Green tea drinkers show less disability with age: study
Fri Feb 3, 2012 4:00PM EST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Elderly adults who regularly drink green tea may stay more agile and independent than their peers over time, a large study of Japanese adults suggests.
Green tea contains certain antioxidant chemicals -- particularly a compound known as EGCG -- that may help ward off the body-cell damage that can lead to disease. And researchers have been studying green tea's effects on everything from cholesterol to the risk of certain cancers -- with mixed results so far.
For the new study, Japanese researchers looked at a different question: Do green-tea drinkers have any lower risk of frailty and disability as they grow old?
Following nearly 14,000 adults age 65 and older, they found that people who drank the most green tea were the least likely to develop "functional disability" over the next three years.
Functional disability refers to problems with daily activities like going to the store or doing housework, or difficulty with more-basic needs like dressing and bathing.
In this study, almost 13 percent of adults who drank less than a cup of green tea per day became functionally disabled. That compared with just over 7 percent of people who drank at least five cups per day.
That alone does not prove that green tea keeps you spry into your golden years.
But the study, reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, did account for a range of factors that could explain the connection.
Green-tea lovers generally had healthier diets -- more fish, vegetables and fruit -- as well as more education, lower smoking rates, fewer heart attacks and strokes and greater mental sharpness.
They also tended to be more socially active and have more friends and family to rely on. (Studies have found that older adults with more "social support" are less likely to become disabled.)
But even with those factors considered, green tea itself was tied to a lower disability risk, according to the researchers, led by Yasutake Tomata of Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine.
People who drank at least five cups a day were one-third less likely to develop disabilities than those who had less than a cup a day. And people who averaged three or four cups a day had a 25 percent lower risk.
All of that hints at a real effect of green tea. But ultimately, Tomata's team writes, definitive proof can come only from clinical trials testing the effects of green tea, or green tea extracts, on disability risk.
If green tea does offer a buffer against disability, it's not clear how.
But one recent study found that green tea extracts seemed to boost leg muscle strength in older women, notes Tomata's team, who could not be reached for comment.
In general, green tea is considered safe in moderate amounts. But the tea and its extracts do contain caffeine, which some people may need to avoid.
Green tea also contains small amounts of vitamin K, which means it could interfere with drugs that prevent blood-clotting, like warfarin. Since many elderly people are on multiple medications, it's wise for them to talk with their doctors before using green tea as a health tonic.
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/wXuZbl American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, online January 25, 2012.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Dinner at Sushi Tei - Gurney Plaza
Last night, I had a family dinner at a newly open Sushi Restaurant at GP, 2nd floor above British India. My daughter had a dinner there a few nights ago and she told me above it. She is always obessed about food. The last time, I had frog leg porridge and after that, she went there a few times with her friends and this time, she begged me to take her there.
It was a small cozy restaurant and their specialty is Sushi. We ordered two bowls of different type of noodles and we share among us just to have a taste of food. The taste was good and I highly recommend it if you like noodles. After that, we ordered a variety of sushi and the restaurant offered various types of Sushi and the most impressive sushi is the selmon fish belly sushi. It was soft and good and extremely tasty. It was the best sushi, I have ever tried before. I tell myself that I will go back to eat that selmon belly sushi again within the next few days.
On a Friday night, the mall was unusually deserted and perhaps, it is still CNY mood. But, the global and domestic economy is deteriorating very fast and this condition will be reflected in the retail and food business. People will become more cautious about their spending and it will hurt the retail trade.
The bill for the dinner was manageable but a bit pricey if you consider the portion of the sushi we have eaten. Well, considering the location and the rental of the restaurant and it is a Japanese joint, it should be acceptable to many.
I recommend those sushi lovers to try the food at the joint and happy eating. We live to eat type, right? So, we have to be fair to ourself.
Namaste.
Yo-yo dieting - no health issue : survey
"Yo-yo dieting" not tied to early death: study
Thu Feb 2, 2012 12:25PM EST
By Lindsey Konkel
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite earlier concerns, dieters who repeatedly lose weight and then gain it back aren't at higher risk of early death than people who don't "yo-yo diet," according to a new report.
About two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, and many are trying to shed the extra pounds. Over the long term, however, most people who lose weight through dieting regain it later.
