Food Poisoning Can Hurt Your Business Unless…

Thank God I’m alive! For a while there I wasn’t sure I was going to make it.

Last week, I was given a vacation from everything in life which I didn’t care for. The challenge I had literally stopped me from doing everything.

I couldn’t even move it was so painful. I was curled up in this little ball in the fetal position and that’s about all I could do. Even laying on the wrong side was extremely painful!

There was even a point I thought I might be going to the hospital because this was so severe. This was scary to say the least. You see I’m allergic to pain and hospitals.

So what was the problem?

Food poisoning!

Yes I had food poisoning. Not a fun thing and I surely hope you never get it. Food poisoning is a very serious thing to deal with and it comes up on you quickly and takes you out of the game.

I’m really grateful that I was able to get through this without having to go into the hospital. I really wasn’t prepared for this at all but I learned a few things from this experience that I wanted to share with you so if this ever happens to you that you can be prepared!

First off, my Chiropractor mentioned a couple of things that made a lot of sense.

He said that by getting my body aligned the food poising would work its way through my system more quickly. And let me tell you that sounded really appealing. The pain was horrific and I hope you never have to experience this.

You see when you body is in alignment your system will work better because there’s nothing blocking it or from doing so. However if you’re out of alignment you can literally block the neural pathways that keep things moving.

Think of it this way. If you’re driving down the road and your car is in alignment it will travel down the road straight and easily with little effort on your part.

However if you’re car is out of alignment you’ll be fighting the wheel the entire time to keep from swerving into the other lane. This will also wear out your tires very quickly and put extra stress on the vehicle.

Is this making sense to you?

Excellent!

My chiropractor also mentioned that using charcoal tablets which you can purchase at a health food store like Hi-Health will also eliminate the toxins from your body more rapidly for a speedier recovery.

Now I never would have thought about that but it makes sense and here’s why…

Charcoal is used in filtering water and other things to remove toxic things. So why not use charcoal to clear out the system?

By the way, I’m all for getting over things like this as quickly as possible and I’m sure you are too. So it’s good to do everything you can.

I also discovered something on my own. This was a lifesaver during the first few days because it was the only thing that was staying down and keeping me alive. And by the way, it’s not water!

You probably wouldn’t guess what it is…

So I’m just going to tell you. It’s Ginger Ale and Jello.

Definitely the food of champions here but let me tell you this was the only nourishment I was able to get for a few days so I was pretty grateful. But let’s see why it worked.

The ginger in Ginger Ale works well because ginger actually helps settle the stomach. The Jello on the other hand is not as obvious but it has two redeeming qualities. First it’s mostly water and that was critical because food poisoning will dehydrate you and that’s dangerous.

Staying hydrated is what saved me from going to the hospital. This is the number one reason why most people with food poisoning wind up in the hospital. You can avoid going if you can manage to stay hydrated.

Second is Jello contains lots of sugar and the body runs on sugars.

I didn’t say that this was optimal sugar i.e. glucose, but it’s better than nothing at all!

These two things kept me going for days until I was able to east real food again. So if you ever have food poisoning you may want to have these on hand to get you through this rough time.

During this period of time I also learned something else. And it has to do with running your business.

I know it seems a bit of stretch doesn’t it?

But here’s the deal…

What I learned is that you must have a good team in place so if you ever get sick where it takes you down you don’t go out of business because everything revolves around you.

During the time I was down my wife Tamar who’s part of my success team was very helpful not only in helping me recover but also to keep things running in the business that required attention. I also had other people on my team that were equally important and as far as all my clients are concerned it was like I never missed a beat.

That’s why having a good team is so important in your business.

Let me tell you, if it weren’t for my team there are a lot of things that wouldn’t have been done and it would have taken me a lot more than a week to recover because I wasn’t available.

That’s something for you to think about.

By having a strong team in place the business will still run without you so in the event something like this would happen to you, your financial life doesn’t come to a grinding halt.

I hope all this is making sense.

So if you don’t have a team to help you out, now’s the time to start thinking about how you will develop a team before you have troubled times like I had.

If you have something you’d like to share about how to get through food poising or share something you learned with the other readers, please leave a comment below by clicking on the comment link. I really want to hear from you so go ahead a leave a comment.

Others will also appreciate you leaving a comment because we’re all here to help each other so go ahead and take a minute and write a comment now. You’ll be glad you did.

I’ve got to run for now so until next time…

To Your Success,

Andy Fuehl

PS: If you ever get food poisoning make sure you have Ginger Ale, Jello, and Charcoal tablets readily available. Also get a chiropractic adjustment so that your body can flush the poisons out quickly. And lastly make sure you have your team well prepared so if something takes you out of the game for a little bit that your business doesn’t suffer or worse yet collapses because it’s all based on you being there.

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