The main determining factor in any person’s confidence is how they feel about their body.

I don’t believe that anybody can have a true abundance in ANY area of their life without first feeling immensely confident in themselves. And the main determining factor in any person’s confidence is how they feel about their physical being (or their body), and the shape and health of a person’s body is determined, to a large extent, by certain universal laws that absolutely must be followed each and every day.

Here’s an example of just one of those laws…I once heard it said that nearly 70% of all the energy a person uses during the course of a single day (70%) is used simply to digest the foods they eat. Therefore, let’s say it takes 100 grams of energy (bear with me for using such basic terminology here) to digest each and every meal you eat during the day, but by improving the efficiency of your metabolism, we can get your body to digest each meal using only 50 grams of energy – then you could have nearly double the energy to put towards all your normal daily activities.

So, if one of your main life goals is to make more money, or to get a promotion at work, or to start your own business, or to grow the bottom line of your existing business – wouldn’t it be beneficial if you had more “physical energy” to do the daily tasks necessary to reach those financial goals? Or what about all the added “mental energy” that you would have to put towards creatively designing new ways to handle all the daily challenges that every entrepreneur faces today.

Personally, I never enjoyed true success in my life until I took control of my body.

I remember feeling like a failure in everything I did, I remember not even wanting to go out of the house because I didn’t like the way I looked, in fact, I specifically remember not wanting to leave the house even to go to the store to buy food because I hated the way I looked in all of my clothes.

But that was a long, long time ago.

Today, I rarely think about the clothes I’m going to put on each day because I feel confident that no matter what I wear, my body will make those clothes look good. All clothes just hang better on a body that’s in shape. That means that guys who wear their shirts ‘untucked’ no longer HAVE to do that (unless they truly like that style) - and women who wear black just because it’s ’slimming’ can now wear any color they like - because their BODY will make that color look great on them.

This is the way everyone should feel! When I finally took charge of my physique, everything in my life got better - my social life improved, my health improved, my family life improved, my spiritual life improved, and my financial life skyrocketed. I went from feeling like nobody noticed me, to being picked out in a crowd of people (the right people).

Here’s a horrible fact that I regularly speak about in my teleseminars and live events - In today’s society, without a nice body, people subconsciously make life a bit harder for you. You see it all the time. People who are in good shape almost always get treated differently by others. Now I’m not saying that’s fair – it’s absolutely not - but it’s a fact of life, so why not take advantage of it? You see, you can’t change the fact that most everybody else in the world seems to treat good-looking people better, but you can change the one person who really matters, and that’s you. You can make yourself as strong and healthy-looking as possible, making life easier for you and setting a good example for your family so that they can also live a more successful and healthy life.

Good looking people climb the corporate ladder faster, they portray more authority when they stand in front of their staff, they get more preferential treatment…and they have far more stamina to take on all the work that’s necessary in order to build a powerful company or business.

Do yourself a favor … take action today!Take action towards your goal body no matter what else you’ve got going on each and every day. First…put a little time aside to exercise - if you can’t fit 60 minutes in, then do 30 minutes - if you can’t fit 30 minutes in then do 15 minutes - or even 10 minutes … just make it a goal to do some exercise every single day - no excuses!Second…take action on improving your diet - avoid all white flour or sugar products, avoid all processed and junk foods, avoid all dairy products and fried foods … then add several servings of fresh vegetables to your day and increase your water intake a little bit.

And Third…take action on not taking action – that means take time to relax. Exercise and a proper diet help to reduce stress – but taking a few minutes each day to actually relax your mind is a vital step in reducing your stress level – and when your stress level is lower, you’ll have more energy and more focus to become successful.

That’s not a lot to do! Become a person of action! Take charge of your body and your financial destiny. If you’ve been to any of my seminars or if you’ve been a reader of my newsletter for any length of time, you probably know that many of my clients are models, actors and actresses - but what you may not know is that my personal client list also includes several top level executives, CEO’s and presidents of Fortune 100 companies. These people run businesses that generate between $5 million and $700 million dollars each year. Here’s what I want you to know about these people…the bigger the business, the more focus that owner puts on staying in top shape. These guys aren’t stupid, they don’t want to grow a huge company then not be in good enough shape to enjoy the rewards — and the secret that all of these guys have is that being in good shape DIDN’T start when they became successful - it started way BEFORE that - and it probably had a lot to do with their success.

Here’s the main concept I want to leave you with until next time: As you grow more and more confident in your body, every other area of your life will get better - including your bank account!