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Why Small Choices Make a Big Differenceby Tom Rath |
“No single act can prevent cancer or guarantee that you will live a long life. Anyone who promises you that absolute is a fraud. What I will share in this book are some of the most practical ideas to improve your odds of a longer, healthier, and more fulfilling life."TOM RATH |
FROM THE BOOK"Starting your day with a healthy breakfast increases your odds of being active in the hours that follow.
This helps you eat well throughout your day. Consuming the right food and adding activity makes for a much better night’s sleep. This sound night of sleep will make it even easier to eat well and move more tomorrow. In contrast, a lousy night of sleep immediately threatens the other two areas. That bad night of sleep makes you crave a less healthy breakfast and decreases your odds of being active. In the worst-case scenario, all three elements start to work against you, creating a downward spiral that makes each day progressively worse. This is why the book is structured to help you work on all three elements together and not broken into three parts about eating, moving, and sleeping. New research shows that tackling multiple elements at the same time increases your odds of success, compared to initiating a new diet or exercise program in isolation. Eating, moving, and sleeping are even easier if you work on all three simultaneously. These three ingredients for a good day build on one another. When these elements are working together, they create an upward spiral and progressively better days.” |
Brian's Notes
Did you know that recent research shows optimizing your eating, moving and sleeping at the same time actually helps you rock it?
Yep.
(Note: We’re not talking about setting ridiculously impossible goals that overwhelm you but merely committing to optimizing these important facets together!)
To emphasize the point that these three fundamentals of awesome go together, the book is organized in a creative way. Rather than one section on Eating then another on Moving then another on Sleeping, each mini chapter has a theme that features one little Idea on each aspect of our triad. It works.
We’ve gotta remember that each little decision we make during the day has an impact on the next little decision. We’re either spiraling up or spiraling down.
Therefore, we want to pay attention to each bite, our choices to move (or not) and our decision to turn off the electronics and get a good night of sleep (or not).
Let’s SPIRAL UP!
Yep.
(Note: We’re not talking about setting ridiculously impossible goals that overwhelm you but merely committing to optimizing these important facets together!)
To emphasize the point that these three fundamentals of awesome go together, the book is organized in a creative way. Rather than one section on Eating then another on Moving then another on Sleeping, each mini chapter has a theme that features one little Idea on each aspect of our triad. It works.
We’ve gotta remember that each little decision we make during the day has an impact on the next little decision. We’re either spiraling up or spiraling down.
Therefore, we want to pay attention to each bite, our choices to move (or not) and our decision to turn off the electronics and get a good night of sleep (or not).
Let’s SPIRAL UP!
Big Ideas
01: EAT MOVE SLEEP
02: 10,000 HOURS + 36 MINUTES
03: CANDY FOR CANCER CELLS
04: WANT TO IMPROVE? MEASURE!
05: BUY WILLPOWER
“If you eat, move, and sleep well today, you will have more energy tomorrow. You will treat your friends and family better. You will achieve more at work and give more to your community. It all starts with making decisions like *tomorrow* depends on it."TOM RATH |
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