In investing, or business in general, there’s a term known as Return On Investment (ROI) that is a calculation of the return you will get on anything you have invested in.
For example, if I get an investment of one million pounds for my business having showed a successful investor my business plan, the return on investment for a particular product line could be 5 times that, making five million pounds in two years. That would be my ROI.
When it comes to health, is it possible to have an ROI that pays dividends for whatever you put into your body and how much time you dedicate to it.
I like to think so.
Take, for example, the benefits of a fruit and vegetable diet. If you consume healthy amounts of fruit and vegetable on a daily basis, providing your body with the vitamins, minerals and nourishment that it requires, do you think you will have a ROI that will pay you back with greater health for long periods of your life?
You bet.
If you follow the “rules” in business, a proven path to success, will you reach your goal? I’d bet that you’d be very likely to do so. If you didn’t follow a proven path and didn’t stick to many of the foundational business rules, you’d not succeed very easily and will have to overcome more challenges along the path.
It’s the same for your health and wellness. If you follow the “rules” of greater health, you will be far more likely to reach a stage of greater health than if you didn’t follow them.
So what are the “rules” of health to follow?
By all means, the list of rules is not going to be definitive. No-one is going to sit down and tell you that there are a set rules to follow for outstanding health. But there are a few that if followed will put you in great standing.
Drink lots of water. Hydrate yourself and never let yourself get to a point of dehydration.
Eat lots of fresh fruit and vegetable daily.
Exercise daily. Get your blood pumping. Increase the circulation.
Smile. Positive energy is contagious. Read about psychoneuroimmunology for more information.
Keep an eye daily on a blog like
zenhabits.net
Create your set of rules to follow. Make sure you stick to them daily. And ultimately, you will see a return on your investment. In a matter of just days.
Create your set of rules to follow. Make sure you stick to them daily. And ultimately, you will see a return on your investment. In a matter of just days.
I must say this… in business, if you make one big bad mistake, go off path, don’t follow the rules you’ve set and mislead your team, you may not make a return on your investment.
It’s the same with your body. If you put in time and energy to eat well, sleep well and exercise well, and then one day decide to “have a day off” and go beyond acceptable - drink alcohol, eat junk, consume drugs, etc - then you may not see a return on investment for all your previous hard work.
Your body can change in a matter of hours. Forget days.
So as always, the ball is in your court.
译文:
给健康投资，会有收益吗？
在投资或一般性的商业活动中，有一个术语叫做“投资回报”，是对你的投资将会取得的收益进行计算。
例如，如果我为我的生意投资一百万英镑，在我的商业计划中显示出成功的投资，对某一产品的投资可以获得5倍的回报，意即2年内可挣得五百万英镑。这就是我的投资回报。
对于健康来说，你决定为你的身体付出多少和时间是否也能获得投资回报呢？
我认为是这样的。
以吃水果和蔬菜的益处为例。如果你每天食用健康数量的水果和蔬菜，为你的身体提供了所需的维他命，矿物质和营养成分 ，难道你不认为你将获得长期的健康作为投资回报吗？
当然了。
如果你遵循商业规则， 一条已被证实的通往成功之路 ，那么你会达到你的目标吗？我敢打赌你一定很愿意去做。如果你不顺着已证实的成功之路和遵守那许多基本的商业规则，成功将不会很容易获得，并且你在这条路上将要克服更多的困难。
对你的健康状态而言是相同的。如果你遵循关于健康的规则，你将比没有遵循它们更有可能获得很健康的状态。
那么要遵循的健康规则是什么呢？
不管怎样，所列出的规则并不是权威的。没有人要你坐下来并告诉你，要获得很好的健康必须遵循这些规则。但有一些如果你遵循了，将使你保持很好的健康状态。
喝很多水。为你的身体补水，永远不要让你的身体处于缺水状态。
每天吃大量的新鲜水果和蔬菜。
每天锻炼。让你的血液流动，促进循环。
微笑。积极的情绪是会被感染的。读读心理神经免疫学以获得更多的信息。
每天看类似zenhabits.net的博客。
创造你自己的一套规则。确保你每天都遵循它。最后你将看到你的投资所获得的回报。只需要每天遵守。
我必须说，在商业中，如果你犯了个很大很糟糕的错误，偏离了轨道，没有遵循你所设定的规则并误导了你的团队 ，你的投资将不会获得回报。
对于你的身体来说也是一样的。如果你花时间和精力去吃好，睡好，运动好，然后有一天决定要不这么过一天，并偏离了可接受的程度，喝酒，吃垃圾食品，吸毒等，你过去的辛苦付出所做的投资将不会获得回报。
你的身体只要在几个小时内就可以被改变。