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Many entrepreneurs and solopreneurs suffer from overwhelming stress because of our fear of going to the doctor. This concern can have deadly consequences if our organs malfunction long enough to create chronic symptoms.

The root of our problem can be found in the many myths that we have come to accept as reality. These myths when challenged that not only save you money but make your dream of health and happiness come true. And I am about to reveal the myth that is most relevant to our concern.

Here’s the myth: Stress causes you to avoid having your annual physical

Wayne: Is that not just a time issue?

Cecil: It’s not a time issue.

If you had a business, at the end of the year, you would take stock.

If you had a crop, at the end of the year, you would have a harvest.

If you have a car, there are certain times you have maintenance checks.

If you have a house, there is a mortgage and insurance.

Everything comes up for renewal at a particular time. We do these things on a regular basis.

What happens to the annual physical?

The annual physical is something that is taken for granted because it’s about us.

We don’t want to deal with ourselves.

In my 14 years of private practice, I have found that we put ourselves in the background.

We only pay attention when there are health issues or consequences for lack of looking after ourselves.

I asked an interesting question the other day. I asked someone, “Do you have a heart?” and they said, “Yes.” I asked, “Which side is it on?” and they had no clue!

That’s the problem. We take our bodies for granted.

We have issues with looking after the body and think it will always be the way it is.

It hurts my heart to see good intention entrepreneurs suffer from overwhelming stress rather than have an annual physical. So I hope you will take the priceless information you discovered in the last few minutes to avoid this trap. And to realize the health and happiness is very important to our well being. It is possible and only a few short steps away.

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Cecil McIntosh, guides solo-preneurs and entrepreneurs worldwide to slow down, learn to relax, stress less and overcome chronic symptoms so that you can quickly experience profound peace, power and work life balance. You can get the other 20 Tips of 21 no-brainer shortcuts to achieving health and happiness at http://eycfreebook.com You can reach Cecil at http://www.cecilhelpdesk.com

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In my 14 years of working with entrepreneurs and soloprenuers, I realized that they would like to learn how to slow down and smell the roses. However, they always seem to pick ways that cost them a bundle of money.

Where can you find opportunities to stop and slow down on a regular basis? Well, your wish is my command.

Here are three terrific very low cost secrets to enjoying stress relief and really touching someone or making a wonderful connection.

And unlike what you may have been conditioned to think, these simple exercises won’t break the bank, but maybe put money IN the bank.

And more surprisingly, you can find these exercises in the line at the checkout counter.

Compliment a person:

Have you been in a hurry and are about to leave the store with a couple of items, however, when you get to the checkout counter there is a long line up?

Here is your chance to stop and take a break. Life gives us these wonderful opportunities ever so often.

Be genuine when you compliment the person in front or behind you.

This could be the first positive comment that person might have heard for the day.

Start a conversation:

You could alternatively start a conversion about the weather. The secret is to keep the conversation positive. So if the person starts to complain about the weather- you could say something like “if this line was not so long we would have never met. What do you do for a living?” Be creative, you’ll come up with something.

The customer in front of you is short 24 cents for the bill…pay it.

You’re in the line and you are talking to the person beside you only because the quick check out is slow and there is a long line.

So you have this amazing conversation going and as your friend is about to check out they are 24 cents short. Here is an opportunity for you to help out unconditionally, because chance are you’ll never meet that person again.

Think of all the positive energy and great feeling that person will have for the balance of the day.

Guess what?!

You got a chance to slow down and relieve stress.

One of the biggest obstacles that prevent entrepreneurs and solopreneurs from finding opportunities to take a break is that they are too busy.

I hope I have helped to change your thinking. When you realize how simple and easy it is to relieve your stress on a daily basis, you will look forward with excitement to search and find more opportunities to have fun each day.

Cecil McIntosh guides solo-preneurs and entrepreneurs worldwide to learn to relax, stress less and go with the flow so that you can quickly experience profound peace, power and work life balance. Get a jump start on your own relax and stress less system with 21 no-brainer shortcut to achieving health and happiness at http://eycfreebook.com   You can reach Cecil at http://www.cecilhelpdesk.com

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If you are a stressed-out entrepreneur or solopreneur, one of the questions that can drive you bonkers is “how can I relax and let go if I have never done it before?”It even saddens me when the answers that all my friends give me make me feel even more overwhelmed.

We’ll take a deep sigh of relief because I am going to reveal the secret that will tend to solve this agonizing question once and forever.

It doesn’t even involve going through mountains or some exotic places for a holiday.

Here’s the thing:

Everybody knows how to relax. You may relax by having a cup of coffee or a smoke.

The problem here is that when you really need to relax, your form of relaxation may seem inappropriate or impractical.

Let’s say you’re driving home after a hard day of work and someone cuts you off.

How can you empty your cup, relax and let go?

Oh! Where can you find that coffee and/or piece of cigar when you desperately need it?

So what shall you do to solve this dilemma?

Now you know you need to use your mind and stop using temporary remedies, coffee for an instance, because you have done it before.

Because of the hustles and bustles of living and fighting with daily stresses, you really have no time to make use of your mind to relax.

So here is what you need to do.

In your mind, you need to picture what unwinding really is when you relax and let go. When you get in touch with such experience, you then discern what it feels like to be relaxing.

Take another deep breath.

It’s really important that you get to absorb this.

Having a coffee or smoke is not the actual solution for your desire to learn to relax and let go. After all, if learning to relax is so stressful, why do it at all?

Simply follow the steps above and you will get to feel relieved out of stress and eventually take the pleasure of relaxation.

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Over the past 14 years working with stressed out solopreneurs, I have always been shocked at how many of them believe that in order to relax they have to work harder.

3. You are what you eat

It is very difficult to drive your car without gas or fuel. Likewise it is very difficult for you to function if there is not enough fuel in your body.

So you need to eat properly, meaning, having three proper meals a day. These meals need to be balanced with all the proper food that contain the essential vitamins and nutrients that your body needs. Avoid binging on fast food entrees that have high salt and fat content.

Start by having a healthy breakfast every day.

4. Manage your caffeine fixation

Do you find yourself needing a caffeine fix to get through the day?

A cup of coffee is good but if you’re not careful you may sooner or later find yourself needing several jolts of caffeine just to make it through the day.

Remember, the more coffee you take, the more coffee you need. And that’s not a good thing.

So coffee is only a temporary fix and there are other natural ways to boost your energy without caffeine.

No matter how long you have been in business, chances are you are missing one of the four key steps to stay stress-free. So try and follow the steps to make sure that you can work hard but not suffer hard.

Cecil McIntosh guides solopreneurs worldwide to manage feeling overwhelmed and avoid work place stress. Get a jump start on your own relax and stress less system with 21 no-brainer shortcut to achieving health and happiness at http://eycfreebook.com You can reach Cecil at cecil.mcintosh@gmail.com 

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