Thursday, November 15, 2007

Can a Smoker be a Student of Self-Improvement?

Originally posted by Vidual
"But it's sad that people who have been doing self-improvement for over a year, people that have actually decided to look at their self and their life in such a developmental perspective, STILL SMOKE!

IF YOU WANT TO IMPROVE YOURSELF AND YOUR LIFE: DEVELOP SOME WILL POWER AND QUIT SMOKING!!"


I could not agree more.

When I was a Herbalife distributor, I remember Mark Hughes (the President) recommending that distributors lose their excess weight if they want to talk to others about losing weight and STOP SMOKING. Herbalife is a health company, not just a weight control company. We sold products for cellular nutrition to feed the body so it was totally contradictory to our purpose to smoke. Thing is that many smokers do not realise that they stink. If a smoker sits next to me, I have to move. It is no use just rinsing their mouth with water or chewing gum - their clothes and hair stink.

Is continuing to smoke relevant to personal development? Of course it is. PD is about learning and growing to be the best you can and conquering your demons and weaknesses. Choosing to poison yourself and pollute other people's air is most definitely a weakness.

If you are a smoker reading this, please listen to the message.