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Aerobics people put the fun in fitness – Soweto Urban

Posted: October 20, 2019 at 9:41 am


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These are factors that people often use when they have improve their healthy lifestyle:, I cant afford gym membership and I dont have time because I am always busy but what counts is how determined you are to improve your lifestyle.

Instructor Linda Nyakale from Meadowlands

On October 19, Saturday the Othandweni Childrens Centre hosted aerobics marathon. The main purpose was to promote health and fitness and raise funds.

Mpumi Mkwanazi from Chiawelo

Attendees were treated to a day filled with good music and aerobics combination such as Hi-low, Hi-impact, Kicks, Boxer and Zumba dance to name a few.

Instructor from Eldorado Dudu Sathekge said they are here to promote healthy lifestyle and cure disease through aerobics. We are here to donate clothes and help them to raise funds and also to promote healthy lifestyle and cure diseases through aerobics.

Thato Makhene participated in the aerobics

Volunteer Instructor Mapuring Daniel Seoge said the aerobic marathon was a great platform to raise funds for the centre and a success. We are thankful to everyone who participated in aerobics and the marathon was a success.

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Wellness walk to be hosted at Dries Niemandt Park – Kempton Express

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South Africa United Against Cancer (SAUAC) is a female-owned organisation based in the South of Johannesburg.

The organisation aims to bring about a paradigm shift in the approach to cancer prevention by developing new communication and advocacy methods, and generating new knowledge on cancers through appropriate awareness and raise funds.

The organisation will be hosting a walk to raise awareness, educate and raise funds to aid the initiative. SAUAC, in partnership with SA FM and the City of Ekurhuleni, will host the 5km and 10km Wellness Walk Against Cancer on November 10 at 6.30am, with registration and participants receiving their purple accreditation wrist band.

The event will be held at Dries Niemandt Park, where there will be motivational speeches by cancer survivors.

The online entrance fee to the event is R150 for adults, R95 for children under 12 years and free for children less than two years. The gate entrance fee is R170 for adults and R100 for children under 12 years. No tickets on the day of the event will be sold. Tickets include a T-shirt, cup and walk number.

The event will be perfect for spending time with family, friends and colleagues, while supporting the walk against cancer. Attendees are encouraged to bring camp chairs.

There will be a tent and exhibition stalls where attendees will be given a chance to interact with nurses and caregivers to ask questions and receive pamphlets containing more information about cancer.

SAUAC will provide health screening services (rapid prostate cancer testing, cervical cancer screening pap smears, breast cancer examination, HIV/Aids testing, rapid cholesterol testing, blood pressure testing, blood glucose testing and body mass index test. Aerobics and yoga workshops for people with cancer will be provided and their caregivers will be educated about nutrition.

For more information contact the office on 010 141 1666 or send an email to [emailprotected]

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October 20th, 2019 at 9:41 am

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Edward Shatverov: Being a Real Estate Investor Is Better Than Being a Real Estate Agent – Explosion

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As we all know, real estate is definitely a way of making a ton of money because theres billions of dollars being generated annually in the scene but many people always tend to go the long route to becoming a licensed realtor when all that isnt necessary. Heres what Edward Shatverov, a teenage millionaire e-commerce expert and real estate investor had to say about why being a real estate investor is much better than becoming a licensed realtor.

Virtually everyone has heard a thing or two about real estate investing and how lucrative it can be if done right. Without sugarcoating things, real estate investing requires having a fair bit of capital and it may require incurring some costs on your part as an investor but one thing is constant; if you go about it the right way, real estate investment is highly lucrative and you will find out that being a real estate investor is better than being a realtor.

As a real estate investor, you can have a steady flow of income and comfortably retire without having any financial worries. So, if you are thinking of delving into real estate investing as a way of fulfilling your retirement goals, you are definitely on the right track. A single property can provide you a steady source of income for life; now think about what multiple properties can fetch you.

Of course, as a realtor theres money to be made and its definitely a decent business venture but my personal recommendation is to get into real estate investing instead. The real estate market looks pretty good at the moment and now will be the best time to enter as an investor. You only need to spot the right locations at the right time. Conduct an intensive real estate market analysis and consult with a real estate professional before purchasing your first property.

