Posted by Jamie Johnson on Tue, Aug 31, 2010 @ 08:59 AM
Exercise anywhere for personal effectivness. Check out the latest addition to the ILM website, a FREE 10-minute video you can use with colleagues and patients to kick start conversations about and
demonstrate exercise. This video, featuring the ILM's energetic Stephan Esser, MD, was filmed at the our June 2010 Lifestyle Medicine: Tools for Promoting Healhty Change course in Boston, MA. Drop Everything and Exercise! Watch the new video 10 Minutes of Exercise You Can Do Anywhere. Exercise can be your medicine, make you happy, healthier, and personally effective in your life.
Posted by Jamie Johnson on Tue, Aug 24, 2010 @ 09:04 AM
Journaling can improve flourishing and
personal effectiveness beginning today. When you start to put thoughts onto paper, you can connect with your mind, body and spirit. You can connect to
the "how" you care for yourself each day and begin to notice "how" your thoughts can impact your health and flourishing. When you put ideas and thoughts on paper you begin to notice how much you really know about yourself and how much you can influence living a life of optimal health and well-being. Journaling is a way to connect your emotional health and physical health. What area of your life do you want to begin journaling about? (eating habits, exercise, stress, relationships?) What care have you been giving to your physical body? Do you eat to nourish and fuel your body? Do you have positive and supportive relationships that bring you joy and happiness? How do you feel today? How would you like to be feeling? What three things can I do today that will help you improve your health and well-being so you can flourish tomorrow?
Posted by Jamie Johnson on Fri, Aug 20, 2010 @ 09:14 AM
When was the last time you consciously did physical activity for the sheer benefit of
personal effectiveness and joy? Some think it is
painful and simply a task that needs to be done because others say it is good for your health. Still, others do physical activity to prevent disease and stay healthy. Why do you do physical activity? Is it to feel your strong muscles being nurtured and cared for? Do you do physical activity because it enhances your mood and creates a wonderful sense of accomplishment? Physical activity boosts confidence and self-esteem....two components of
personal effectiveness.....the foundation for health, happiness and sheer joy of being alive. Where does your joy come from? What can you do today to enhance your attitude of positivity?
Posted by Jamie Johnson on Tue, Aug 17, 2010 @ 10:16 AM
When was the last time you used self-discipline to achieve success and enhance your
personal effectiveness?
Personal greatness can be achieved so you can live the life of your dreams, reach optimal health and take change of your life. Setting goals to lose weight require self-discipline....developing a business requires time management, goals, curiosity and a plan...with self-discipline.....creating optimal health requires self-discipline which motivates you closer to reaching your personal best....being curious opens doors of uncertainty, illuminating courage and taking risks...when self-discipline is used...accomplishing more and being happy is result of self-discipline and self-efficacy....confidence soars and
personal effectiveness broadens and builds. What will you do to choose a winning attitude? What will you do to create a life of greatness? When was the last time you enhanced your character with
personal effectiveness and self-discipline?
Posted by Jamie Johnson on Thu, Aug 12, 2010 @ 10:27 AM
Do your personal effectiveness habits include eating healthy foods and portions? Eliminating beer, soda, candy, chips, french fries, white bread, rice, flour and sugar, donuts margarine, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, and processed foods will improve your health, your lifestyle, your well-being, your personal effectiveness. Begin to include artichokes, asparagus, beets, broccoli, cabbage, celery, cucumbers, green beens, spinach,
tomatoes, zuchini and yellow squash, mushrooms, onions, garlic, ginger, pineapple, leeks, cauliflower, apples, peaches and berries into your diet along with whole grains, beans and legumes and nutrient dense whole foods....you too will discover the benefits of eating healthy food, feeling great, looking fabulous and flourishing. What healthy, nutrient dense foods will you add to your meals each day this week? What unhealthy food will you eliminate from your meals and what healthy food choice will you replace it with?
Posted by Jamie Johnson on Wed, Jul 28, 2010 @ 09:12 AM
Do your
personal effectiveness skills promote sustainable success for you? There is a growing awareness that people who are successful
depend upon their own ability to develop and maintain healthy lifestyle habits throughout each stage of their life. The principles of
personal effectiveness are the foundation for living your best life. Do you inspire, lead and educate people, family, clients, and friends to improve their morale, make healtheir decisions and lead their best life possible? When was the last time you stepped out of your comfort zone to create a new successful you? Being successful leads to greater happiness, the ability to make timelier and better decisions.
Personal effectiveness skills are the foundation of your best life. What is your vision of the life you want to be leading?
