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been shown to help with anxiety and depression. A sensible fitness regime
also helps you sleep better, which in turn has a beneficial effect on both
productivity and stress levels. Plus there is the psychological effect that
because fitness and activity increase self-esteem, they can also build self-
confidence.

Put together, all that means that someone who exercises sensibly on a
regular basis is likely to be sharper, better rested, more able to deal with
stress, less likely to fall ill and more productive than someone whose idea
of exercise is changing the channel using the remote. But before you bellow
at your workforce to drop and give you twenty, just remember that this
applies every bit as much to you.

By far the best exercise is that which you incorporate into your life, rather
than which you take time out of life to do. If you want to get wealthy, and
better yet stick around long enough to enjoy that wealth, then you’d better
stop making snide remarks about the sweaties in sports clothes and instead
get out and join them.

HERE’S AN IDEA FOR YOU…
Look for ways to bring sport into your life. That could mean transport
—switch to walking or cycling instead of driving—or trying something
social like five-a-side footie or tennis. You’re more likely to keep it up
if you do it with others. Check out the options and move that body.