The health effects of such weight cycling, also called yo-yo dieting, are a matter of controversy.
Several studies have found that people whose weight cycles up and down tend to die earlier. But the majority of that research failed to differentiate between intentional weight loss and weight loss due to disease such as cancer, researchers write in the new report.
In the current work, nearly 56,000 men and more than 66,000 women answered questions about how often they had intentionally lost 10 or more pounds and later regained the weight. The participants were between 50 and 74 years old when the study started in 1992.
During a 16-year follow-up period that ended in 2008, roughly 15,000 men and 10,000 women died.
A total of 42 percent of men and nearly 57 percent of women in the study reported intentionally losing and then regaining at least 10 pounds one or more times in their life.
Among women whose weight yo-yoed the most -- 20 times or more -- 16 percent died over the study, compared to 15 percent of those who said their weight never cycled due to dieting.
For men, the corresponding numbers were 29 percent and 26 percent.
But as it turned out, participants whose weight cycled the most were also more likely to be heavy 10 years prior to the start of the study, which could raise their risk of death.
When the researchers accounted for that, as well as health problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure and smoking, the gaps in death rates disappeared.
"Our study shows that the act of weight cycling itself does not increase your risk of premature death," Victoria Stevens of the American Cancer Society in Atlanta told Reuters Health.
Her findings are published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Still, experts don't recommend yo-yo dieting, but rather slow-paced, sustained weight loss.
"While weight cycling may not kill you any sooner, yo-yo dieting is still not good for a whole lot of other reasons," Judy Caplan, a dietician in private practice in Virginia, told Reuters Health.
"Yo-yo dieters are great at losing weight, but not at maintaining the weight loss, which can leave a person demoralized," said Caplan, who is also a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and was not involved in the new research.
Previous research has suggested that yo-yo dieting can slow metabolism and may actually contribute to more weight gain in the long run.
But for those who find their weight yo-yoing after dieting, the new findings contain a hopeful message.
"I think the study is encouraging," said Simone French, a behavioral scientist who specializes in obesity prevention at the University of Minnesota and was not involved in the work.
"It shows that people shouldn't be afraid to keep trying to lose weight, because they think it will increase their health risks if they gain it back."
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/yEhPg3 American Journal of Epidemiology, online January 27, 2012
Thu Feb 2, 2012 12:25PM EST
By Lindsey Konkel
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite earlier concerns, dieters who repeatedly lose weight and then gain it back aren't at higher risk of early death than people who don't "yo-yo diet," according to a new report.
About two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, and many are trying to shed the extra pounds. Over the long term, however, most people who lose weight through dieting regain it later.
The health effects of such weight cycling, also called yo-yo dieting, are a matter of controversy.
Several studies have found that people whose weight cycles up and down tend to die earlier. But the majority of that research failed to differentiate between intentional weight loss and weight loss due to disease such as cancer, researchers write in the new report.
In the current work, nearly 56,000 men and more than 66,000 women answered questions about how often they had intentionally lost 10 or more pounds and later regained the weight. The participants were between 50 and 74 years old when the study started in 1992.
During a 16-year follow-up period that ended in 2008, roughly 15,000 men and 10,000 women died.
A total of 42 percent of men and nearly 57 percent of women in the study reported intentionally losing and then regaining at least 10 pounds one or more times in their life.
Among women whose weight yo-yoed the most -- 20 times or more -- 16 percent died over the study, compared to 15 percent of those who said their weight never cycled due to dieting.
For men, the corresponding numbers were 29 percent and 26 percent.
But as it turned out, participants whose weight cycled the most were also more likely to be heavy 10 years prior to the start of the study, which could raise their risk of death.
When the researchers accounted for that, as well as health problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure and smoking, the gaps in death rates disappeared.
"Our study shows that the act of weight cycling itself does not increase your risk of premature death," Victoria Stevens of the American Cancer Society in Atlanta told Reuters Health.
Her findings are published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Still, experts don't recommend yo-yo dieting, but rather slow-paced, sustained weight loss.
"While weight cycling may not kill you any sooner, yo-yo dieting is still not good for a whole lot of other reasons," Judy Caplan, a dietician in private practice in Virginia, told Reuters Health.
