On Friday I had the privilege to be a part of a FastTrack group call discussing the Corporate Fit Challenge Program. My mentor, Trina Gray, spoke to a large group of HR directors in Alpena, Michigan and said:
“stop making wellness a committee or an initiative and start making it a way of life for the organization.”
She then looked around at the group, which was a majority of overweight, out of shape, unhealthy leaders and challenged them to take on a healthier lifestyle instead of trying to “sell” wellness to their employees. Basically, PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH, STOP BEING A HYPOCRITE. PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW YOU WHEN YOU LEAD BY EXAMPLE.
This is a powerful WAKE-UP CALL to all of us because we all work somewhere and the majority of our bosses, managers and co-workers are unhealthy. Wellness “incentives” seem like a bad joke when it’s coming from an unhealthy leader.
I want to encourage you to be a part of the healthy movement sparking all over this country NOW because our health care system as we know it will collapse as people are NOT TAKING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN HEALTH.
You are paying for someone else’s carelessness and laziness regarding their health. That is not doing them any favors.
Obesity, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, these are all within the average person’s ability to reverse when they make simple lifestyle changes like getting more exercise and eating more whole foods.
Invite me to speak to your company for 15 minutes. I guarantee that eyes and ears will pop at the questions I will pose to them.
The time is now to make wellness a lifestyle. Share what you have learned generously because you will be saving lives.
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