Maximum Energy for Life: A 21-Day Strategic Plan to Feel Great, Reverse the Aging Process, and Optimize Your Health
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Maximum Energy for Life is a revolutionary game plan for achieving optimum health and fitness that will make you look and feel better than ever before. In just twenty-one days, you'll have more energy, reduce your body fat, and manage stress and fatigue better than ever before. Mackie Shilstone's Maximum Energy for Life program has worked wonders for top athletes and busy professionals alike-and it will work wonders for you, too!
"The ultimate book for helping you identify where you want to go and how best to achieve your performance goals."
--Steve Wynn
"Mackie's program . . . significantly prolonged my baseball career and enhanced the quality of my life. In fact, it helped me reach the Baseball Hall of Fame."
-Ozzie Smith
Retired all-star shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals, 2002 Hall of Fame inductee
"Mackie Shilstone's concepts in Maximum Energy for Life are truly exceptional. As a busy network executive, I know how important it is to assume ownership of one's health in being successful in business and in one's personal life. Mackie's program is the best. It has consistently worked with world-class athletes and everyday executives like me."
-Rick Bernstein
Senior Vice President and Executive Producer, HBO Sports
"Mackie is the man! [His] program helped give me the strength and motivation that I needed to succeed at the highest level. After my bout with cancer, his personal touch helped me to regain my ability to play-and the health to live a quality life."
-Brett Butler
Former center fielder, Los Angeles Dodgers
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780470357941 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Turner Publishing Company |
| Publication date: | 05/02/2008 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 272 |
| File size: | 4 MB |
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Maximum Energy for Life
A 21-Day Strategic Plan to Feel Great, Reverse the Aging Process, and Optimize Your HealthBy Mackie Shilstone
John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0-471-23537-7Chapter One
Discover the Art of Maximum PerformanceAre You a Prospect or a Suspect?
In sports, a talented player who is just starting out in the game is known as a "prospect," someone who is on the verge of accomplishing great things for his team. But if he doesn't live up to his promise on the playing field, he soon becomes "suspect," a person who is failing to live up to his potential. When this happens, his performance must improve or he is off the team.
I watched this happen with J.J. McCleskey when he was a seven-year veteran with the Arizona Cardinals. When the tremendously talented J.J. was unable to complete the season four years in a row due to nagging injuries, he became suspect. His coach told him, "I don't know what you're doing in the off-season to get ready for the game, but whatever it is, you need to change it or you will have to start looking for another team." I discovered that J.J.'s problem was repetitive hamstring pulls due to overstriding and improper training practices. After working with me during the off-season, J.J. was able to play the entire sixteen-game season. In fact, he was better in the last four games than most guys were in the first games of the season, and he ended up being a Pro Bowl alternate that year.
We all start out in lifeas a prospect, with a balanced physical, emotional, and mental system. As we age, however, our experiences tend to throw us off balance to varying degrees if we don't learn to compensate. As the stresses of life and work add up, our health and stamina tend to decrease and we begin to lose the focus necessary for maximum performance levels. Even when we have tremendous experience and knowledge, we can still become suspect.
The following Performance Assessment Questionnaire serves as a tool to help you evaluate where you are now. Read each statement and check "never," "sometimes," or "always," depending on how accurately the statement matches your current lifestyle performance levels. The eventual goal is to check off "always" for most questions. The areas where you check "never" or "sometimes" are the ones that need attention. Make a note of these areas and use the tools I offer in this book to improve them.
