three times more likely to achieve them than those who had the goals but didn’t
physically write them down. One CEO started a list in college of 100 things he wanted to
do in his life before he died: drive a racecar, get a hole in one,have a poem published, etc.
He’s up to number 72 at last check. Write your own list.



Write a letter to the editor of

Fortune

about an article you feel strongly about.



Write an op-ed piece for

The Wall Street Journal



Take a writing class



Be a tourist for a day

on a business trip. Take a family member on the trip.



Do some

vigorous exercise

. Your physical fitness is critical for your energy and good

health. When you’re young, you think you’ll always have it, but that’s the time you need
to work on it

more

so you get into the habit and carry it on through life.



Sit up straight. Walk tall all day long, even on the way to the bathroom.



Park your car a block away from every place you go. The publisher of

Glamour

magazine, Mary Berner, jogs home from the office every evening to save time going out
and running, and she has her briefcase sent home by messenger.



Volunteer

yourself, your money, and your people at the town’s next cleanup effort.



Pick up the litter you see in your company parking lot.



Listen to a new radio station. A study in Miami showed that after guinea pigs listened to
music, they scored higher on tests of improved mood, less fatigue, less depression, and
lower stress. ( For extra enjoyment listen to some music you listened to in college.)



Listen

to a book on tape.



Listen

to a tape of your daughter’s acceptance speech for class president.



Listen to the way you talk to others

. Take the edge out of your voice. ( You can often

replay the message you’ve left for someone on his or her voicemail to hear how you
sound.)



Listen to the way you talk to yourself

. Cut out the negative self-talk.



Go home

and ride your Harley. ‘’All you can think about then is staying alive,’’ says

Bruce Swinsky, President of Kodak Imaging. ( Mike Moniz CEO, VR. 1, can kayak or
bike to work.)



Ask another company

CEO to give you a tour of his or her operations.



Ask a colleague

to join you on a walk as you thrash out an issue.



If you catch yourself with a free 5 minutes,

enjoy it

. Don’t fill it.



Offer to

give a speech

at the local university.



Do 100 more sit-ups today.



Learn

five yoga positions and do them. ‘’Until I started doing yoga I took aspirin by the

bottle in the middle of the night to deal with the tension,’’ says one CEO in his 70s who
has been doing yoga for 40 years.



Smile

at six strangers today. ( And 55 employees!)



Climb the stairs

between floors. Keep your posture straight. Smile. George Russell is the

chairman of   the largest manager of   money managers in the world. His organization
controls trillions. Every day  he exercises. Even if  it means walking the fire stairs. When
he travels, which he does a lot of, he makes time for exercise. Most frequently, it is going
to the nearest fire exit and doing 30 minutes of  aerobic walking up and down the fire
stairs. ‘’They are always available,’’ he says.