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Weight gain, back problems, heart disease, prostrate cancer, lack of productivity, blurry vision, dry eyes, long term nearsightedness, computer vision syndrome, long term near-sightedness. All things that you risk if you don't take breaks throughout your workday.

We've been preaching this for years but the world is finally waking up to the fact that the body is just not designed to be doing the things the modern desk jockey does with it. A recent survey we did turned up that about half of the desk workers surveyed said they would not consider exercising at their desk. Believe it or not we were thrilled at those numbers. We estimate that the number of people that would consider exercising at their desk has about doubled.

That's Great News!

Maybe those that will can lead the way and inspire the rest. We sure hope so.

Anyway maybe this fantastic infographic from Learn Stuff will be the inspiration needed.

Enjoy

Based on work at http://www.learnstuff.com/take-a-break/

On her blog Melinda talks a lot about her fantasy exercise partner, Gina Carano. Despite having never met Gina she has been an inspiration for Melinda and probably countless others.

This brings up a couple of very important things to thiink about when creating life changes such as becoming healthier. Don't overlook the role of inspirational people, mentors, and peers (accountability partners). Even though our desired life change is for ourself there is something about our makeup as humans that we will typically perform when we think it is for someone else.

It's a strange thing. I have a business mentor. I know that I strongly desire sucess. I want it for myself and so I can provide for my family. I work pretty hard at it for thos reasons. However when I have a task that my mentor has assigned to me I work even harder to please him.

Why? I don't know. It's just wierd human wiring. But that's the way we are so work with it.

Break Pal was designed with the accountability partner in mind. Get some friends on Break Pal and hold them accountable each day. They'll do the same for you. I guarantee it will boost your success rate.

Why? Who knows. Just do it.

Check out Melinda's article

In the twenty plus years I've been helping people reach their goals I've seen over and over that there is one thing that stops them from being successful.

I've seen it so many hundreds and hundreds of times that I do everything I can to prevent it from happening to people. Because once it happens it's
usually the death sentence for that goal.

Well, I've just witnessed it happen en masse. To literally hundreds of people at once.

And it makes me sad :-(

You see we all have this little thermostat inside of us. That little thermostat likes to keep things as they are. Even if those things are bad.

No matter what our goals are. Whether they are to be more productive, to make more money, to lose weight, or to be healthier. That little thermostat doesn't like change. It likes to reset itself right back where it was.

Strange little thing it is.

And it's smart too! It doesn't try to reset itself when your looking.

It waits..................

and waits................

Then when it finds the right time, it strikes.

No, not in a big loud attack. No, it's smarter than that.

It just very innocently makes a little suggestion at the perfect time.

"Hey, How about we eat that doughnut?"

"Maybe we should just skip our workout today? It is a holiday coming up you know!"

And then it's won. You're off your routine and headed right back to where that thermostat was set at before.