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What would you do if you could double (or even triple) your resistance to disease? How would your life be different? How would your income be different? How would your relationships be different? How would you feel differently about yourself?

I’ve got some good news for you. As soon as you’ve finished reading this article, you’ll have a chance to find out, because I’m giving you 5 of my most powerful immune boosting secrets right now! These secrets are part of the program I’ve used since high school to improve my health and they’re the reason that I haven’t had the flu since 1997! FYI: I haven’t had a flu shot since 1997 either.

There is a catch, though. You’re going to have to let go of some of what you think you know about wellness and disease. If you’re not willing to do that, put down this article right now and go watch some TV!

Well, since you’re still reading, I’m going to assume that means that you’re ready to embrace a different approach in order to start getting different results now.

Ready? Okay, here we go…

Other than actual illness, one of the biggest problems for companies today is fake sick days – employees playing hooky by calling in sick when they feel fine. How much revenue does your company lose every year because of fake sick days?

Instead of threatening your employees with suspension, termination or other unpleasant things if they fake a sick day (remember that throughout history, the people, ideas, movements, organizations, religions, etc. that were persecuted the most always spread the fastest), just take away their desire to fake sick days. If they don’t want to fake sick days, they won’t.

According to the National Institutes of Health, at least 70% of all illness and disease (including chronic) is either caused or contributed to by stress.

Their two kinds of stress, distress and eustress (pronounced “you-stress”). Distress is the kind of stress that most people think of when they hear the word “stress.” It’s what you feel when you’re “overwhelmed” or “under the clock” or when you’ve just got some bad news or suffered a trauma of some kind.

Eustress is what you feel when you’re getting married, having a child, working for a promotion, riding a roller coaster, exercising intensely, or receiving a good kick in the rear from a caring friend or mentor. While distress is harmful, eustress can actually strengthen your immune system along with your character. Distress tears you down. Eustress motivates you and helps you to grow and become more than you are now.

If the only kind of stress you feel at work is eustress, consider yourself lucky!

If, however, you’re getting a lot of distress – you’ll need an antidote if you don’t want to end up in the hospital (which, in turn, causes even more distress!)