How Does One Stay At The Top Of Their Game For A Lifetime?

Dear Boomer friends, we all know the unfair surprising number of health related challenges midlife brings. High cholesterol struck jeff noel 12 years ago, and with a family history of heart disease, noel needed to refocus on excellent diet and exercise habits.

Diet and exercise gurus teach the “how to” diet, “how to” exercise – this is good. But health gurus, for whatever reason, neglect the critical success factor that noel preaches at Lane 8 – getting healthy is one thing, staying there is a lifetime event.

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Workaholics rarely have courage for self-confrontation.  We’re too busy trying to control things and control life.  If we pause long enough to notice the bleeding, we might have to change who we are.

Panic attack, right?  When will we take time to:

• Rethink
• Reprioritize
• Recommit

Probably never.  Am I wrong?

Or maybe when the phone rings, “Honey, it’s for you, it’s your wake up call”.

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Here’s a longer entry, due to the nature of this classic story:

THE DASH

I read of a man who stood to speak

at the funeral of a friend.

He referred to the dates on her tombstone

from the beginning to the end.

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He noted that first came the date of her birth

and he spoke of the following date with tears.

But he said what mattered most of all

was the “dash” between the years.

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For that dash represents all the time

that she spent alive on earth.

And now only those who loved her

know what that little line is worth.

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For it matters not, how much we own

The cars, the house, the cash.

What matters is how we live and love.

And how we spend our dash.

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So think about this long and hard

Are there things you’d like to change?

For you never know how much time is left.

(You could be at “dash mid-range”).

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If we could just slow down enough

To consider what’s true and real.

And always try to understand

The way other people feel.

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And be less quick to anger,

And show appreciation more.

And love the people in our lives

Like we’ve never loved before.

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If we treat each other with respect

And more often wear a smile.

Remembering that this special dash

Might only last a little while.

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So when your eulogy’s being read

With your life’s actions to rehash.

Would you be proud of the things they say

About how you spent your dash?

–  Anonymous

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1.  What’s my weight?

2.  What’s my cholesterol?

3.  What’s my blood pressure?

4.  What’s my BMI (body mass index)?

5.  What’s my trigyliceride level?

6.  What’s my resting heart rate?

7.  What do I do for exercise?

8.  How important are my eating habits?

9.  What are my health goals?

10. What are my health beliefs and habits?

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