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so why do we—or should we—care about all of this, anyway? What’s the point of getting fit or sharpening our mind?

Well, let’s reverse those questions for a minute. Put simply, what’s the point of not being healthy and fit? Of not being mentally sharp? Why would any of us not want to fulfil our potential?

I believe that the five Fs—Fitness, Family, Faith, Finances and FUN—are the cor-nerstones of happiness. And of course we all want to be happy! The trouble crops up when we focus on short-term goals rather than thinking about life as a whole. We get lost in dealing with our day-to-day schedules, chasing immediate gratification, or just reacting to whatever life is throwing at us in any given moment. But once you start to widen your focus to your whole life, those walls and roof all start to matter a lot more.

If you have kids in your life, watching them grow up can be a powerful reminder of how fast time ticks by. When we’re just dealing with our own lives day in, day out, we don’t notice the passage of time so much, but there’s nothing like the wonderful wake-up call of witnessing your children develop new skills and learn new things. Who wants to look back five years down the road and suddenly say, “Hey, what the heck did I do with that half decade of my life?”

Having a passion, or a deep-rooted sense of purpose, helps to guide the choices you make. Even big decisions become much easier to navigate, eventually becoming more consistent with the plan you have for your life overall. Time still passes, of course, but you won’t suddenly wonder where it all went.

Of course, you have to have flexibility and be prepared to adjust your plan from time to time. Things change along the path of any journey, and we all have to re-route when we run up against roadblocks (or speed bumps, as I prefer to think of them). But even course-correction is much easier to deal with

DISCOVER YOUR PERSONAL WHY

CHAPTER 2

I plan to be fit to play at any age.

Dai Manuel's Whole Life Fitness Manifesto

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