April 7, 2008 by Kavit Haria

Is a healthy return on investment possible?

In investing, or business in general, there’s a term known as Return On Investment (ROI) that is a calculation of the return you will get on anything you have invested in.

For example, if I get an investment of one million pounds for my business having showed a successful investor my business plan, the return on investment for a particular product line could be 5 times that, making five million pounds in two years. That would be my ROI.

When it comes to health, is it possible to have an ROI that pays dividends for whatever you put into your body and how much time you dedicate to it.

I like to think so.

Take, for example, the benefits of a fruit and vegetable diet. If you consume healthy amounts of fruit and vegetable on a daily basis, providing your body with the vitamins, minerals and nourishment that it requires, do you think you will have a ROI that will pay you back with greater health for long periods of your life?

You bet.

If you follow the “rules” in business, a proven path to success, will you reach your goal? I’d bet that you’d be very likely to do so. If you didn’t follow a proven path and didn’t stick to many of the foundational business rules, you’d not succeed very easily and will have to overcome more challenges along the path.

It’s the same for your health and wellness. If you follow the “rules” of greater health, you will be far more likely to reach a stage of greater health than if you didn’t follow them.

So what are the “rules” of health to follow?

By all means, the list of rules is not going to be definitive. No-one is going to sit down and tell you that there are a set rules to follow for outstanding health. But there are a few that if followed will put you in great standing.

Drink lots of water. Hydrate yourself and never let yourself get to a point of dehydration.

Eat lots of fresh fruit and vegetable daily.

Exercise daily. Get your blood pumping. Increase the circulation.

Smile. Positive energy is contagious. Read about psychoneuroimmunology for more information.

Keep an eye daily on a blog like

zenhabits.net

Create your set of rules to follow. Make sure you stick to them daily. And ultimately, you will see a return on your investment. In a matter of just days.

I must say this… in business, if you make one big bad mistake, go off path, don’t follow the rules you’ve set and mislead your team, you may not make a return on your investment.

It’s the same with your body. If you put in time and energy to eat well, sleep well and exercise well, and then one day decide to “have a day off” and go beyond acceptable - drink alcohol, eat junk, consume drugs, etc - then you may not see a return on investment for all your previous hard work.

Your body can change in a matter of hours. Forget days.

So as always, the ball is in your court.

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