Health is just not a priority...

We conducted a Mind and Body Wellness program. In there we discussed about the importance of living and maintaining a healthy mind and body. 

During this initiative, I asked the participants about what they wanted to discover about health, fitness or on managing stress. After the question and answer session, I realise that only 10% knew exactly what they really wanted. The majority 90% couldn't even decide what exactly they wanted to learn. 

This was intriguing, although I wasn't surprise. I later asked them about their work and their performance indicators. The 90% answered me confidently while they could argue between them on what optimal performance was. However, I later asked them about what are the performance/important indicators are about health, fitness and on managing stress, they were not able to answer. 

Chances are, like most of them, we might be like them. We know a lot about our work or what is expected out of us but very few of us can answer assertively questions about our personal health. Even for a very simple question like, 'Are you healthy?'

How I see it is that our job is one of our priority, like other priorities that we have in our lives. However, not many of us put personal health and well being as one of them. Maybe it could be that we are not aware or it's just too much to know and you might be just confuse as you dwell into it or it's just not interesting. Whatever it maybe, I notice that individual that make health, fitness and managing stress a priority tend to live a long, healthy and satisfying life and for those who don't, illness, diseases or disorders seems to be always creeping up. So, if health is not your priority, I suggest for you to reconsider...