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09/12/2025

For September, we turn our attention to Key #9: Prevent Disease and Illness—a powerful reminder that prevention is one of the most important choices we can make at any age.

Robert is living this message firsthand. At the end of the month, he’ll be undergoing knee surgery to support a more active and fulfilling lifestyle. Through our Friday emails this month, he’ll share his preparation journey—and how the 12 Keys are guiding each step.

We hope these examples inspire you to take small, meaningful steps toward your own long-term health.

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Let’s keep living better—together.

09/11/2025

Recognizing your vulnerabilities is essential when creating barriers to disease and illness. Begin your prevention effort by using the steps outlined below:

Family History: You are a unique individual. While the illness and disease that may have plagued your lineage is in no way a certainty for you, knowledge and understanding about family history can help inform and optimize your efforts toward effective prevention and early detection.

Demographic: Again, you are a unique individual. While the illness and disease that may have plagued fellow human beings of your same s*x and race do not automatically guarantee that you will be affected, information and understanding about the vulnerabilities linked to each can help inform and optimize your efforts toward effective prevention and early detection.

Pre-existing Conditions: Your unique self may have a known special characteristic or previously diagnosed condition. You should be aware of your differences, take necessary action to know more, and behave differently to optimize your efforts toward effective prevention and early detection.

Lifestyle Choices: You have the freedom to choose how to live your life. Given your choices, consider the risks of disease and illness associated with your chosen lifestyle. Understand the applicable best practices and take action to optimize your efforts toward effective prevention and early detection.

09/08/2025

Are you actively checking your vital sign measurements? Vital signs are useful in detecting or monitoring medical problems.

Vital signs are measurements of the body’s most basic functions. The four main vital signs routinely monitored by medical professionals and health care providers are listed below with their accompanying normal ranges.

➡️ Blood pressure: 90/60 mm Hg to 120/80 mm Hg
➡️ Breathing: 2 to 18 breaths per minute
➡️ Pulse: 60 to 100 beats per minute
➡️ Temperature: 97.8°F to 99.1°F (36.5°C to 37.3°C); average 98.6°F (37°C)

Vital signs can be measured in a medical setting, at home, at the site of a medical emergency, or elsewhere. In uncertain situations, vital sign monitoring is appropriate and encouraged.

09/04/2025

It's important to protect yourself when traveling. Here are some tips:

🔹Develop and execute a plan for sleep optimization in changing circumstances.
🔹Avoid ingesting the local water (and beware of the ice cubes!).
🔹Get vaccinated against local diseases.
🔹Have a medicine kit to include:
- Personal prescriptions
- Antibiotics
- Nasal saline
- Bandages
- A headache remedy
- Cough and cold medicine
- Anti-diarrhea medication
- Thermometer
- Nausea medication
🔹Remember the hotel doctor when needed

08/29/2025

For September, we turn our attention to Key #9: Prevent Disease and Illness—a powerful reminder that prevention is one of the most important choices we can make at any age.

Robert is living this message firsthand. At the end of the month, he’ll be undergoing knee surgery to support a more active and fulfilling lifestyle. Through our Friday emails this month, he’ll share his preparation journey—and how the 12 Keys are guiding each step.

We hope these examples inspire you to take small, meaningful steps toward your own long-term health.

👉 To receive Key #9 and all monthly wellness insights, sign up here > https://bit.ly/4hz4k4K

Let’s keep living better—together.

08/28/2025

Strangers are typically defined as the human beings you encounter in daily life whom, after meeting once, probability suggests you may never see again. Are they important? Yes they are!

Sit back and do a little people-watching. Without judgment, consider the following questions:

- What about them do I find immediately appealing or unappealing?
- How can they appear so positive? Negative?
- What problems might they be dealing with?
- How might I relate to this person? What of their life experiences might be the same/different than mine?

These questions, coupled with thoughtful reflection and follow-up “why” questions, can help cultivate a greater appreciation for others.

08/25/2025

Your friends have a significant impact on your life, AND you get to choose them. Choosing your friends is a crucial life decision that is entirely within your control.

Two points to consider:
1. Some would suggest that you are a reflection of the five or so friends you spend the most time with, so choose wisely.
2. It is virtually impossible to be a helpful and supportive friend to more than a few, so it is vital to select your friends carefully. A meaningful and impactful friend to a few is possible and far superior to being a mediocre friend to many.

When considering befriending someone new or continuing an existing relationship, ask yourself:
→ Can I trust this person?
→ Do we value the same things?
→ Do I enjoy spending time with this person?
→ Do I learn something from this person?
→ Is this person sensitive to my needs and/or vulnerabilities?
→ Is this person supportive of my wants and goals?
→ Can I count on this person for honest and constructive feedback when asked (and/or needed)?
→ Do we address and resolve occasional conflicts constructively and gracefully?
→ Do I get something from this person that I cannot find within myself? Can I (and do I) offer similar in return?

08/21/2025

It's important to take time to reflect on the number and quality of your relationships. Consider the following attributes when assessing the value of each relationship.

Which relationships...
▪️Add to (or drain) your energy.
▪️Add to (or drain) your critical resources of time and money.
▪️Introduce (or mitigate) unnecessary drama into your life.
▪️Set a positive example for you and others, or, conversely, prompt your need to make excuses for their behaviors.
▪️Help you flourish as the best version of yourself or pull you down to a lesser form.

08/18/2025

Do you reinforce others' positive behaviors?

When someone in your world does a task or behaves in a way that you find positively impactful, specify that act or behavior and reinforce it with praise and gratitude. If you like it and want more, say something nice about the thoughtful gesture or behavior.

The message: You tend to get more of what you positively reinforce.

08/14/2025

Your emotions and the verbal responses and behavioral reactions they trigger are things that are completely within your control. Practice controlling them to achieve more constructive responses to others. Take a moment to pause, breathe, reflect, and practice forgiveness to turn your natural reactions into more positive and constructive responses.

Remember: You can influence others, but you cannot control them. Let go of the latter and approach the former with some grace.

08/12/2025

We are connected to all living things, both through science and instinct. Spend time outdoors with activities like hiking, picnicking, gardening, or just soaking in nature. Stuck inside? Bring the outdoors in with a variety of plants!

Connecting to nature can be an invigorating, if not spiritual, experience. Find ways to engage with nature.

08/11/2025

Want others to like you? Start by putting in the effort to genuinely like others.

Demonstrate your like for the other by attempting the following:

• Work hard to know people’s names and make additional effort to pronounce them correctly.
• Find an opportunity to tell people why they are important to you and others.
• Demonstrate an interest in others by asking questions and then truly listening to their answers. Ask follow-up and clarifying questions. Seek out shared areas of interest.
• Take advantage of friendly opportunities for safe physical contact (e.g., a handshake or a pat on the shoulder).
• When teasing others, stick to their positive attributes. Never joke about the weaknesses or vulnerabilities of others; you are not a roast master.
• Use your manners. “Yes, ma'am,” “No, sir,” “Please,” “Thank you,” and “You are welcome” go a long, long way. And anyone you encounter who considers manners as either quaint or outdated is wrong and cynical. Avoid them.
• Find opportunities to praise others present with specific, well-earned compliments, ideally in areas the other person(s) considers important.
• Talk positively about others not present.

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