Edward Shatverov makes a valid point and hes certainly not the only one who thinks that way. Even Grant Cardone, the CEO of Cardone Capital believes that theres more money to be made as a real estate investor rather than being a realtor.

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Visions of sugar plums and pumpkins? – Trade Only Today

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Good grief, its not even Halloween, and what am I seeing in stores, from Home Depot to CVS? Christmas stuff!

And while it might seem early, Jon McDonald, who manages a successful Kmart in St. Petersburg, Fla., says, We already have everything Christmas out on display except the candy, and thats ready to go out right after Halloween.

We want to ensure we get our share of this years holiday consumer spending, he says, so it means we must begin early or be left out. Our Christmas results have been very good that last couple of years, and thats where we plan to be again.

Granted, Kmart isnt a boat dealership, but adopting some of McDonalds marketing strategy to land a share of the expected consumer spending can translate to some extra off-boating-season cash for aggressive dealers. And nows the time to take a cue from McDonald and finalize your plans to begin.

What can we expect this holiday season? Theres pretty good news for retailers, according to the National Retail Federation. Predictions are that holiday retail sales in November and December will grow 3.8 to 4.2 percent over last year, or $727.9 billion to $730.7 billion.

According to NRF chief economist Jack Kleinhenz, current economic data shows we can expect a much stronger holiday season than last year. Referring to news stories about possible negative impacts from tariffs and trade issues, Kleinhenz says, the effect of tariffs on holiday spending either directly or through consumer confidence remains to be seen.

So how do you cash in? As I heard the late Zig Ziglar, my favorite author, business coach and speaker, once say: If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time. So its clear you need targets and products that fit.

First, study your current customer list. They are most likely to respond. If youve been attentive to these customers, you have some idea of how they enjoy their boats, their family makeup and so on. Its called preparing a segment-specific email list. Customer knowledge will guide you in making special Christmas offers that could have your holiday sales bells ringing. If theyre water sports oriented, specials might be the latest applicable accessories that would fit their Christmas-giving list; fishing families could be enticed to buy gifts for the anglers in their midst, and so on.

Offering gift certificates for the dealership can be a successful idea. My kids never know what to give their dad for Christmas, so Ill bet right now Ill be receiving gift certificates to a marine retailer or tackle store and Ill love them (the kids and the certificates).

Timing is everything, so dealers should create a series of offers for customers that begin no later than Nov. 1 and go well into December. In fact, 45 percent of Americans say they plan to start shopping by Nov. 1. Its reason enough for McDonald to have all the Christmas stuff out on the shelves in his Kmart now. So, in todays world, offering customers Christmas deals starts well before Thanksgiving.

Why do virtually all retailers push special sales during the holiday season? Because they work. Consider kicking off your Christmas Sales Time by the end of October. Be creative. Perhaps offer a few selected specials each week or even some for just a weekend splash sale. A significant discount on popular items will draw shoppers from within your existing customer base. In addition, reward loyal customers with special offers, such as discounts not available to the public. It indicates that customers are special, and experts say that message is difficult to resist.

Perhaps you can hold a holiday in-store event. Ive shared this story before, but its worth repeating. I recall a dealer in northern Ohio who traditionally had a three-day Thanksgiving weekend holiday party, with great success. It drew heavily from the existing customer base and actually sold some boats and lots of accessories. The showroom was brightly decorated with Christmas music playing, refreshments, even a few speakers presenting fishing and cruising topics.

Finally, promoting on social media is nice, but email remains the most effective way to impact customers. Thats because 91 percent of U.S. consumers still use e-mail daily, and you can segment customers email lists based on a variety of factors. According to McKinsey and Co., marketing with email is three times more effective than social media, and the average customer order is 17 percent higher.

Again, reward loyal customers with special offers. It indicates that customers are special, and experts say that message is difficult to resist. The more personal the email, the better the rate of return.

Sugar plums dancing in your head is way overrated. Go for bucks building your jolly bank account this Christmas.

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October 20th, 2019 at 9:38 am

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RECORD EDITORIAL | Careful what we wish for – St. Augustine Record

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It was Zig Ziglar who quipped, Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now.

Thats how we see the Salt Run youth sailing program deal now before the City of St. Augustine and the adjoining neighborhood.

To recap, University of St. Augustine founder Stanley Paris has offered up a prime piece of waterfront property to the City of St. Augustine for free sort of.

