A Simple Strategy for Better Physical, Financial and Mental Health

Last Updated on Saturday, 1 October 2011 07:20 Written by Natural Health Team Saturday, 1 October 2011 07:20

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In this article I wanted to talk briefly on a concept that I feel has helped me with both my financial and physical health. This will be a good bit different from my normal subject matter of smarter and more effective ways of training for muscle and sports performance.

Instead, I’m going to explore a topic that is more lifestyle oriented. As you will read, this concept can be applied to enhance and improve just about any aspect of modern day living from your eating habits to your finances to even your social circle(s).

The concept is called Pumps vs. Drains

Traditionally, business / financial gurus talk about pump and drains in reference to money in vs. money out.

Pumps = Things that make you money?

Drains = Things that cost you money

It’s a very simple way of evaluating your money situation.

In order to become financially fit, your pumps must drastically exceed your drains. If this is not the case, you must work to eliminate your drains and create more pumps.

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It’s a simple and very effective concept that anyone can follow to evaluate his or her current financial status and plan for a better future.

With that said, I found that applying the concept of pumps vs. drains has helped me in other, non-financial ways as well.

We can use this concept with our diet and nutritional habits.

Pumps = healthy food that gives you vital energy?

Drains = Junk food that pulls down our vital energy

Looking at food in this manner adds a new perspective on the food that we eat everyday and can help us make better nutritional decisions.

Another valuable way that we can use this concept of pumps and drains is to look at the effect we have on others and the effect that others have on use.

Pumps = People that are positive and give off positive energy?

Drains = People that drain energy or give off negative energy  

If we are positive, we give off positive energy and therefore create a positive environment that people want to be in. On the other hand, if we are a drain, we make ourselves and everyone around us miserable.

I have made a rule for myself to not only be as positive minded as possible but to eliminate the negativity and negative people in both my personal and social life.

The rule is simple-

If you’re a pump of positive energy, you’re in! If you’re a drain of energy, you’re out!

I have always been a happy person but have found that I’m even a happier person now that I have eliminated the negativity in my life.

As you can see the concept of pumps vs. drains is a valuable concept to apply in all aspects of your life. Its one of those things that is so simple that you wouldn’t think it to have the type of impact and life changing qualities that it does truly posses.

Put the concept of pumps and drains to work for you and reap the benefits of a much better life.

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