"Yo-yo dieters are great at losing weight, but not at maintaining the weight loss, which can leave a person demoralized," said Caplan, who is also a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and was not involved in the new research.
Previous research has suggested that yo-yo dieting can slow metabolism and may actually contribute to more weight gain in the long run.
But for those who find their weight yo-yoing after dieting, the new findings contain a hopeful message.
"I think the study is encouraging," said Simone French, a behavioral scientist who specializes in obesity prevention at the University of Minnesota and was not involved in the work.
"It shows that people shouldn't be afraid to keep trying to lose weight, because they think it will increase their health risks if they gain it back."
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/yEhPg3 American Journal of Epidemiology, online January 27, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Dinner at Ming garden, Time square, Penang
I attended a CNY dinner hosted by HSBC at the Ming garden, Time Square Penang. There was two separate dinner at the same restuarant, one hosted by HSBC and another hosted by Ambank. There was a huge crowd on the enterance to the restuarant and we had to wait for the HSBC staff to invite us in.
I was greeted by several of the HSBC staff and I met a few friends at the dinner. I have not been seeing them for quite awhile due to my busy schedule and my reluctance to attend dinners. I used to attend dinner and have a good time drinking and eating among friends but I have lost my passion in this area. Rather I like to go home aarly to rest after a hard day's work. Maybe, this is the different phase in our life and our passion change with time.
I met a friend with his wife. He was my former neighbour and he has shifted to an house in the same area. He looks old and fragile but he could eat and talk. There was a band playing on the stage and the singers were singing the oldies but it was quite a jovial night but the people at my table was serious and with a straight face. However, I met Alice from HSBC and she was a jovial and happy person. She told me that live to eat and because of that she is abit fat. Yeah, she just enjoy to eat.
The food at the Ming restuarant was quite sumptious and looks expensive. The dishes were huge and the taste is tolerable towards good. We were serve with wine but when I look around the room, most of the guest look serious. Perhaps, we have better to be serious in front of our bankers. Our outlook and behavior matters a lot to the bankers who is financing our business. Any wild behavior could turn us into an unwanted risk and they could downgrade our credit worthiness. Successful man should look serious and discipline. But, there so many crooks with a straight and serious face. OMG!
Yeah, the mood was fine, the music was loud and the food was good. Feeling guilty as I have skip my yoga session tonight and on the other hand, I eat quite a lot because of the mood at the dinner. A lot wine to come by and good music and songs to sing by.
Every good things must come to an end, just like life. Good, bad or ugly, it does not matter in the end. So, why so serious ? Just do what we want and be happy. Yes, just be happy.
Namaste.
laughter is the best medicine - ext.
Laughing Your Way to Good Health
“Laughter is the best medicine” - I love this quote very much. Laughter is free-of-charge. Besides, laughter is a painless method to ease your stress, mind and body (I hate suffering from pain).
Wondering why after a round of laughter, your mood improved? When you laugh (have to be a genuine laughter), your brain secretes endorphins. The chemicals (or rather neurotransmitters) with dolphin-like name are produced when you exercise, have orgasm, eat chocolates and hot peppers, or laugh! Endorphins function to alleviate pain, give euphoric sensation and promote positive feelings.
Besides, when you laugh, your body will produce more immunity cells (e.g.: natural killer cells and T-cells) to help your body battle against infection and tumors. This will boost your immune system, thus protecting you from illnesses.
When you are stressed, you are not functioning well. Laughing will expand the inner cells or endothelium in arterial walls (stress will narrow it).
Thus, your body can pump in more oxygen into your brain and other organs.
Additionally, laughing could be a way for you to stay away from cardiovascular diseases. By laughing or making people laugh 15 minutes a day, you are not only humoring people but also protecting their (and your) endothelium from damage, which can lead to cardiovascular diseases.
One study revealed that 10-15 minutes of continuous laughing will burn 50 calories. Wow, this is really fantastic, even though exercising is a better way to shed excess weight.
So, what are you waiting for? Share some jokes with those around you now.
Forget about what those around you might think when you are laughing loudly (or giggling) while reading jokes on websites. Who knows, you might evoke laughter in them, which is a good exercise for your endothelium.
Laugh yourself away and spread the joy of laughter to others.