His one stipulation is the property be dedicated to expanding a youth sailing school on the site. The early wish list for the property includes a dock, classrooms and a boat maintenance building.

The city accepted the deed Monday night, amid plenty of support from yacht club members, and plenty of push-back from neighbors. Their point is one weve come to seen, but primarily residential property being up-zoned as commercial, with neighborhoods placed in peril. We get it.

But, from where we sit, this ones significantly different from the ugly norm.

Lets look at some facts. While the city has accepted the deed, it conveys nothing to the yacht club in terms of the size, design or scope of the sailing school nothing.

The first step for the City is negotiating a lease with the yacht club. And much of both the devil and the detail will emerge during that process. Mayor Tracy Upchurch, to his credit, counseled commissioners to make the process transparent. No part of any subsequent lease will be OKd by the commission other than in public meetings.

The City is also smart in insisting any application go before Planning and Zoning Board for a regular rezoning process which is no cakewalk. And all PZB meetings and all its subsequent recommendations are open to public input. We say recommendations because that is what its end- game in the process becomes. Those recommendations go back to the commissioners who will decide the merits of the deal in more public meetings.

The deal does have an important caveat that, should whatever project takes root on that land strays from being a youth-oriented sailing school, it reverts back to the City as a passive park. If not that, back to the family (heirs who may, at that time, have plans of their own, not so passive).

For his part, Paris is donating the land worth about $1 million. Hes adding another $200,000 to help the yacht club out of the gate. He has also pledged proceeds from another residential lot (sold as residential) he owns nearby perhaps $250,000-plus.

Thats a substantial gimme to St. Augustine and its people. And we thank the salty solo-sailor for the gift and potential legacy.

Well talk later about exactly what the sailing school represents, but need not jump the gun here again because a lease has not been written, rejected or approved.

But in terms of neighbors concerns at this point, theyre irked theyre surrounded by, lets see youth ballfields, a youth skate park, an historic and beautiful Lighthouse and light keepers property, a fishing pier, the prettiest piece of brackish water in the county in Salt Run, a public boat ramp (which will benefit in terms of traffic by moving parking north) and other cultural amenities, not the least of which is lovely and historic Lighthouse Park. Oh yeah, throw in Anastasia State Park.

The neighborhood is buffered by recreational and historical spiffs that would be the envy of any other. If you dont believe it, look how hard new developments scramble to carve out a baseball diamond or soccer field, and generally pay through the nose, or county tax dollars, to get them and often to maintain them.

Take a drive to the northern part of the county where neighborhoods are pigeon-holed between Buc-ees and Wawa gas stations, office complexes and industrial parks.

Now look around at the Never-Never land embracing the Salt Run neighbors.

Seriously, who wouldnt want to live there?

Seriously

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The Art of Making Good Decisions – Thrive Global

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Youre sitting down at a table, and theres a long row of dominoes lined up before you. You push down the first tile. You watch, as it slowly falls over. You let it drop. You let it recklessly topple all of the dominoes that follow, one by one. After a couple of seconds, youve got them all.

This little scenario perfectly sums up the simple logic behind decision-making:

You make your decision, whatever that may be, and a chain reaction follows, an iron link of unexpected events. Unexpected events that never would have happened had you played your cards differently earlier on.

This is what we callThe Butterfly Effect. Simply put, the butterfly effect is the idea the small changes can cause bigger changes to happen.

If your parents never met, you wouldnt be sitting here reading my article, for example.

Life itself is a chain reaction, a long list of decisions. You graduate from secondary school and straight off the bat youre told you have to choose a degree. And then bye bye, youre off to University. Though, of course, when you graduate University the decisions dont finish there. Oh, no. You then have to choose the right career to pursue.

Decisions wait for you behind every door:

Should you buy the house or just rent it?

Is it time for a career change?

Are you in love with her/him?

Will you marry that person?

Do you want to have children?

Life is a long list of decisions.

The world wont end just because you made one poor error in judgement. Weve all been friendly with stupid decisions in the past. We all slip up and make mistakes. Ill admit Im guilty, too. Hey, Im only human, and so are you.

Making the wrong decision is not so much the problem; hiding away from your duty and yourresponsibilityto make decisions is the real issue. No good can come out of that.