Posted by Jamie Johnson on Sat, Jul 10, 2010 @ 01:46 PM
How happy are you? Do your personal effectiveness skills create sustainable happiness for you, helping you to flourish and live your best life? Positive emotions (1) of joy, contentment, curiosity, vitality, and pride all add to the stream of intrinsic motivation. When we motivate ourselves to experience bouts of positive emotions, we fuel our sense of optimism and hope for living each day with renewed sense of purpose. When you create
happiness with a variety (2) of habits that align with what you value, personal effectiveness becomes more authentic. Do you have positive, encouraging, personally effective, emotional support (3) from your friends and family? Being able to confide in your friends and family can significantly reduce stress within your mind and body. How much committed effort (4) do you intentionally put forth and practice, so you can create a new, challenging yet enjoyable experiences? Is your self-commitment fleeting? Then, so will your happiness be…fleeting. When you are determined to establish healthy habits (5) through which you can savor, enjoy and ultimately be grateful for life, you can begin to create personally effective strategies that drive sustainable happiness each day of your life. What habits are you cultivating that will matter most for sustaining happiness in five years?
Posted by Jamie Johnson on Thu, Jun 24, 2010 @ 08:23 AM
Do you need to increase the number of positive interactions you have at home and at work?
Personal Effectiveness is having more positive interactions with family members, your friends, and your co-workers.
Your integrity is yours and how others measure you. What have you done to support, encourage and build someone up today, last week....or in the last month? When you engage others with a smile, kind words of encouragement, and sincere and honest conversations.....you begin to create habits that help everyone become more positive. Managers and co-workers can share positive moments that ultimately lead to more success stories at work. Families begin to create rituals that support and empower each other. This is living with intention. When you intentionally become more aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, and acknowledge their successes, your
personal effectiveness is strengthened. Not only do you help others, everybody actually wins. Who or what are you grateful for today? Are your
personal effectiveness habits a daily ritual? How will you impact someone's life today in a positive way?
Posted by Jamie Johnson on Wed, Jun 09, 2010 @ 06:55 PM
To improve
personal effectiveness, what do your lifestyles choices reflect about yourself and who you are? How do you make your life and health something of value? Did you know that your choices about becoming more active will improve most areas of your life? Have you planned any physical activity for next week? Will it be another week of thinking about doing something? Maybe you will walk your dog at least two times each day. You could walk for one or two miles.
Have you planned any strength training exercises? Adding thirty or forty minutes of strength training on Monday, Wednesday and Friday is great, but where will this happen? Did you know you can do strength training in your own home without any equipment? Simple exercises might include the front plank, the side plank, push-ups, when standing do leg lifts in all four directions. Of course there are many more options, but the key is, have you started to become more active? By simply choosing to become more active, you are improving your self-efficacy which your mind says, yes, I can do it and as we know, success begets success!
Being able to maintain this change is tough, but when you have an authentic reason for becoming more active you will make ‘being active' a lifelong commitment. I know I want to be one of the few people that will not be taking medications as a result of the poor lifestyle choices I could have made in my life. This simply shows that coming from a strong foundation of integrity and respect for my self can have enormous impact on my personal effectiveness and it can start with being more active.
Your positive attitude, healthy body, higher productivity level at work, feeling less stress, and your ability to have genuine relationships (your personal effectiveness) reflect who you am. Your lifestyle choices will reflect your passion of valuing your self and creating your best life possible. Harvard Medical School has developed The Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, http://www.instituteoflifestylemedicine.org/ where you can learn more about their mission of helping people create healthier lives. You also can obtain more information from http://www.exerciseismedicine.org/ to learn more about the benefits of physical activity and living your best life. How does your lifestyle choice of being physically active reflect your personal effectiveness? I would like to know more about your success stories. You can e-mail me, Jamie@personaleffectivenesslifecoach.com describing what works best for you.
Posted by Jamie Johnson on Wed, Jun 09, 2010 @ 06:43 PM
Did you know that simply changing your diet and lifestyle you can improve you personal effectiveness and create radical changes:
- in your health;
- the health of your arteries;
- the quality of your life and...
- develop more confidence to become the master of your well-being?
In Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn's book, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, he recommends abandoning the toxic American diet and implementing plant based nutritional changes that can have profound effects on lowering your cholesterol levels, and the development and progression of disease. Diseases include cancers, strokes, hypertension, osteoporosis, heart disease, and adult-onset diabetes to name a few. He also states, "Physicians and researchers increasingly agree that lifestyle changes - controlling high blood pressure, stopping smoking, reducing cholesterol, exercising and modifying diets are essential to overall personal effectiveness and health." By adopting healthier lifestyles and sustained nutritional changes, you too can become the master of your health and well-being. Go to http://www.heartattackproof.com/ to read about The China Study and for more information.