Six Simple Rules for Making Every Meal a Pleasure

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. - Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

One of the rewards of achieving success is to live well. But, rich or not, you can live well by the way you enjoy food.

You don't need to spend a lot of time cooking to enjoy delicious, healthy, and even elegant home-cooked meals. If you take a few minutes every week to plan your meals, allowing for a bit of spontaneity, you'll be able to eat like a king without feeling like a short-order cook. When you enjoy each and every meal as if it was cooked for a King, then you add to your success consciousness, which then helps you build a business and not just grow a practice.

You can make all your meals elegant by following six simple rules:

1. Pay a little extra for the principal element. For breakfast, buy great, freshly roasted coffee -- and grind it yourself or great exotic teas or fresh juice direct from the fruit. For lunch, pay a little more for a salmon salad rather than tuna. For dinner, buy free-range poultry or beef.

2. Use your best service. Dine using your best China and silverware. You should not save for special occasions. Make every occasion special by treating it so. Better yet, get a new set that celebrates your success.

3. Listen to good music. Music is as much a part of a meal as water is a part of swimming. The only time you can justify not having beautiful music playing softly in the background while you're eating is when you dining with a business colleague. In my house I have a player piano and Jeeves, who plays "live" piano music while I dine! When dining out, use your iPod!

4. Don't read. There is a time for reading, but it is never while you are eating. And, definitely no television.

5. At some point during the meal, take a moment to think about how lucky you are to be eating so well. Be thankful!

6. Eat slowly. Make each bite a pleasure, each meal memorable.

By the way...never, ever, never, ever, eat at your desk or allow anyone on your T.E.A.M. to eat at their desk. Get away! You need to get outside the walls and lunch is a great time to take that much needed break.

Even when you watching your weight, make it a point to eat well from your gold rimmed plates!

The author may be contacted toll free at 877-935.6371 extension 201 or email at ceo@wellnessone.net. Mr. Howell is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of WellnessOne Corporation, a national alliance of chiropractic and wellness centers.

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