Hiding away from decisions is the simple way out. Its easy to run. Its easy to wrap up all of your priorities in a box and dump them under your bed, where they can never see the light of day.

But, theres only one slight problem with that way of thinking:

If you dont call the shots in your own life, youll be living life by default. Its as Zig Ziglar once said:

Making a big life change is pretty scary. But know whats even scarier? Regret.

So were left with two options:

Option A:

To live by default, sitting in the passenger, letting life drag us along for the ride.

Or

Option B:

To master our own fates and to take the responsibility of our lives into our own hands.

Has anyone ever told you this before: Why not take a leap of faith?

You only live once. Seize the day. Follow your heart. People love to say that last one a lot.

Following your heart is all very well, but its equally wise that you follow your wits, too.

Reckless decisions are decisions that are fuelled only by ambition and emotion.

So when you see an advert promising you that you can earn 3500 a day from dog-sitting, you should perhaps think things through before rushing out and quitting your 9 to 5.

Theres no need to make quick-fire decisions. Waiting is good. Nothings wrong with taking time to reflect before cannon-balling yourself into the deep end.

Solitude is the best environment for reflection. The silence can help you to reflect. On your goals, on your mental well-being and on the ways that you want to better yourself. Simply put, solitude can help you learn more about yourself.

Dont take my word for it. You should give it a try someday.

Set aside a few minutes, every now and then. Silence your electronics. You may want to head out for an early morning stroll in the park, or you may just want to think from the comfort of your own bed. Whatever floats your boat.

Use that time to ask yourself this question:

What is it that I want from this life?

Do you have an answer?

Well done, if you do. Dont worry, if you dont. Lifeisabout finding the answer, after all. Once youve cracked the answer, you then have to ask yourself:

How will I cross the bridge from where I am now to where I want to be? How will I reach what I want from life?

Ill be the first to admit that Im a fan of motivational quotes. Cant get enough of them. One of my personal favourites is Sylvester Stallones signature:

It aint about how hard you can hit: its about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward.

Quotes like these are the bread and butter of what it means to challenge the status quo and to push on above the limits. To live with passion. Passion is good. And so is wit.

Passion is what will inspire you to dream those big ideas. Wit is what will help you to turn those big ideas from fantasy to reality.

Without passion, we chain ourselves to limits. We lose drive, we lose energy and we lose the spirit needed to challenge the status quo.

Without wit, we become too friendly with stupid decisions.

Ideally, there should be an equal balance of wit and passion in our decisions.

As a general rule of thumb:

Passion + wit = seriously cant go wrong

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Pastors need to be encouraged – The Baptist Message

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By Steve Horn

And Sauls son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him findstrengthin God.(1 Samuel 23:16 NIV)

When I accepted the position of Executive Director for Louisiana Baptists, I made this promise:

Pastors will be encouraged.Churches are essential to our work, and spiritually healthy pastors are essential to healthy churches. I have been a pastor of four churches. Each church was a different size and had different strengths and weaknesses, but all required hard work. I want to encourage pastors through public ministry to them and private friendship with them to be all that God has called them to be. This will be my daily prayer, daily goal, and daily evaluation.

Years ago, I heard the Christian motivation speaker Zig Ziglar speak. The only thing I remember him saying is, Who motivates the motivator?

We could adjust the words slightly to say, Who encourages the encourager? Who preaches to the preacher? Who ministers to the minister? Who counsels the counselor? Who pastors the pastor?

Your pastor needs all of this. We all need a Jonathan to come alongside of us to help us find strength in God.

My friend Scott, at the time a doctoral student at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, was taking his written examinations. Written examinationsa grueling three-day test of perseveranceoccur half-way through the doctoral program. This three-day period can be a very lonely experience. Another friend of ours knew that Scott was taking these tests. He arranged with the professor to put a note in Scotts test packet. The note simply read, Scott, heres a dollar. When you have your break today, buy a soda on me. Im praying for you.

That story has always reminded me that encouragement does not have to be expensive, just thoughtful and intentional.

I pray that all of us find meaningful ways to encourage our pastors this month.

Steve Horn is executive director for Louisiana Baptists. This editorial first appeared on his blog.