Performance Assessment Questionnaire
Psychological, Emotional, and Spiritual Performance
Some- Never times Always
1. I spend at least fifteen minutes a day in meditation.
2. I am able to manage all my emotions well.
3. I have no addictions or self-destructive compulsive behaviors.
4. I have an intuitive sense of my purpose and I am living it now.
5. I have a close friend to whom I talk on an emotional level.
6. I am someone who is willing to constantly increase my knowledge.
7. My actions are in alignment with my personal standards.
8. I invest time, money, and energy in improving my spiritual and emotional well-being.
9. I regularly have time for my hobbies and fun activities.
10. I laugh a lot.
Environmental Performance
11. My home is a place of relaxation and safety.
12. My career environment is healthy and life giving.
13. I am comfortable and happy in the neighborhood where I live.
14. My home has lots of natural light and plants.
15. My bedroom allows me to sleep comfortably.
16. The air quality of my home and work _ _ _ environment is good.
17. My papers and files are neatly organized.
18. I consistently get rid of anything that I have not used in a year (e.g., clothes, tools, books, and furniture).
19. All my electronic equipment works well and does not need repair.
20. My home and work environments are neat and clean.
Physical Performance
21. I consistently fuel my body with healthful foods and drink purified water.
22. I exercise regularly.
23. I am treating all my physical problems.
24. I have yearly physicals.
25. I take vitamin supplements daily.
26. My alcohol and/or sugar intake is minimal.
27. I get enough sleep on a regular basis.
28. I rarely need to function on adrenaline.
29. I have many healthy ways to help me relax and rejuvenate.
30. I am content with my present weight.
Relationship Performance
31. I have no unfinished business in any of my past relationships.
32. I set good boundaries with people who drain my energy.
33. I spend more than enough quality time with my family.
34. I have surrounded myself with a community that gives me a sense of love and belonging.
35. I have a mentor.
36. I communicate my needs and desires honestly and directly.
37. I do not talk about other people in a negative manner.
38. I am very respectful of the people in my life.
39. I have a good balance between nurturing my relationships and completing my tasks, jobs, and responsibilities.
40. When I realize that I have harmed someone, I easily admit my mistake and apologize sincerely.
Financial Performance
41. My financial assets to financial debt ratio is at least 2:1.
42. My taxes are up-to-date.
43. I have a completed will that is accurate and updated.
44. I save 10 percent of my income.
45. I pay my bills in a timely manner.
46. My credit cards are paid out each month.
47. I am well insured.
48. I live within my present income and not on future expectations.
49. I have six months of living expenses saved in a bank account.
50. I have a written financial plan for the next year.
Add up the number of responses in each category and fill in the blanks below.
Peak Performance (Always)___ Improvement Needed (Sometimes, Never)___
As you work your way through this book, you can come back to this questionnaire again and again to reassess your progress.
(Continues...)
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Table of Contents
Foreword by Steve Wynn.Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
PART ONE: SECRETS AND STRATEGIES TO MANAGE YOUR ENERGY AND REDUCE YOUR STRESS.
1. Discover the Art of Maximum Performance.
2. Seven Secrets to Put You at the Top of Your Form.
3. Nine Strategies to Achieve Your Goals.
4. Discover and Balance Your Energy Style.
5. Minimize Your Fear and Maximize Your Focus.
6. The Stress Connection.
7. Master Stress Management for Maximum Performance.
PART TWO: THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OPTIMUM HEALTH.
8. Learn the Basics about Heart Disease.
9. Two Essential Strategies to Cut Your Risk of Heart Disease.
10. The Nutritional Program for the Twenty-first Century.
11. Eleven Life-Transforming Benefits of Exercise.
12. Attain the Maximum Rewards from Exercise.
13. The Pro Circuit Exercise Program.
PART THREE: CULTIVATE YOUR PASSION FOR YOUR LIFE AND WORK.
14. Recharge Your Passion for Your Career.
15. Renew Your Motivation.
PART FOUR: THE OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE PROGRAM.
16. Your Twenty-one-Day Optimum Performance Program.
Appendix: A Ten-Year Risk Evaluation for Men and Women.
Resources to Help You.
Index.
What People are Saying About This
"No matter how successful you are, the one thing you can't buy is your health. But as I did, you can put the expertise and cutting-edge knowledge of Mackie Shilstone to work for you. This book represents a strategic management plan ? the ultimate book for helping you to identify where you want to go and how best to achieve your performance goals. The performance management plan he offers in this book is truly a roadmap to success that you will want to use for the rest of your life." —from the foreword by Steve Wynn, business legend
"Mackie's program that he shares with readers for the first time in Maximum Energy for Life significantly prolonged my baseball career and enhanced the quality of my life. In fact, it helped me reach the Baseball Hall of Fame." —Ozzie Smith, Retired All-Star short stop for St. Louis Cardinals, 2002 Hall of Fame Inductee
"I was at the peak of my career as a medical doctor and had no idea that life had anything more in store for me. Then I met Mackie. After learning to think the way Mackie thinks, I had reserve energy and creativity that had previously been hidden, and I am happier and more optimistic. I have referred patients to Mackie, some of whom were too discouraged to try again to lose weight and get in shape. With his help, these patients got healthier, thinner, and more energetic - and their quality of life improved." —Kathleen Wilson, MD, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans
"Mackie Shilstone's concepts in Maximum Energy For Life are truly exceptional. As a busy network executive, I know how important it is to assume ownership of one's health in being successful in business and in one's personal life. Mackie's program is the best. It has consistently worked with world-class athletes and everyday executives like me." —Rick Bernstein, Executive Vice President, HBO Sports
"Mackie is the man! There is only one Mackie Shilstone, and Maximum Energy for Life is unmatched. Mackie's program helped give me the strength and motivation that I needed to succeed at the highest level. After my bout with cancer, his personal touch helped me to regain my ability to play - and the health to live a quality life. —Brett Butler, former center fielder, Los Angeles Dodgers
"When you condition your body, it changes your life emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and physically. Mackie's enthusiasm and knowledge expressed in Maximum Energy for Life are an inspiration to never give up." —Meg Farris, Medical Reporter, WWL-TV
"Maximum Energy for Life has given me the tools necessary to change my lifestyle and bring energy and balance into my personal and professional life." —Donna Klein, nurse and attorney