Your peak performance guide: a spotlight on wellness

What does peak performance look, feel and sound like to you? Perhaps it’s having energy to do more, or living a healthier lifestyle to do less, better. “Whatever your goals, visualise the end result,” says Jeff Archer, Managing Director of The Tonic Corporate Wellness, at an LBS wellbeing session. What’s stopping you from reaching your ultimate level of performance? 

According to a 2016 Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) report, wellbeing is only taken into account in business decisions to “a moderate or great extent” 43% of the time. In addition, almost two-thirds of employers approach wellbeing reactively rather than proactively. If this doesn’t send a strong message that we’re in charge of our own wellbeing, nothing does.

“When you move your health and wellbeing higher up the priority list and give it continual attention you perform better in every domain,” says Archer. It’s true. How do we expect to get the best results if we don’t feel at our best? 

“But I don’t have time to think about my wellness!” I hear you cry. “Actually,” says Archer, “you have 168 hours a week at your disposal. The question is not whether you’re getting enough done in that time, it's how you manage your effectiveness.” It’s also about breaking bad habits. Some keystone habits have the power to start a chain reaction. Start by sitting in a way that’s better for your mind and body.