Woman sitting on coach with book in hand. Taking time to learn something new everyday, leads to a richer quality life.
Like many people, your new normal is likely to plug in first thing in the morning. As message tones ping and chime, you check emails, text messages, and social media feeds for updates, both important and frivolous. Your daily demands swallow up the rest of your day, leaving little time to focus on becoming better. Yet, you still want to achieve mastery of a new subject (or at least make progress towards it), learn a new language, become a nutrition expert, hone a business skill. The good news is, when you apply one simple strategy, your path to mastery may be easier than you may think.
Amway China team members join in to pose for a group hand-heart at our farewell dinner in Guangzhou. This is a perfect gesture for this friendly group filled with so many smiles and much passion and personality. Guangzhou, China. July 2017.
A smile is a funny thing. Much has been written about it. Songs have been sung about it. One of the most famous paintings in the world features a mysterious smile. Artists, historians, psychologists and others continue to be fascinated by what Leonardo da Vinci captured in his portrait of Mona Lisa so many centuries ago, including that enigmatic smile.
A memento from my Firebird journey when the crew and I got in a tussle with a hammerhead shark over 40 years ago. The saying, “You can’t have too much fun,” is a motto that I believe as strongly today as I did back then. When you are having fun—whether at work, play or love—amazing things can happen.
When I walk the halls of R&D at our Buena Park facility, I’m always on the lookout for one thing. The same holds true wherever I see employees gathering, or when I stop to chat with a distributor group touring the campus. I listen for laughter in all its forms from soft giggles to loud belly laughs. When I hear it, I can’t help but smile. Why? I believe that, when people are having fun, they are at their creative best. It’s a state that makes learning easier, work more meaningful, and life happier.
Dr. Sam Rehnborg at his desk, getting ready to write a letter. Writing by hand, especially letters of gratitude, can deliver serious benefits for your health, your relationships and your business. Buena Park, Calif., November 6, 2018.
In these days of instant digital communication, a handwritten letter is as special as it is rare. Think about the last time you shuffled through your regular mail with its bills, fliers, and advertisements and in the midst of all this usual fare, you found a letter written by hand. You stopped for a moment, didn’t you? Before opening it, you likely held the letter to feel its weight and texture, perhaps admiring the stamp, as you curiously looked for who sent it. Continue reading The Power of a Letter→
A diet rich in a variety of plant foods helps bring balance to your gut bacteria, which promotes optimal health.
It’s hard to miss the headlines these days about the newest darling of the research world: gut bacteria. These microscopic cells reside in the human intestine in a big way, in the trillions by recent estimates. A growing body of research shows that keeping this bacterial community in proper balance has serious health benefits from a strong immune system to a positive mood to a healthy body weight and beyond. This balancing act fascinates me for two reasons. Not only does it have a profound potential for human health, but it adapts, often rapidly, to simple dietary changes. So we can add one more advantage to making smart choices about the foods and supplements we consume. We can dramatically change our gut bacteria– and health – for the better.
