Whenever I find myself veering off course, Tony Robbins books are often a good way to get back on track, and as someone who doesn’t normally like wading through chunky volumes of text, I’d have to recommend ‘Giant Steps’, which breaks everything down into simple postcard sized notes, designed to have once each day of the year. Of course, I’ll never find myself sticking to such a precise daily routine, but I think he makes a very good point about the need to read something positive for half an hour each day in order to stay mentally sharp.
The concept of ‘mood food’ is something I have been well aware of for while, but haven’t always indulged in, but the key point being that the mind needs nourishment just as much as the body. I’ve already got my work pretty well cut out over the next few weeks, so to fit in half an hour of reading would initially seem like a luxury, until it is broken down into three quick chunks of 10 minutes at the start of each day, over lunch and in the evening.
But even if you don’t like reading, good music can elevate the mood even quicker than text, and any music has to be better than the constant stream of bad news which so many news stations like to broadcast.