@Stella 2 June 2020

7 daily exercise that would improve the quality of your life

Good friends. I hope you are all doing fine. Please I would encourage you all to read, learn and practice these 7 exercises daily. Trust me when I say that it will improve your life in a great way. Set Goals If you would like to look back at the end of every year to be thankful and grateful you would need to set a worthwhile goal. In setting your goals you would have to be SMART 1. Specific (specify the exact thing you want to achieve) 2 .Measurable(Have a scale to measure your progress towards the accomplishment). 3. Achievable (easily attainable) 4.Realistic (within your reach). 5. Timely (with a well-defined timeline to create urgency). This would help you achieve better result every year. Your goals would guide you all throughout the year and make you more focused. It is likely to change your lifestyle, it might require you to quit smoking or drinking alcohol and have a disciplined life. Consider this goggle map analogy: From your present position to where you are going, using goggle map, you would just have to type your destination, then start driving. If your journey takes few hours you are most likely to be directed to make several turns before getting to your destination. Once you get there you will know because the goggle map would alert you. Auto Suggestions If you would ever be truly successful and happy you must start by influencing your physical or mental state by thoughts and ideas that come from yourself rather than from other people. You alone has the power to make yourself fortunate or unfortunate. What you say to yourself matter most than what any world acclaimed prophet says to you. Cultivate a daily habit of speaking positively to yourself. In my case I say the following every morning. I know I have the ability to achieve financial Authority and have great political power, therefore,I demand of myself persistence --- continuous action towards It attainment and I here and now promise to render such action. Reading When you cultivate the habit of reading daily, you would make a great difference in your life and people around you. When I advices you to read I mean you should either get hardcopies of books to read or softcopies. Get a note and pen to take jottings so you can go over those points that cross your mind again and again. It likely not going to be easy at first, start with just 20 minute daily reading There is no specific time or an advised time, just make sure you read at your own conveniences. Read motivational and inspirational books, journals, biographies etc. By doing so you are travelling several places without paying much but for your time. You can schedule to read about a particular thing each month. For instance January- books on marketing. February – customer retentions skills, March – how to rescue a failing biz etc. Bill Gates, one of the world richest during one of the interviews with ‘’The Times’’ said he reads about 50 books a year and reading is still the main way that I both learn new things and test my understanding. Make good social contacts/maintain good ones: Good social contacts are hard to come by, if you are opportune to meet one, place value on them, if you presently have one, place value on it and make the best of that social contact. I have learnt overtime that it require only a social contact to change one life for a life time. Disconnect from non-productive people, nay Sayers and negative colleagues. With quality friends, you would achieve your goal faster and better than the way you could ever imagined. Check from your whatsapp group for quality members and reach out to them. The sweetest part of this is that great people always want to relate and make friends with others who make themselves friendly. I can’t count several people whom I had never known but via social media we became friends and we’ve done a whole lots together. Make the right choice of friend today. Team that work together wins together. Never walk alone. Exercise Physical exercise help to improve your health and by extension the quality of life. It has been recommended by medical expert that; i. One should aim for at least 30 minutes of physical activity daily. Try to find the time for some regular, vigorous exercise for extra health and fitness benefits. ii. Minimize the amount of time spent in prolonged sitting and break up long periods of sitting as often as possible. As for me I like exercise for healthier state of mind. A number of studies have found that exercise helps depression. There are many views as to how exercise helps people with depression: iii. Exercise may block negative thoughts or distract you from daily worries. iv. Exercising with others provides an opportunity for increased social contact. v. Increased fitness may lift your mood and improve your sleep patterns. vi. Exercise may also change levels of chemicals in your brain, such as serotonin, endorphins and stress hormones. Look for a gymnastic Centre or a trainer to help you out. Prayer There is a supreme being; God, he is in heavens and control all the affairs of heaven and earth. No matter how things goes he is in charge. I know you would like things go in your favor? Then pray to him.Tell him everything, I mean those things people cannot do for you. Pray to God for favor, peace of mind, joy, mercies, blessing and many of his kindness. While you are praying, thank God, ask for the forgiveness of your sins, pray for mercy and then present your case before Him. He was the one that created you and he would forever be by your side till you accomplish His given vision. Pray without ceasing…prayer is the master key. Perhaps this should be the first thing expected of you and I to do on daily basis. Evaluation If we would ever achieve our set goals, We must daily access our life consciously. You would have to make a daily appraisal of your life. This would make you to measure your progress. I hope you remember SMART goal settings in the first point? Reconsider the goggle map analogy. After you have made several journeys using goggle map within a month, you can check from your phone visited places. This would remind you of your visited places. Same way at the end of each day appraise your set goal, ask yourself the following questions? Did today matters? Did I achieve my main goal (s)? Did I learn anything new today? How did I make others feel? What can I do better tomorrow?