Protect Your Billion Dollar Machine

If you had a billion-dollar machine, you would almost certainly be sure to take very good care of it.  You would make sure that it was serviced regularly according to the manufacturer’s specifications and that you did not over work it or allow it to overheat. 

If you had a valuable racehorse, you would be sure to give it the best nutrition and food, the best training and the best recovery possible.  You would also make sure that it was well rested and well taken care of. 

It is interesting that we all have a very valuable asset, and yet we generally do not take care of it very well and actually often abuse it.  It is our body and mind.

“Chi fa male a se, e il primo ladro.” (He who harms himself, is the worst thief.)

-Italian proverb

Rather than take care of our bodies and our brains, we often will feed them poor quality foods and drinks.  We also run our bodies very hard, with little organized and well thought out rest.  This is in addition to doing little or no physical exercise and living more and more sedentary lives every day.

Naturally, snack foods, sugary drinks and foods, surfing social media and sleeping in on the weekend feel good, but these should be done in moderation, not all the time.

Now, this is a generalization, but the vast majority of people do not take care of their top asset anywhere near as well as they would if they owned an item of high value.  However, when you look at it from a purely rational standpoint, this makes no sense at all.  No-one is saying that you have to live a perfect life with the best nutrition, exercise and cerebral recovery, but if we want to live longer, healthy lives, we should certainly make it our goal to live this way the majority of the time.

This way we are taking care of and honouring our number one most valuable asset, ourselves.