Food For Thought

Food for thought is a catchy phrase but also a very serious one.

If you are going to get really good at sales you need to realize you have to be a healthy salesperson to be able to put the numbers on the board.

If you are not in good health and in good shape for your age you will not be able to put forth the energy and vitality that is required to think straight and put on a good selling performance.

Being healthy starts with what you eat.

To keep it simple you really are what you eat.

How do you know what you are eating? Read the label on the cans, jars and bottles you are getting your food from.

If you eat out often and most salespeople do, then you can check on the internet for the calories, sodium and sugar content of your favorite meals and take out dinners.

If you are going to well know nation wide restaurant chains you can go on the internet and pick out your meal long before you set down to read the menu.

You can also read all the diet books you want but the truth is: Moderation is the key to not only good health, but to having good sales and to having a long productive life span.

If you keep your fats, calories, sugars and sodium content to a reasonable levels you will have a reasonably healthy life.

You will find one of the best diets if you want to call it that, is simple portion control. In other words eat what you like but in moderate amounts.

An easy way to do this is by simply using smaller plates. If you eat out, try asking for the doggy bag early in the meal.

Some restaurants actually brag about their meals being 2000 calories or more and the plate they bring the meal out on looks like it could feed three or four people.

Getting the doggy bag early in the meal will also save you a lot of money and calories.

If you wait and eat the doggie bag lunch at another meal the next day you will be getting two meals for the price of one.

I would also suggest that you add to these suggestions some sort of moderate exercise plan that your doctor approves of.

Any time you change your diet or exercise plan you should discuss it with your doctor.

If you think about it he or she will know more about your body than you do.

The reason I say this is because advice is actually what you are paying the doctor for.

By having a good discussion with your doctor you will reduce the risk of hurting your self with inappropriate exercise or your new diet interacting with the medicines the doctor is having you take.

If you really think about it most of the things modern science says is bad for you is actually necessary for normal living.

Cholesterol is one of the things that all of the books and articles say is bad for you but you have to have some of this in your diet or at least the building blocks for your liver to be able to make it.

I say this because your brain has to have some cholesterol to make it possible for you to be able to think.

I once read that if you are stranded for a week or so in a life boat after your ocean liner sinks you can not live on rain water alone.
If you don’t add a small amount of sea water (salt) your electrolytes will get so out of whack that you want even notice the rescue vessel that is coming to pick you up so that you are able to send up a rescue flair in time to attract attention and be saved.

I am a type II diabetic so I know a lot about avoiding sugar but if you don’t have a reasonable amount of sugar in your system your muscles cannot work properly.

The problem is the fact that people go over board and eat way too much fat and many of the other things that are good for you in reasonable amounts but devastating to your health in excessive amounts.

So once again all things in moderation is key to long life, good selling and a healthy existence.

Thank you,

Billy J Gibson
Thesellingfoolbjg@yahoo.com
http://thesellingfool.com/