New Beginnings...

A week from today it will be New Year's Eve and there will be much talk about "resolutions".  I'm not a big believer in making "New Year Resolutions".  My experience has been that the motivation to list things that I hope to improve in the coming year results in a list...a hopeful and often unrealistic list...that does not really result in the changes indicated by the words on the page.

Call me a rebel - You won't be the first - but I don't do my best work (on myself or on work for others) when I am doing it out of someone else's expectation. 

My best work - the kind of change that really impacts my life in a positive way - comes when life reveals a set of circumstances that can become a "learning moment"...not a "list-making moment".  It is so easy to find fault with the way I am now and list the things that would make me BETTER.  I even have to guard against too many lists in my professional life.  But I won't get into that in this post.

The most recent life improvement has been my life-altering decision to start working out about 6 weeks ago.  It is not the first time that I have joined a gym.  It is not the first time I have decided that I "needed" to work out.  But - it is the first time I have felt so certain that I will make working out a lifestyle.

It began when I started having a slight problem with my left knee.  When I walked up stairs, it felt like someone was plucking the tendon on the back of my knee in a similar fashion to playing the cello.  It was unpredictable, painful and a little frightening.

What was happening to me?

Was this new behavior of my body an indication that I was getting old (I celebrated my 59th birthday in October).

Was my body was deteriorating?

Would I join the long list of friends who have had knee replacement surgery???  UGH!!!

What action could I take to reverse the trend?

This blog will have more information about what I have discovered about my body during the last few weeks.  But the bottom line is my knee rarely has a "Pop and Strum" event like I had a few months ago anymore.  I have found a good solution and expect to discover many more.

What would motivate you to take charge of your own body?
Have you found any "secrets" to good health you would like to share?
How has taking care of your body improved your success in business?

These questions and many more will be opened for discussion on this blog.  I want you - the reader - to also be a participant.  Please join me.