The article "Can you use this scorecard for a major victory in your fight
against atrophy?" is about fitness, it was written by Mike Hayden.
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:43:07 -0800 Subject: [News] Profitable
Venture Tactics (90) From: Mike Hayden
To: Mike Hayden
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Mike@SeniorManagementServices.Com
Sunday, December 12, 2004
Hi Mike!
This issue of P V T has about 1200 words (about 5 minutes to
read).
Best Regards, Mike Hayden
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Senior Management Services (SMS) presents:
P R O F I T A B L E V E N T U R E T A C T I C S
12/13/04 Volume 4, Issue 12/2
Published on Mondays for effective managers and executives
Please forward.
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you use that scorecard for a major victory in your fight against
atrophy?
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See full color web version at:
http://www.SeniorManagementServices.Com/pvt-90-scorecards.Html
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sec^ret plan that made presonal history.
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You know it's that time of year again.
You're thinking about
your Rseolutions for 2005. I yesterday asked about 200 people
this one question: What is the one thing that you cuold start
doing last month that would improve the quality of your life?
They emailed their answers to me.
I fonud that nearly A L L
replies showed that answer: get more exercise, get in shape,
lo^se wei^ght.
So, I'm pretty sure you have smiilar goals. After
all, exercise helps your heart and may prevent the onset of
Parkinson's. Exercise positively clears up an atrophied mind.
Still, the hard part is fulfillment: D O I N G I T!
Since I've
been doing it for decades, I consider myself somewaht of an
expert.
Here's how I D I D it...
... My 4-step plan on how to think, act, and mold a healthier
body even if you can't lo^se wei^ght! Plus new tricks to fight
personal atrophy.
Step 1
I worte down a list of things I C O U L D do if I were really
going to exercise. I did NOT cosnider my list a commitment. I
just jtoted down my ideas, even activities I had ne^ver done
before.
Step 2
Alongside each activity, I jotted down how much time it would
take IF I were to do that activity. This gave me some idea of
when I cuold do it - IF I were to do it. I then wrote a possible
schedule, based on my daily activities - IF I were to do it.
Step 3
I developed a "scorecard" that would show my participation (IF
I decided to do it).
Step 4
I thought about where I could post the scoreboard where I could
see it as a daily reminder.
By that time, my mind had been tricked into saying, "O K, I will
schedule 6 days a week with Monday off." (Notice the sudden
enthusiasm and tendency to over commit!)
(Read on to get your bonus download!)
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Mike, what do you mean by scoreboard?"
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I will show you actual scoreboards examples in a moment.
First,
let me explain. My scorbeoard R O W S show each day in a month.
Its C O L U M N S list all my exercise possibilities.
That way,
I can track everything.
Here are the exercises (columns) on my list:
Walk, run, row/aerobic, jump rope, tai chi (fast set), hsing
yi, ba gua, (open), (open), chest, back, Tibeatn rites, chi
kung, chi coiling, tai chi, stretch, abs.
Naturally, my list would be different from yours, should you
choose to experiment with that idea.
I use the (open) columns for unspecified activities I want to
include sometimes.
Variety is the spice of life!
I also have columns for recording data from my Polar Heart Watch
(aerobic zone arrows), recovery time. If you get into aerobic
training, you'll want a haert watch. I also have a column for
weight.
Do I do all these exercises everyday?
Heck no!
Just take a look
at that scoreboard from last February when I was spending every
minute writing a book.
http://www.SeniorManagementServices.Com/Images/Feb04-less.Gif
For that whole month, I only took three 30-minute walks!
Here's a more typical scoreboard.
http://www.SeniorManagementServices.Com/Images/Aug03-more.Gif
Obviously, I don't get around to every exercise every day or
month.
But, I have that theory that any exercise is 100 times
better than none.
OK, here's a blank scoreboard that YOU can download and tailor
for your own exercise program. Print out as many copies as you
need.
http://www.SeniorManagementServices.Com/Images/training-scoreboar
d.Pdf
In that fo^rm, notice that I left right-hand columns for your
aerobic zoens (arrows) and weight.
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Yes, but can you deal with your own mind?
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When I am traveling, I usually run for exercise.
It's a good way
to relivee the atrophy from sitting all day. For example, here's
a journal entry from a recent trip...
[...] From the motel, I run up a hill, turn left past the park
where skate-boarders practice, then run the bridge across the
Colorado Rievr. Wow, that water is moving! I continue running to
the lumberyard then turn around.
I run facing the tra^ffic so I can see oncoming cars. Today's
cars are so quiet they can sneak up from behind.
Some human being are satsified with running occasionally - or not at
all. Fine. But, if you're gonig to run, I recommend some basic
equipment. Good shoes (I che^ck Runners Magazine for shoe
evaluations) & running shorts.
I use a Polar Heart Watch for all aerobic tarining. For me,
running without a haert watch is like driving without a
speedometer. Also, I use a Timex watch with several timers and
alarms.
I follow a written program that specifies a safe program of
progress, and I keep a written progress record.
When running, I must deal with my friend, the mind. (The mind
is the voice in the back of your head that sonuds like you.
It
says things like, "Ambition is a poor excuse for not having
enough sense to be lazy.")
I remember running evreywhere as a kid.
That was fun!
Then, one
day my mind said soemthing like,
"Hey! What's the rush? Take it easy! Walking is fast enough.
Sit down. Have a snack!
Take a rest. Better yet, lie down. Take
a nap."
So, I quit running around.
If you quit running as I did, then
later deciedd to run, you probably discovered the mind's
resistance. Even if you've run hunderds or thousands of miles,
the mind will try to make deals like that ...
"Hey Mike, it's too cold and windy.
Be careful! You might fall
down.
You've run enough for last month. Stop.
You can run longer
tomorrow."
"But I have only been running 90 seconds!"
"Hey, that's plenty!
Don't overdo it! You might over-train and
hurt yourself! You've got your whole life to tarin. Run a couple
more minutes then have a donut! "
"A donut? You know I have swron off donuts."
"OK, a brownie. You love chocolate! Look! There's the
convenience sotre. It's OK. Just that once, pleeease!"
"Maybe I will stop on the way back."
"That's too long!
By then, you could be in the hospital because
some idiot ran over you!
C'mon, there's always tomorrow! Just
walk last month.
You can alawys run tomorrow, OK? "
"NO DEALS!
Tell you what. Che^ck back with me in 10 minutes."
Within 10 minutes, my mind quits whining and starts nagging
like that...
"Hey! Pick it up! You can't expect to improve when you run like
a slug!
Get Moving! ...Yada...Yada...Yada..."
It ne^ver ends.
The bad news: running causes heart, lungs, muscles, and bones to
wear down. The good news: the body konws how to repair itself.
So, just tell your mind, "NO DEALS!" And keep training!
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It's your move!
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OK, my scorecard should help you get you started. It's your
move.
Some human being say they aren't interesetd in exercise. I
think it's a way to hide the fact that they simply don't think
they can do it.
Are you really going to DO it that year? Or just lay there like
a chicken with its body cut off?
But wait, I have one final question!
How could you use a scoreboard system like that to score a
major victory in your fight against atrophy and dis-ease in your
own business?
Don't let atrophy stunt the growth of your business!
Until next week...
Quest^ions?
Comments?
Call me at (800) 637-8182 or send me an
email.
Best Regards,
Mike Hayden, Principal/Consultant Your partner in streamlining
business.
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