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THE LEGAL NAVIGATOR MAY 2021
FROM THE DESK OF Mike Bryan
GOOD FOR YOUR MIND AND BODY The Many Benefits of Stretching
WERE YOU PREPARED FOR COVID-19 LAST YEAR?
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I can hear the grumbling now: “Stretching? Who wants to hear about stretching? Boooring!” But let’s get real folks. There’s a good reason we all learned as young students in gym class that stretching before and after exercise is essential. In fact, there are several good reasons. Of course, there are also good reasons people don’t love to stretch. While most young people are limber enough to jump straight into the game and skip the cooldown, once we get older, we start to feel the effects of that. By then, it may be hard to break the habit. The benefits of stretching go way beyond feeling limber on the tennis court or not throwing out your back bending down to pick up a penny from the sidewalk. Stretching has tremendous mental benefits too!
If you’re feeling frustrated or stymied, taking a break to stretch can help you clear your mind. It also releases endorphins and
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stabilizes hormones, which can improve mood. If you stretch regularly, you’ll be more pleasant to be around and able to approach problems with fresh eyes. The longtime practice of yoga provides further evidence of the link between stretching and mental balance. And if you’re distracted by chronic or acute pain, regular stretching is one way to address the issue. It’s more sustainable than painkillers, helps ease discomfort, and costs nothing. Because of these benefits, I’m a firm believer that you should stretch every day right after getting up and every night right before bed. Really, though, you can do a few basic stretches any time of day. It requires very little room and no equipment. I like to take a break and stretch the same way some people might take a break to have a cigarette — and I’ve seen that when people are trying to quit smoking, doing some stretches instead is a great alternative. There are very few things that can be done for free and at any time, but stretching is one of them. It’s amazing that more people don’t do it. We should take time to acknowledge the physical benefits of stretching, as well. Stretching daily can improve your blood flow and make your arteries healthier; within a few months, you could lower your risk of heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, erectile dysfunction, and more. If you stay limber and loose, your muscles respond better to stressors — expected and unexpected — that might otherwise result in injury. Stretching is not a magic bullet. It won’t
stop you from being hurt in a car crash, for example, but if you stretch regularly, you’re more likely to be loose when an accident occurs than someone who does not. Will you join me in “saluting the stretch” this May? It may seem boring, but there’s nothing dull about its many benefits. Every day this month, I challenge you to spend five minutes stretching in the morning and another five before bed. I guarantee that if you do, you will feel better. And who wouldn’t want that?
5 Best Recipe Apps for a Healthier Mind and Body
For only $5, you can easily find something to suit your tastes and health needs in the over 400 high-quality recipes from 50 celebrated chefs. You may even stave off heart disease and Type 2 diabetes while you’re at it. BBC Good Food With over 10,000 recipes accessible from BBC’s cooking history, this app brings together both user-submitted recipes and tested recipes from the BBC Good Food team and celebrity chefs — for free. Create an account and save all your favorites! Paprika You might already have your favorite go-to recipe blogs and websites, such as BudgetBytes and Bon Appetit. How do you manage your cluttered bookmark folders of recipes? Easy! Get a recipe manager app like Paprika! It’s only $5, and you can input all your recipe URLs and easily organize your favorite recipes from the internet. BigOven Only have a few ingredients but need to cook a meal? Just type in three ingredients, and BigOven will search its 350,000-recipe bank to find the perfect options for free. BigOven also makes it easy to follow your favorite food bloggers while staying on top of your food supply!
If you’re always in a rush, it’s quite possible that food delivery apps have been your best friend during the pandemic. But they may also make it difficult to stay healthy! Save yourself both time and money by replacing your food delivery apps with these top-rated healthy recipe and recipe management apps, instead. Tasty You’ve likely seen a Tasty food recipe video on Facebook or social media somewhere. Their beautifully simplistic editing style makes it easy to understand and follow recipes, and you can access their whole library for free with their app! It even includes a grocery list function when you want to take on multiple recipes.
Forks Over Knives In recent years, nutritionists and doctors alike have started
recommending a plant-based diet for its health benefits. Whether you’re a vegetarian, vegan, or a plant-based omnivore, you’ll love Forks Over Knives’ creative and simple dishes that blend perfectly with your needs.
We hope these apps will help you cook and eat simpler, healthier, and faster than ever!
