It’s important to maintain your energy and productivity throughout every day. Your body needs nutrients that fast food and junk food just donít provide. If you’ve developed the bad habit of skipping breakfast and grabbing a candy bar, or fast food for lunch, your eating habits may be sabotaging your productivity. Improving your eating habits may take a little extra time and advanced planning, but your efforts should pay off in the way you look and feel. Your extra energy will help you go the extra mile for yourself and your client.
1. Prepare in advance. Trade Brokers often develop bad eating habits because they end up eating what’s fast and easy to get - usually fast food or vending machine fare. These foods, however, are often low in nutrients and high in fat and calories, so eating them leaves you feeling bloated and slow. Good nutrition requires you to know your schedule ahead of time. Every evening, take a look at your plans for the following day. If you know you wonít have time to go out for a healthy lunch, for example, pack plenty of light energizing snacks such as fruit, raw vegetables, or flavored rice cakes to munch on throughout the day.
2. Don’t skip breakfast. No matter how early youíre going in to work, there’s no excuse for missing the most important meal of the day. You should try to consume most of your day’s calories during the first half of your day (when your body is most active), and skipping breakfast will make this objective difficult. If you don’t have time to sit down for breakfast each morning, then fill a plastic bag with non-sugared cereal or grab an apple, a cup of yogurt, or some instant oatmeal for a healthy start that wonít slow you down. Force yourself out of bed just 10 to 15 minutes earlier each morning, and youíll have plenty of time to prepare and enjoy a quick breakfast before you start your day.
3. Eat smart when you eat out. Most restaurants offer many more choices for health-conscious diners than they did years ago. To make the right choices, you need to know whatís good for you. Avoid menu selections that are saute’d, crispy fried, or creamed, and stick with items that are steamed, broiled, baked, or fresh. If you order a salad, have high-fat dressing served on the side and dip your fork in it before your salad, so you get the flavor of the dressing with less of the fat. When going fast food, opt for a grilled chicken sandwich or a plain baked potato instead of French fries.
4. Know your weaknesses. In order to fight the enemy, you have to be able to identify it. Think about what makes you want to eat and why you make the choices you do. When stress triggers your urge to eat, learn how to lower your stress level or handle the situation without eating. Know the foods that are most irresistible to you and stick with low-fat and low-cal versions of them.
5. Get to know your grocery store. When you need a quick lunch, fast food is not your only alternative. Know your way around your local supermarket. Visit the deli for low-fat meats, produce for fiber, vitamins and minerals youíll find in fresh fruits and vegetables. In the dairy section, youíll find skim milk and low-fat yogurt.
6. Beware of alcohol. Alcohol is digested like a fat and is loaded with empty calories, which makes it a poor choice for the health-conscious salesperson. Limit your intake of alcohol for wellness reasons and have the drinks you order diluted with water to make them last. Choosing a light beer instead of regular beer will save you from 50 to 200 calories per glass.
7. Drink water. Drinking plenty of water not only has a variety of health benefits, it’s cheap, has no calories and helps you feel full. Itís wise to keep a large bottle of water at your desk to sip throughout the day. If plain water is too bland for your taste, add a wedge of lemon or lime.
Having yogurt for breakfast instead of a doughnut might not help close your next client, but a healthy lifestyle is an important part of the success equation. A balanced diet and regular exercise can give you more energy, stamina and self-confidence, which can help you stay motivated, positive, and focused and boost your appetite for selling.
To learn more sales training tips by Tom McDowell, The Barter Trainer, visit http://www.bartertrainer.com
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