Did you know laughing is a matter of life and health?
It must be a joke to say that jokes are true medicines. However, the saying “laugher is the best medicine” was coined for a health reason.
Jokes, humor and comedy can act as medicines. Happy-go-lucky people (as with optimistic individuals) have longer and healthier lives.
Laughing:
• Lowers stress hormones
• Strengthens our immune system
• Stimulates better blood circulation
• Boosts energy level and making you feels better immediately
• Loosens your muscles and lower your blood pressure
So, do not hold on to your laughter, but go ahead and laugh all out because you’ll be glad that you did.
Until then,
Happy Reading!
Evelyn
“Laughter is the best medicine” - I love this quote very much. Laughter is free-of-charge. Besides, laughter is a painless method to ease your stress, mind and body (I hate suffering from pain).
Wondering why after a round of laughter, your mood improved? When you laugh (have to be a genuine laughter), your brain secretes endorphins. The chemicals (or rather neurotransmitters) with dolphin-like name are produced when you exercise, have orgasm, eat chocolates and hot peppers, or laugh! Endorphins function to alleviate pain, give euphoric sensation and promote positive feelings.
Besides, when you laugh, your body will produce more immunity cells (e.g.: natural killer cells and T-cells) to help your body battle against infection and tumors. This will boost your immune system, thus protecting you from illnesses.
When you are stressed, you are not functioning well. Laughing will expand the inner cells or endothelium in arterial walls (stress will narrow it).
Thus, your body can pump in more oxygen into your brain and other organs.
Additionally, laughing could be a way for you to stay away from cardiovascular diseases. By laughing or making people laugh 15 minutes a day, you are not only humoring people but also protecting their (and your) endothelium from damage, which can lead to cardiovascular diseases.
One study revealed that 10-15 minutes of continuous laughing will burn 50 calories. Wow, this is really fantastic, even though exercising is a better way to shed excess weight.
So, what are you waiting for? Share some jokes with those around you now.
Forget about what those around you might think when you are laughing loudly (or giggling) while reading jokes on websites. Who knows, you might evoke laughter in them, which is a good exercise for your endothelium.
Laugh yourself away and spread the joy of laughter to others.
Did you know laughing is a matter of life and health?
It must be a joke to say that jokes are true medicines. However, the saying “laugher is the best medicine” was coined for a health reason.
Jokes, humor and comedy can act as medicines. Happy-go-lucky people (as with optimistic individuals) have longer and healthier lives.
Laughing:
• Lowers stress hormones
• Strengthens our immune system
• Stimulates better blood circulation
• Boosts energy level and making you feels better immediately
• Loosens your muscles and lower your blood pressure
So, do not hold on to your laughter, but go ahead and laugh all out because you’ll be glad that you did.
Until then,
Happy Reading!
Evelyn
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Old people not depressed - report
The very old may feel helpless, but not depressed
Wed Feb 1, 2012 5:20PM EST
By Andrew M. Seaman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People over 100 years old may say they feel "helpless" and "worthless" because they can't do the things they used to, but that doesn't mean they're not in good spirits suggests a new study.
The researchers say their findings indicate that people around 100 years old may see life differently than people 20 or 40 years their junior and traditional tests for depression may not be effective in the extremely old.
"We're saying look at more of the components that make up depression," said Peter Martin, a gerontology researcher at Iowa State University and one of the study's authors. "Some may be more relevant to centenarians than others."
Martin and his fellow researchers examined existing information collected from 323 people living in Georgia between 1988 and 1997 who were over 60, 80 or 100 years old. Of these, 139 participants were over 100 years old, 93 were in their 80s and 91 were in their 60s.
Each of the study's participants answered a survey known as the Geriatric Depression Scale, which asks 30 yes-or-no questions about whether the person was depressed in the past week. The more yeses, the more likely they're depressed.
Overall, the100-year-olds scored higher for depression than the people in their 80s or 60s according to the survey's summary score of all 30 questions.
The centenarians answered "yes" to about 13 questions on the survey while people in their 80s answered "yes" to about 12 and people in their 60s said "yes" to about 11 questions.
All of the 100-year-olds, however, said they were in "good spirits."
