GET MOTIVATED WITH DPM PERFORMANCE blog ed 18

MARCHING INTO AUTUMN

In this neck of the woods you will have noticed the weather getting that little bit colder the last few mornings.

Summer's gone (although some will say it never really arrived this year...), the sun is coming up later and the doona is going to get more inviting when the opportunity clock goes off in the morning.

So what are you going to do?

Are you going to hit snooze and snuggle up for the extra bit of sleep?

Or are you going to throw on the extra layer of clothes, get out amongst it with the other brave soldiers and continue your fitness quest?

I hope you're in the latter.

If you are worried about exercising in the dark - that is not an excuse.

Go to your garage, or go to a quiet part of the house and do your session there - even a body weight session will get your heart rate pumping.

Don't believe me?

Check out this little workout that will take less than 20 mins and all you need is a skipping rope and your body.

100 Jumps on the skipping rope
50 Star Jumps
REPEAT x 10

If that doesn't get your heart rate up then you're not alive!

WORDS TO MAKE YOU THINK

This week I want to take a different line and have found these words from Larry Galler, a business coach.

I think it is valuable reading for both employees, employer and self employed.

Plant the Culture Seed in the Right Place

Your company has, either by intention or by chance, created a culture. The culture is based on your vision (or lack of a vision), your values (or lack of values), your mission (or lack of mission).

You may have thought long and hard about your culture or it just might have happened willy-nilly. Either way your customers understand your culture; your staff does also.

If your company’s culture has just happened by default, it is not too late to change, but if you want to change, please do it right. Some companies decide, all of a sudden as if by a lightening bolt struck the building, “we need a company culture” and go out for pizza to craft it. Lo and behold a company culture is born, written on a soggy napkin. Please do not do that.

A company culture is a delicate thing, in its early stages it is akin to a young seedling growing in a field. At planting time, farmers and gardeners prepare the land. They remove the stubble left from last year’s crops, till the soil, then carefully plant the seeds, water and fertilize, then weed and nurture the plants as they germinate and grow.

It is the same with the cycle of creating a new culture. The stubble of the old, used up culture has to be removed to allow the new one room to flourish and all the steps need to be taken with care if it is to be planted in the minds of customers and staff. It too must be carefully nurtured so it can grow and flower into a beautiful thing.

You can’t plant it in concrete; it must be planted with care and thought in the right place at the right time. If all the steps are taken properly, the new culture will spring up and replace the old one and help bring bounty to those who took the time to carefully consider what they plant, how they plant it, and why they plant it, and what it is going to become when it grows up.


DPM FOOD RECOMMENDATION

Some of you no doubt love your peanut butter and other spreads to use on whatever you takes your fancy.

If that's the case, then I've got something you definately want to get your hands on.

Almond, Brazil and Cashew Spread.

The brand I'm using is Naturals by Melrose.

It's a nice little extra protein hit throughout the day without any of the rubbish you'll find in the protein powder mixes etc.

All this is 33% Almonds, 33% Cashews and 34% brazil buts - that's it - no extra colouring, numbers or long names that you can't pronounce.

Check it out next time you're at Woolies!

Get out and make it a great week!

What's your excuse?

Fire UP!