Variety is the spice in life. Making sure you don't work too hard... or play too hard... ensures that you have balance and diversity in the things you do everyday.
But, it seems that as we do more things in the workplace and rely more on technology, we forget the basics of life. Trust the experts (that what they teach above all else in the MBA schools, as they teach you to be an expert in your field). Food sustains life. What if we balance our food plate with a variety of colors... just like we should be encouraging our workplaces to have a variety of races and ethnicities?
The basics of life, according to Maslow's hierarchy of need, is food and shelter. Most people don't forget about shelter, but the importance of the right food choices goes to the wayside. If you don't fuel your car properly, it shuts down (and is expensive to repair) and likewise for the human body!
Balance in your meals is important, just like balance in other areas of life. When you skip a meal, you are imbalanced. You become sluggish and unable to concentrate. When you over-indulge, you are so uncomfortable that you also are unable to concentrate (as all the blood is being used to digest your food).
What if we, in the business world, committed to working toward something better? When we are able to encourage or set good examples - either in our workplace cafeterias or when little ones watch our food choices - so that we aren't always skipping fresh veggies or don't always drown our meat in rich sauces. The same thing goes for selecting the right employees to work for our company mission.
If you don't have something from each food group representing the different nutrients you need, you will fall short. Same thing in business - if you just have one type of employee, you won't be able to creatively grow and increase your revenue. Life doesn't work when you just eat one thing, what makes us think creating and sustaining business would work that way, either?
Create and encourage more of what you need - either in food or the food of business (employees!)
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/09/19/441494432/the-u-s-doesnt-have-enough-of-the-vegetables-were-supposed-to-eat