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MAKING YOUR PASSIONS THEIR PASSIONS Connecting Your Employees to Your Mission Make it clear. Make sure everyone at your company knows exactly what your mission is. Only when employees have a clear understanding of the goal can they actually abide by it. If your mission statement can be interpreted in multiple ways, clarify it throughout all levels of your business. Speak passionately about it. While you want the mission itself to be exciting, even the most intriguing of mission statements will be DOA if your delivery doesn’t convey your excitement. Humans are emotional creatures, so connecting with your employees emotionally in regard to your mission is just as important as the mission itself. Make it personal. While you might think tying your personal story to the company’s mission seems narcissistic, the truth is that your team wants to hear your story. People like stories, and if you can convey yours with honesty and humility, no one will think you’re an egoist. Re-work it. If your mission doesn’t seem to be inspiring passion in your workforce, then maybe it’s time to tweak it a little bit. Whether you’re just starting in business or have had the same mission statement for 10 years, a new mission lived out, made clear, and made personal by you can spark a newfound appreciation for your business among your employees.
Take a Break Walk the talk. Patagonia CEO Yvon Chouinard decided to make his products out of organic cotton after he saw how industrially grown cotton was hurting the environment. It cost more to do that, but he stuck to Patagonia’s mission of creating environmentally friendly products. If you’re not willing to sacrifice for your mission, then it’s not your mission — and your employees will know it. Your business might be doing well, but if your workforce doesn’t feel any sort of personal connection to your business’s mission, that could prevent lasting success. You want to boost employee morale and make them happy about their work. To reinvigorate your employees’ passion for your business’s mission, try a few of these tips.
Thai Minced Pork Salad
Inspired by EatingThaiFood.com
Ingredients
Directions
• 5 tbsp uncooked Thai sticky rice • 1 lb ground pork • 1/2 tbsp chili flakes • 1/8 tsp sugar • 1/2 tbsp fish sauce • Juice of 1–2 limes, to taste • 4 small shallots, thinly sliced • 4 green onions, thinly sliced • Cilantro leaves, to taste • Mint leaves, to taste
1. First, make toasted rice powder: In a frying pan over low heat, dry-roast the rice, stirring continuously until it turns golden brown and smells fragrant, about 15 minutes. 2. Let toasted rice cool, then grind into a coarse powder using a mortar and pestle, blender, or food processor. Set aside. 3. In a medium frying pan over medium-high heat, fry pork, breaking it into small pieces as you go, until fully cooked. 4. Remove from heat and add 1 heaping tbsp of toasted rice powder along with all other ingredients. Stir to combine. 5. Taste and adjust, adding more lime juice and herbs to suit your palate. Serve with rice.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE From the Desk of Mike PAGE 1 The Unexpected Benefits of Stretching PAGE 1 5 Best Recipe Apps for a Healthier Mind and Body PAGE 2 Connecting Your Employees to Your Mission PAGE 3 Take a Break PAGE 3 Shaved Asparagus Salad PAGE 3 Could Vaccine Passports Open Doors for Travel? PAGE 4
Could Vaccine Passports Open Doors for Travel?
Concerns About Vaccination Verification
Are you hoping to travel this summer? Not like how you “traveled” from your bedroom to your living room couch all this past year, but really travel — get out and see the world beyond your hometown. With the COVID-19 vaccines finally available, millions of people are becoming immune to the virus that has ravaged the global economy, especially in the areas of tourism and hospitality. Industry leaders in these sectors are understandably eager for the vaccine to bring back tourism. Some are hoping vaccine passports will play a part in jump-starting tourism around the world. Vaccine passports are a means by which someone can prove they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 and are, therefore, free to travel internationally. Some countries are eager for the sort of verification these passports could bring, should they exist. The Seychelles, Cyprus, Romania, and other countries have all said they would welcome tourists who could prove they were vaccinated. Now, you might be sitting on the same couch you’ve sat on for the past year, thinking, “Well, I would like to travel internationally after I get vaccinated!” However, this proposal is not without concerns. Firstly, health care officials still don’t know if vaccinated people can transmit
the virus. So, even if they’re vaccinated, they could still spread it to unvaccinated people around the world.
Another concern is a vaccine passport’s potential to create classes of “haves” and “have nots” among travelers. Many developing countries won’t receive the vaccine for another few years. Should they be barred from returning to normal? Similarly, could the vaccine passport be abused domestically, enabling private businesses to bar customers from their spaces without proof of vaccination? Finally, what form would these passports take if they were to exist? Would they be on a smartphone app? A laminated card? A verified doctor’s note? So, while the prospect of traveling far and wide this summer after getting vaccinated is exciting, it might be better to temper your expectations for now and hope for clearer guidelines in the near future.
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