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7 Books Everyone On Your Team Should Read – Forbes

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When you work in an office, why keep all the great information to yourself? That would be like finding an incredible restaurant around the corner office and never mentioning it to your colleagues as a lunch possibility. Youd never do that. In the same vein, when you read a book that changes the way you think, give everyone in your office a copy (or at least text them a link to its online description).

Whether youre spearheading an executive book club or looking for works to inspire your staffs creativity, youll appreciate these messages in these books. Each offers a different bent, allowing you to springboard conversations and rev up your teams collective idea machine.

Author Academy Elite

Does it seem as if everyone you know is crazy busy? Dont assume the world has to run on caffeine, energy bars and sheer willpower. As Garland Vance argues inGetting (un)Busy, people often can accomplish more if they switch from high to low gear. If the members of your team have been moving at lightning speed, encourage them to slow down and smell the copy paper. Theyll regain both their breath and their passion. Im becoming a believer in the efficacy of un and will practice it more frequently by unplugging, unfretting and unbusying.

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At your next meeting, ask your coworkers to describe what your brand means. Not what you sell or a rundown of your operations manual, but the purpose behind your products or services. Chances are good everyone will be tongue-tied. Thats when youll be glad you can shareStand for Somethingwith them. Brian Burkhart superbly justifies why we need to take a standwhatever that means to our businessesto earn devotees. Im stirred by this challenge and eager to dig deeper into my businesss brand identity with my colleagues.

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Post Hill Press

Sometimes we all just need to stop overanalyzing everything. That can be hard in this data-driven age, but Michael Fanuele persuasively argues that magical inspiration rarely comes via scheduled brainstorming exercises. Rather, it appears suddenly in the form of a hovering musical lick or snippet of lyrics, both destined to top the charts and revolutionize a generation.Stop Making Sensemakes all the sense in the world; Im excited to free my mind and allow for untold possibilities. If your team has been stuck, help team members find their muses with this page-turner.

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Sound Wisdom

InGoals, sales genius Zig Ziglar unpacks a no-brainer truism: Being successful involves taking the first step. While taking action sounds easy, its not. If it were, everyone would reach all their goalsyet few teams are in that boat. This book outlines how to lay out goals and see them to fruition. To be honest, I have a few dreams that have lingered too long at the to-do list stage. This book serves as a reminder that I need to make a concrete plan to accomplish them.

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Get SMart books

Its hard not to focus purely on data points. We all get mesmerized by numbers, especially on social media. Pat Flynn demonstrates why teams need to find and cultivate individual superfansand not just collect likes and followers. By grooming diehard advocates, businesses can experience explosive growth. Superfans dont just come knocking, though; They must be wooed carefully by organizations that actually care enough to foster deep, symbiotic business-buyer relationships. After readingSuperfans, Im eager to talk to my team about ways we can uncover, develop and assist our strongest supporters.

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St. Martin's Griffin

Have you focused your teams professional development on the art of persuasion and the science of storytelling? After readingFive Stars, youll see how valuable it can be if everyone on your team understands how to sell their ideas more effectively. This book definitely belongs on your teams read and discuss list. I personally think it could be the basis for a long-term workplace training series. In any event, its inspired me to ensure that my employees and clients develop their communication skills to become five-star, confident influencers.

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Cloud Rider Publishing

Lets face it: We give lots of lip service to balancing our personal and professional lives. But what we usually end up doing is pouring our energies into developing our careers. Only then do we plug family time into the remaining slots in our schedules. Cory Carlson illustrates why that type of thinking can lead to overall job dissatisfaction and general unhappiness. He makes the case for putting home on par with the officeabove it, even. Ill be keeping this message in mind so I can better model for my team what true work-life balance should be.

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October 20th, 2019 at 9:38 am

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The Secret to Inner Peace Is Ted Danson – The Cut

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Earlier this month, the insurance and health services company Cigna hosted a meditation event featuring Ted Danson. Come meditate with Ted Danson, the email invitation read. As a busy actor, producer and family man, Danson also understands that it is important to take action to reduce burdensome everyday stressors. At first I ignored it (and how did Ted Danson get connected with Cigna?), but then I was having a rough week and I thought, I want to meditate why not?

The event was held at a small yoga and meditation studio. A couple dozen other members of the press and I sat on meditation cushions, and Danson kicked it off by talking with a Cigna psychiatrist about the dangers of chronic stress, and about the benefits of meditation. (It lowers blood pressure, improves mood regulation, and enhances nervous-system function.) He also mentioned it being good for upending the ego, and for getting out of your own dead-end thought patterns.

Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Cigna

It all felt kind of surreal a beloved celebrity talking about personal pain, sponsored by an insurance giant (an industry notorious for causing stress?) but it was also nice, honestly. Then we were all led in a 20-minute meditation session by an instructor named Marissa (pictured, up top). She guided us to feel the weight of our seats on the cushion, the weight of our hands on our legs, to hear the sounds around us, to feel the temperature of the air on our skin It all went by very quickly, and I never really stopped thinking, worrying, or adjusting to the strangeness of the situation, but when I opened my eyes, I felt good.

At one point beforehand, Marissa had said that it was fine to have a meditation practice that felt insultingly short, which I liked. That five minutes would be great, but that even five breaths would be helpful. She also said that the point of meditation wasnt to clear your thoughts and feel peaceful, but to sit with your own annoying mind, almost to prove that you can.

Afterward, people asked Danson about his acting career, his meditation routine, and the end of The Good Place. It felt funny and yet strangely appropriate to be talking about television in the same breath as existential dread, sponsored by insurance. How do you deal with emotional pain? Did you take home any keepsakes from the set? Why are we here?

The meditation session was also nice enough that I thought, Why not actually do this for a while? Id shown up to the event feeling bent out of shape I was down about various work and life things and afterward I felt better. Minorly rearranged. Since then, Ive been doing ten-minute sessions most days on Headspace. I know Im the last person in the world to get into Headspace, but it has a free beginners ten-day sequence. Strange doors are always appearing, it seems, to take us where we want to go.

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October 20th, 2019 at 9:37 am

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One in three Americans now consider meditation an essential part of their morning ritual – New York Post

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Coffee, exercise and meditation now beat catching up on the news when it comes to the perfect morning ritual, according to a new study.

The findings emerged in a survey of 2,000 Americans which sought to explore peoples morning routines, lifestyles and the way in which they wish to spend their time.

Results showed over half (52%) find time for coffee in the a.m., while a further two in five want to exercise first thing in the morning even before jumping into reading the news and starting their workday.

These days, Americans celebrate the self-care movement and embrace the concept of activities such as meditation in regard to its contemplative and mood-elevating abilities 36% said that they would meditate if given the freedom to design their perfect morning.

In fact, one in three now considers meditation an essential element to the perfect morning.

The research, conducted by OnePoll in conjunction with Thermador, saw that exercise or some form of meditation is more essential to any perfect morning than even reading the news (31%) or watching it on TV (33%).

Still, dreams of meditative contemplation or relaxing post-yoga lattes can seem distant for most respondents, and the freedom to design their own schedule elusive. Two-thirds (65%) long for more control of their mornings and 77% rate their mornings as busy.

A lively one in five said they are always in a rush to even get out of the door each morning.

No matter your individual lifestyle, customizing your day is an indulgence we all wish we could have, said a spokesperson for Thermador.

This survey illustrates the need that todays luxury consumers share to personalize their morning experiences so that they can better achieve the ever-elusive perfect start to the day.

The trend toward more self-reflection time in the morning was also apparent in other core morning must-haves that luxury consumers would regularly indulge in if given the opportunity to design their life: yoga (24%) and juicing (26%) were among the things professionals would love to prioritize when it comes to customizing their busy schedules.

Time is such a precious commodity that even the slightest boost is welcomed one in four respondents said simply having 10 extra minutes per day would make all the difference, while a mere 30 minutes was deemed the average response for the sample as a whole.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, three quarters (74%) of those surveyed agree that having more time in the morning would be a true luxury.

So, is this dream of an extra 30 minutes per day attainable? Well, with cooking and food preparation taking up the most time of any given day, the secret may lie in kitchen automation.

When asked to consider the latest time-saving kitchen innovations from fully automatic coffee machines, to dishwashers designed to complete a wash cycle in just 20 minutes, respondents estimated that they could save 27 minutes on average with a fully automated smart-home kitchen.

The Thermador spokesperson added, With connected appliances across all product categories, Thermador is empowering consumers to maintain control over their daily routines, while at the same time providing access to culinary experiences from recipes sent directly to the oven, to notifications that meals are ready to be enjoyed.

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