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Books > Health, Home & Family > Self-help & practical interests > Popular psychology > General
Imagine that you are stressed out, overworked, overly pressured and
don't get the recognition you deserve. This may be so close to
reality that you won't find it hard to imagine You want to grow in
your career, but trapped by your current lifestyle and there's a
genuine fear that you may be close to burning out. One day, a
friend mentions that she has been helped by a coach and suggests
that you do the same. At first, you resist. You've seen the
hundreds of articles and adverts promising a silver bullet solution
to organise your life, reach your dreams, orchestrate your career
and get on top of your life. So let's get this out of the way now:
There are no silver bullets; no quick and easy solutions; it will
not happen overnight. There are times in life and work when we
would benefit from the experience, wisdom and knowledge of people
who have been in similar situations. If you are looking for one
such person, then you are looking for a coach. But how do you make
sure that you get the most out of it?
What was the greatest day ever? Answer--today. Living a great
life is simply a matter of living one great day at a time. After
working in a dream job for more than thirty years, Roger Lajoie is
now teaching and coaching people to cut through the clutter and
simplify each day. Regardless of past outcomes, failures or
setbacks, anyone can reap the joy of a truly great life by learning
to embrace each experience and begin to live your greatest day
ever--today
The "Overload" of life in the West is making us sick. Heart
disease, obesity, diabetes, liver disease, arthritis, asthma,
dementia, anxiety and depression are endemic, and almost one in two
of us can expect to be diagnosed with cancer.
We do not have to be victims of "Overload." In this book, Russ
Shipton raises our awareness of why and how it is happening, and
provides us with strategies to achieve near optimum health,
fulfilment and lasting contentment.
Wouldn't you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual
for longevity, Dr. Peter Attia draws on the latest science to deliver
innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing
exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental
health.
For all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make much
progress against the diseases of aging that kill most people: heart
disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and type 2 diabetes. Too often,
it intervenes with treatments too late to help, prolonging lifespan at
the expense of healthspan, or quality of life. Dr. Attia believes we
must replace this outdated framework with a personalized, proactive
strategy for longevity, one where we take action now, rather than
waiting.
This is not "biohacking," it's science: a well-founded strategic and
tactical approach to extending lifespan while also improving our
physical, cognitive, and emotional health. Dr. Attia's aim is less to
tell you what to do and more to help you learn how to think about
long-term health, in order to create the best plan for you as an
individual. In Outlive, readers will discover:
* Why the cholesterol test at your annual physical doesn't tell you
enough about your actual risk of dying from a heart attack.
* That you may already suffer from an extremely common yet
underdiagnosed liver condition that could be a precursor to the chronic
diseases of aging.
* Why exercise is the most potent pro-longevity "drug"—and how to begin
training for the "Centenarian Decathlon."
* Why you should forget about diets, and focus instead on nutritional
biochemistry, using technology and data to personalize your eating
pattern.
* Why striving for physical health and longevity, but ignoring
emotional health, could be the ultimate curse of all.
Aging and longevity are far more malleable than we think; our fate is
not set in stone. With the right roadmap, you can plot a different path
for your life, one that lets you outlive your genes to make each decade
better than the one before.
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