An ounce of prevention....
How many dollars is "an ounce of prevention" worth? What is the value of living a healthy lifestyle and taking care of your body, your mind and your spirit?
Tom Peters made the suggestion on his blog that we would be better off if we started thinking in terms of "health" instead of "health care". I have to agree. Unfortunately, this shift in thinking is one that will not happen overnight. Health is one of those things that people take for granted, until it is gone.
I feel that a good analogy is personal finance. When we have money, there are two things that we can do with it: 1 - spend it, 2 - save it / invest it. For those that have excess money, spending some is a fun thing to do. For those that don't have any spare cash, spending it may be fun, but there are often consequences. Like running out of funds to pay the bills. Those people that are diligent about saving some of their income, may be rewarded at a later date.
Healthy choices. Healthy livestyles. They may not seem that appealing or fun. But individuals need to think about things they might enjoy doing when they are still healthy, instead of hoping that their health can be restored once it is gone.
Maintaining a healthy body is much easier (and cheaper) than restoring a person's body back to health.
The other night I saw that the number one concern on American's minds is affordable health care. For the concerned ... I might propose investing in your health now.
$50 a month for gym fees, $300 grocery bills or $50 for personal training services (or massage, etc..) may seem expensive up front. But the proposed return on the investment may be huge.
Employers may also do well investing in their employees health (such as educational programs or subsidized gym fees), opposed to searching for ways to better handle the cost of medical care your employees rack up.
The prevention message has definatly lacked innovation since I've been involved, but hopefully some of the more innovating minds will continue to get involved and bring it to the forefront. I think that when people realize that an once of prevention is worth more than gold.... more people will take a longer look.
Tom Peters made the suggestion on his blog that we would be better off if we started thinking in terms of "health" instead of "health care". I have to agree. Unfortunately, this shift in thinking is one that will not happen overnight. Health is one of those things that people take for granted, until it is gone.
I feel that a good analogy is personal finance. When we have money, there are two things that we can do with it: 1 - spend it, 2 - save it / invest it. For those that have excess money, spending some is a fun thing to do. For those that don't have any spare cash, spending it may be fun, but there are often consequences. Like running out of funds to pay the bills. Those people that are diligent about saving some of their income, may be rewarded at a later date.
Healthy choices. Healthy livestyles. They may not seem that appealing or fun. But individuals need to think about things they might enjoy doing when they are still healthy, instead of hoping that their health can be restored once it is gone.
Maintaining a healthy body is much easier (and cheaper) than restoring a person's body back to health.
The other night I saw that the number one concern on American's minds is affordable health care. For the concerned ... I might propose investing in your health now.
$50 a month for gym fees, $300 grocery bills or $50 for personal training services (or massage, etc..) may seem expensive up front. But the proposed return on the investment may be huge.
Employers may also do well investing in their employees health (such as educational programs or subsidized gym fees), opposed to searching for ways to better handle the cost of medical care your employees rack up.
The prevention message has definatly lacked innovation since I've been involved, but hopefully some of the more innovating minds will continue to get involved and bring it to the forefront. I think that when people realize that an once of prevention is worth more than gold.... more people will take a longer look.
posted by gary at 12:30 PM
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