Health, wealth and happiness at work:

Nervous system and managerial excellence

Dr. K. Kuhathasan CEO, Cenlead

Your nervous system is the nerve centre of your efficiency, effectiveness and excellence.

If the nervous system fails to function well, you may become weak and you may suffer from a nervous breakdown.

The main features of the nervous system are the brian and spinal cord. The brain is the organ of thought, memory, and emotion. It also receives sensory impulses, controls and coordinates muscular movements, and regulates vital body processes. The spinal cord is the pathway for sensory and motor impulses to and from the brain.

The nervous system regulates and coordinates body activities in response to change in the internal and external environment. These changes, called stimuli, initiate impulses in millions of sensory receptors spread throughout the body. The principal sense organs are the eyes, ears, and sensory receptors in the skin, joints, nose, tongue, and muscles.

The brain

The brain has three parts: the cerebrum, which is divided into two hemisphere; the cerebellum; and the brain stem.

The cerebrum, which is the largest part of the brain, initiates all the body's voluntary actions. The cerebellum controls balance and muscle movement. The brain stem, which connects the cerebrum to the spinal cord, has important centres that regulate circulation and respiration.

Central Nervous system

The brain and spinal cord form the central nervous system. The peripheral nervous system links the central nervous system with the major parts of the body.

Your central nervous system can communicate with your body system.

The spinal cord is an information highway connecting the peripheral nervous system to the brain. Ascending neural "tracts" send up sensory information, and descending tracts send back motor-control information.

Your performance, memory power and other function of the body, especially the leadership centre and the personality centre, depends largely on the flow of electro magnetic and electro chemical energy in the nervous system.

How can you ensure that your nervous system functions well? How can you help your nervous system the operate well? How can you develop a healthy nervous system?

It is only thorough proper functioning of your nervous system, you will be able to perform well in your organisation. Your efficiency, effectiveness and excellence depends largely on the excellent functioning of your nervous system. If your nervous system fails to function well, you will energy ineffective and inefficient. You will be a poor performer. You may develop tress.

Regular physical and mental exercises, balanced die and adequate sleep goes a long way to build a strong and healthy nervous system.

Is your nervous system functioning well?

If you want your nervous system to function well for you, stop smoking, limit your alcohol intake, tame your anger, avoid negative thinking and negative approach in work, manage your time well and avoid re-active behaviour.

The spinal cord carries the electro magnetic wave throughout your body. Stress at work, worries, negative thinking, negative attitude, poor morale, indifference, lack of satisfaction at work affects proper functioning of your spinal cord. When you have negative emotions, the spinal cord fails to function properly.

On the other hand, positive emotional energy facilitates proper functioning of your spinal cord.

Symptoms of Nervous Problems

1. Is your memory weak?

2. Do you wake up tired and feels lifeless in the morning?

3. Are you afraid of what the day may hold for you?

4. Do you feel irritable? Are you finding it difficult to concentrate?

5. Do you suffer from stiff shoulders, tired back and nagging aches and pains?

6. Do you feel rushed, as though you were always a little behind?

7. Are you over-burdened, fearing that you have undertaken more than you can handle?

8. Do you suffer from a sense of fatigue and exhaustion that leaves you depressed?

9. Are you bogged down by a sense of personal failure and discouragement?

10. Are you a chronic worrier?

11. Do you constantly wet your lips with the tip of your tongue?

12. Do you clamp your teeth hard together while working or reading?

13. Do you bite your nails very often?

14. Are you a pencil tapper?

15. Do you perform a drumbeat with your fingers on the arm of your chait?

16. Are you acquiring a nervous tic around your mouth?

17. Do you frown most of the time?

18. Do you constantly glance at your wrist-watch?

19. Do you crack your knuckless?

If your response is "yes" for more than 15 of the above symptoms, you are suffering from nervous breakdown.

How to regain your nervous system back on track

Diet

Have a healthy breakfast. Breakfast is very important for working people.

Maintain a low fat, low sugar diet

Limited alcohol/No smoking

Rest

Arrange a quiet time each day to think. Keep your mind and the brain occupied positively.

Engage in relaxation exercises before bed

Get a good night's sleep. (Six to seven hours of sound sleep is necessary for the next days work)

Physical Exercises

Engage in 20 minutes of exercise at least thrice a week

Walk as much as possible

Mental Exercises

Your mind has an important role to play in the healthy working of your nervous system.

Establish personal and professional goals.

Enjoy your past accomplishments from time to time.

Visualise your work daily. Visualise positive outcome.

Enjoy brainstorming activities.

Engage in mind mapping for major activities.

Be creative and innovative in your work.

Always try to improve and enhance your performance.

Arrest negative emotions.

Learn to work with positive emotional power.

Be positive, proactive and productive.

Enjoy helping other people at work.

Be a good team player.

Be happy in your work. Enjoy your work.

Manage your stress.

Commitment

I like what I am doing and the Institution I work for.

I wake up eager to start the day's work.

I have a sense of the meaning and purpose of what I do.

I will avoid negative day dreaming.

Challenge

I am excited and energised by new projects.

Seeking new opportunities is an important part of my life.

I take on projects which stretch my ability.

I am always positive, pro-active, constructive, dynamic and productive in my work.

Control

I look for things that I can do something about and do not spend time and energy getting frustrated about what I can't do.

When there are demands at work, I know that trying my best is the most effective approach.

I always look for new ways to get things done.

I know how to relax my self. I have mastered few relaxation exercises.

Effective functioning of your central nervous system is very important. Your spinal cord not only connects your brain, the personality centre and the leadership centre of your body, but also all other systems in your body.

Your positive emotional energy will facilitate easy flow of elector magnetic wave from your base centre to other important centres like, health centre, life centre, personality centre, leadership centre, and the crown centre proper functioning of your nervous system, will make your healthy, smart, happy and productive in your work.Take care of your nervous system well and enjoy a positive and productive professional and personal life!