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Patrik Meier & son

No one, absolutely no one has the cure-all for our modern sensory overload. The technological mobility varies between being a curse and a blessing. A curse, if it is really true that up to 40% of managers suffer from lack of concentration caused by the mobile hectic, and that this leads to massive loss of performance. A blessing if the use of iPhone, iPad, Black Berry & Co. leads to higher productivity and a comfortable feeling. I also don't have the magic recipe to deal with our cute, little helpers. Except: THE BUTTON. Each of these devices has an on-off button. Whether I press this heaven- or hell-button, I am the only one to decide. So it should be. This is living the term „individual responsibility“. Two situations:

1. in the office:
I decide whether I dedicate my time to planned, strategically important (as in: essential for the survival of the company) tasks at the beginning of the day, or if I jump into the wild stream of information and let myself be flooded by the tsunami of messages waiting for me. On-Off.

2. at home:
I decide whether I use my time for me, my body and mind, my family, my friends, leisure and further education, or whether I am physically motionless, exposing myself to the dynamics of the digital world. On-Off.

Please note that every SMS, MMS, every mail and all the news may cause "micro wounds" in and leave marks on our bodies. Micro wounds (see the interview with Dr. Marco Caimi in the World Week 21-2009) are the smallest forms of stress. For this reason communications and health experts recommend that we turn off the cell phone and e-mail reception 30 minutes a day, and incorporate three to four cell phone and e-mail free hours every few days. This proposal is ingenious, and below I will give you some instructions on how to implement these measures.

-30 minutes endurance training on a daily basis
-1-2x per week, train your muscles for 30 minutes
-Read a book at the weekends, play with the kids, hike, bride a bicycle or enjoy a long run.

Already in the 60's, Dr. Ernst van Aaken wrote in one of his books in the chapter "Against Stress":

-Practice daily endurance training!
-Avoid fat and eat and drink moderately!
-Practice the muscles and their coordination, just as Plato and many others in old age, like Pythagoras was the trainer of the strongest man of old age, Milo of Croton!
-Practice your will power daily!
-Don't let your spirit perish!

On-Off!!!

© Patrik Meier

Bio Patrik Meier:
Your health - my passion. Healthy people. Healthy companies. It's not a dream. I'll help you to it.
Born 1971, Mechanical Engineer and Business studies, until 2004 in various global functions in Danish corporation, Danfoss, (and thus loads of frequent flyer miles...): Product Manager, Business Development, Sales- and Marketing Manager and global Key Account Manager. 2004 – 2006 CEO Medical Teaching Concept AG. Since 1. January 2007 Owner of PM Health Systems GmbH for Training Studos and Corporate Health. Seminar trainer and speaker, columnist. Passionate cross-country skier and active in extreme sports. Married, 3 children.