Indeed, when the researchers looked at subsets of questions, they found the participants in their 60s and 80s said yes more often to statements like, "I feel downhearted," "I am not satisfied with life," "I am afraid of something bad," and "I do not enjoy getting up in the morning."
"If you look (just) at the summary score you might come to the wrong conclusion," Martin told Reuters Health.
Even though the survey was developed for geriatric subjects, he says, some of the questions may yield misleading answers when it comes to the oldest old.
Some of the "yes" answers on the scale could be chalked up to the 100-year-olds' advanced age -- especially those relating to being less active, being unable to start new projects or saying they had lost interest or energy.
Other than physical impairments and limitations, Martin said, there are differences in other symptoms when you compare younger people to those who are over 100 years old.
"You know a centenarian is probably going to tell you, 'I'm not going to live much longer,'" said Martin. But he added, while that statement may sound disturbing coming from a younger person, it's reality for someone over 100 years old.
Instead, Martin said, a 100-year-old saying they feel sad or "blue" may be a better sign of depression.
"Depression varies in both its appearance and experience across the lifespan," said Dr. Charles F. Reynolds III, the endowed professor in geriatric psychiatry at the University of Pittsburg Medical Center.
Reynolds, who was not involved with the new study, told Reuters Health that in diagnosing depression, it's typical to combine the use of self reporting, like a survey, with an interview of the person, their family or someone involved with their care.
The researchers write in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society that the study is limited because it focused on people still living in a community. So the results may not be applicable to someone living in a nursing home or other institution.
Martin told Reuters Health that treatment for depression in a very old person can include medication, but he said it could be as simple as allowing the person to contribute or be more engaged.
"Their life is not over yet. It's the last chapter of the book, but sometimes the last chapter of the book has the most interesting stuff in it," said Martin.
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/AfLdBd Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, online January 27, 2012.
Wed Feb 1, 2012 5:20PM EST
By Andrew M. Seaman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People over 100 years old may say they feel "helpless" and "worthless" because they can't do the things they used to, but that doesn't mean they're not in good spirits suggests a new study.
The researchers say their findings indicate that people around 100 years old may see life differently than people 20 or 40 years their junior and traditional tests for depression may not be effective in the extremely old.
"We're saying look at more of the components that make up depression," said Peter Martin, a gerontology researcher at Iowa State University and one of the study's authors. "Some may be more relevant to centenarians than others."
Martin and his fellow researchers examined existing information collected from 323 people living in Georgia between 1988 and 1997 who were over 60, 80 or 100 years old. Of these, 139 participants were over 100 years old, 93 were in their 80s and 91 were in their 60s.
Each of the study's participants answered a survey known as the Geriatric Depression Scale, which asks 30 yes-or-no questions about whether the person was depressed in the past week. The more yeses, the more likely they're depressed.
Overall, the100-year-olds scored higher for depression than the people in their 80s or 60s according to the survey's summary score of all 30 questions.
The centenarians answered "yes" to about 13 questions on the survey while people in their 80s answered "yes" to about 12 and people in their 60s said "yes" to about 11 questions.
All of the 100-year-olds, however, said they were in "good spirits."
Indeed, when the researchers looked at subsets of questions, they found the participants in their 60s and 80s said yes more often to statements like, "I feel downhearted," "I am not satisfied with life," "I am afraid of something bad," and "I do not enjoy getting up in the morning."
"If you look (just) at the summary score you might come to the wrong conclusion," Martin told Reuters Health.
Even though the survey was developed for geriatric subjects, he says, some of the questions may yield misleading answers when it comes to the oldest old.
Some of the "yes" answers on the scale could be chalked up to the 100-year-olds' advanced age -- especially those relating to being less active, being unable to start new projects or saying they had lost interest or energy.
Other than physical impairments and limitations, Martin said, there are differences in other symptoms when you compare younger people to those who are over 100 years old.
"You know a centenarian is probably going to tell you, 'I'm not going to live much longer,'" said Martin. But he added, while that statement may sound disturbing coming from a younger person, it's reality for someone over 100 years old.
Instead, Martin said, a 100-year-old saying they feel sad or "blue" may be a better sign of depression.
"Depression varies in both its appearance and experience across the lifespan," said Dr. Charles F. Reynolds III, the endowed professor in geriatric psychiatry at the University of Pittsburg Medical Center.
