Live Longer, Live Better: 10 Secrets to Success

For more than 30 years, the Pritikin Longevity Center® has been honored to count among its Alumni some of the most successful men and women on earth, including Nobel Prize winners, members of the U.S. Congress, authors, Academy-Award winners, philanthropists, and CEOs of Fortune 500 companies.

Funny thing is, success in the world does not always translate into success in healthy living. “Many renowned individuals struggle with personal goals to get in shape, lose weight, and live a healthier life,” observes Jeffrey Novick, MS, RD, Director of Nutrition at Pritikin.

The solution, offers Novick, who has counseled hundreds of guests at Pritikin over the past decade, often involves using the very same business strategies used to achieve professional success.

Investors Business Daily

The national financial newspaper Investors Business Daily crystallized these strategies into "10 Secrets of Success" after years of interviewing and analyzing world-class leaders and visionaries in all walks of life. Each day, Investors' editors highlight one of the 10 strategies in their "Leaders & Success" column.

Here are Investors Business Daily’s 10 Secrets of Success, but with a lifestyle-change slant. They can help you achieve success in the most important goal of all – a long and healthy life.

1. HOW YOU THINK IS EVERYTHING.

Always be positive. Think success, not failure. If, for example, you run into a day so hectic that your exercise plans are derailed, don’t focus on the failure of that day. Focus on how to make the next day better.

“Taking charge of your thoughts instead of feeling overwhelmed helps you adopt healthy new behaviors,” advises Dr. Susan Grober, Director of Behavioral Health and Wellness at Pritikin.

“For exercise, maybe you’ll want to develop a shorter, more convenient workout that you can use on unusually busy days,” suggests Dr. Grober. “Don’t think ‘all or nothing.’ Twenty minutes of activity is better than none!”

Beware of a negative environment. Take the lead, for instance, when going out to dinner with friends. If someone suggests a pizzeria famous (or rather, infamous) for its double-cheese crusts, diplomatically suggest a restaurant that includes healthier options, like seafood, big salads, and grilled vegetables.

“In order to be healthy, you must believe that you can do what it takes, and that you have the resources available to you,” advises registered dietitian and fitness expert Jeffrey Novick. “A healthy attitude has a positive effect on the body. Thoughts held in mind produce actions after their own kind.”

2. DECIDE UPON YOUR TRUE DREAMS AND GOALS.

Write down your specific goals and develop a plan to reach them. “If you’ve never experimented with this one, you’re in for a great surprise,” encourages Pritikin’s Jeff Novick.

List your exact health goals (weight, cholesterol, blood pressure, exercise level, etc). Print out several copies and tape them to several oft-frequented places, like your computer monitor, refrigerator, and bathroom mirror.

Several times each day, review them. Read them aloud to yourself, particularly first thing in the morning and last thing at night. Make them, in effect, your own personal identity. Ultimately, they will become far more powerful than any urge you have during the day for a candy bar. That’s because nothing tastes as good as success feels. Nothing.

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