To improve your athletic performance and to feel clearer all the time start with the most fundamental act.  A Men's Journal article by Chuck Thompson

Myth or Magical Connection ... an article by Gayle Gregory

 

Reality is not only stranger than we suppose but stranger than we can suppose.
- J. B. S. Haldane

Have you ever dreamt about being a magician, able to expand time, capable of accomplishing everything important to you?   Perhaps you have toyed with the idea of cloning yourself so you can get your work done, and have an amazing personal life too.   Perhaps, more often than you like to admit, these musings may seem like the only ways you'll ever find balance, but alas, they are just myth, the stuff of daydreams and conjecture, of futuristic speculation or physical impossibility--merely wild imaginings or the rantings of a crazy person.

Not Just for Profit Article

Psychological Science Article
Americans are stuck in a cycle of chronic disease. In October 2007, the Milken Institute reported that the economic impact of the most common chronic diseases in this country is more than $1 trillion and threatens to reach $6 trillion by mid-century (DeVol & Bedroussian, 2007). Our recent survey of American residents 18 and older indicates that two-thirds are suffering from one or more disease condition and the same proportion are overweight or obese. One in five suffer from three or more disease conditions (Gurley & Harter, 2008).

Although these numbers are staggering, actions can be taken to put this nation on a path to health and well-being. We believe change will come from an understanding of how health and psychology interact, and in what locale (i.e., the nation, state, community, workplace, school) they can be most effectively influenced.

Your Boss Can Make You Sick Article

Employers may have long suspected it, but now they can quantify it: People who are
unhappy at work take more sick days.

In a work environment rife with dissatisfaction and lacking in trust, Minnesotans who stay
home sick remain off the job more than those with the same health issues who work in a
more pleasant place. Over a month, those in that "negative work environment" stayed
home 1.25 more days, according to a new poll on American well-being.

Well-Being and Job Satisfactions

Nashville, TN & Washington, D.C. - (Aug. 28, 2008) - Research to be released Friday from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index reveals that the downward trend in overall well-being appears to be cushioned when workers experience a positive work environment, one where they get to use their strengths, and where their supervisor creates a trusting environment.

The Gospel According to Adam Smith...the article

Is doing going compatible with making money? It is if you practise spiritual capitalism.

The role of spirituality in workplace health: A case study of small business leadership. Article excerpted in "Spirituality & Health" Magazine (Summer, 2004)

With a year-round staff of more than 250 - and as many as 3,000 during the main event - Los Angeles County Fair producer Fairplex has its share of human resource challenges. The not-for-profit organization, which draws 40% of its revenue during the annual 18-day fair, is not too different than other seasonal, for-profit, service-oriented businesses.

Blues Clues
by Meryl K. Evans, Editor, Professional Services Journal

The economy stinks. What else is new? But instead of complaining, I'd like to learn from other businesses. How has the economy affected your business? Are you cutting back? I'm contemplating layoffs. Are you considering them or alternatives? What advice would you give other business owners? 

-- Worried in Wisconsin (name and company withheld)