About 3 weeks ago, I looked at my calendar and noticed I had the annual Kellogg verses Booth 2013 Graduate School of Business Tennis Challenge coming up. What I also realized is that I had not swung a racquet in 6 months and was likely going to blow my shoulder out trying to play tennis with the same reckless abandon that won me a Pennsylvania State Championship. So what did I do? I made three very small changes to my daily routines so that over three weeks my shoulder and legs would be ready to play without the risk of injury. What I changed:
1. Every day I got out the good ole stretch bands and worked my shoulders(5 minutes a day)
2. During my two weekly jogs I worked in 20 yards of running sideways on each side(5 minutes)
3. During my two or three weekly sessions in the gym I added some wrist and arm exercises(5 minutes)
These three small changes over the short period of time helped to rebuild the stabilizer muscles in my shoulder and get them ready to play multiple full matches. They were very minor changes that did not add hardly any time to my daily routine. And guess what? I won both my matches!!!
So you are probably asking what does this have to do with Healthifying my own job? The point here is that make small incremental changes, 5 minutes a day, can lead to drastically better health results over the long run. Pick a point 3 or 4 weeks down the road and change something small once a week or even better once a day. For instance take the stairs instead of that elevator up to the 5th floor just once or twice a week. How much extra time did that take? 5 minutes? The time commitment is small but over those three weeks you will start to notice a difference!
And always remember:
Breathe in, Breathe out, HEALTHIFY!
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