and condition are not usually points to consider when electing a present, but they are today. We do need a president that is vital and powerful!

John Allen Mollenhauer is the founder Performance Lifestyle Solutions, the better healthier ways to achieve your goals in life, business and sport. As a former worn down workaholic turned healthy high achiever John Allen (aka “JAM”) will teach you how to Live Like a Pro, optimizing your lifestyle the way athletes do. He is the creator of the Healthy High Achiever - Unleash the Full Potential of Your Lifestyle to Perform, Look and Feel Better!