Reynolds, who was not involved with the new study, told Reuters Health that in diagnosing depression, it's typical to combine the use of self reporting, like a survey, with an interview of the person, their family or someone involved with their care.
The researchers write in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society that the study is limited because it focused on people still living in a community. So the results may not be applicable to someone living in a nursing home or other institution.
Martin told Reuters Health that treatment for depression in a very old person can include medication, but he said it could be as simple as allowing the person to contribute or be more engaged.
"Their life is not over yet. It's the last chapter of the book, but sometimes the last chapter of the book has the most interesting stuff in it," said Martin.
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/AfLdBd Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, online January 27, 2012.
What is "more"?
The desire to have more, drives us forward. We want more money, more houses, more food , more beautiful clothing, etc. If you slow down, you will notice that you actually don’t need more. There is always sufficient or abundant things around you and it is your mentality that is driving you.
Buddha taught us to be contented. By knowing that we do not need the extra or more, we will live in happiness. There is a saying “ little is more”. How can it be, little is little and who can little be more? If we have little, we treasure the little and we enjoy more fully on the little that we have. If we have a lot, we will not treasure the bits that we have and we will not enjoy it but rather we will waste it or we do not know the importance of the little.
If we have a long life or assuming that we cannot die, our time is meaningless. We will not treasure our time on earth. Every minute or seconds will be the same. No need to track time because we never can die. But , if we have only 50 years to live, we will start to treasure time and once, it is getting shorter, we will have to treasure the minutes and seconds of living. Each passing moment is a treasure. This concept apply to the meaning of “more”.
Now at this age, I look back and a lot of time have passed by and the remaining is getting less. Time seems to pass faster as our remaining time on earth is getting less. Every second or minutes are precious moments and yet, I have not fully realized it. There are so many things to do but yet, I don’t know what to do. To handle the big pebbles first or the small ones first ? The small ones are the easier ones to resolve but the bigger pebbles are the more difficult and bigger issues to handle.
This is your choice. To handle the big pebbles or small pebbles is our priorities in life. How do we look at things and there is no absolutely right or wrong ? It is a matter of choice. If we look at the principle of 80:20, we realized that we spend 80 % of our time solving 80% of our pending matters in life instead spending 80% of our time in 20% of our priority matters which covers 80% of our pending issues in life. Simply say, 20% of our priority issues affects 80% of our life’s issues. If we look and analyze carefully, we can zoom and focus our energy instead of spreading our resources.
Look clearly, slow down and visualize and you will realized your direction and it will be a purpose driven life.
Namaste.
Buddha taught us to be contented. By knowing that we do not need the extra or more, we will live in happiness. There is a saying “ little is more”. How can it be, little is little and who can little be more? If we have little, we treasure the little and we enjoy more fully on the little that we have. If we have a lot, we will not treasure the bits that we have and we will not enjoy it but rather we will waste it or we do not know the importance of the little.
If we have a long life or assuming that we cannot die, our time is meaningless. We will not treasure our time on earth. Every minute or seconds will be the same. No need to track time because we never can die. But , if we have only 50 years to live, we will start to treasure time and once, it is getting shorter, we will have to treasure the minutes and seconds of living. Each passing moment is a treasure. This concept apply to the meaning of “more”.
Now at this age, I look back and a lot of time have passed by and the remaining is getting less. Time seems to pass faster as our remaining time on earth is getting less. Every second or minutes are precious moments and yet, I have not fully realized it. There are so many things to do but yet, I don’t know what to do. To handle the big pebbles first or the small ones first ? The small ones are the easier ones to resolve but the bigger pebbles are the more difficult and bigger issues to handle.
This is your choice. To handle the big pebbles or small pebbles is our priorities in life. How do we look at things and there is no absolutely right or wrong ? It is a matter of choice. If we look at the principle of 80:20, we realized that we spend 80 % of our time solving 80% of our pending matters in life instead spending 80% of our time in 20% of our priority matters which covers 80% of our pending issues in life. Simply say, 20% of our priority issues affects 80% of our life’s issues. If we look and analyze carefully, we can zoom and focus our energy instead of spreading our resources.
Look clearly, slow down and visualize and you will realized your direction and it will be a purpose driven life.
Namaste.
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