Sitting for More Than Three Hours a Day Cuts Life Expectancy – WSJ.com
In the mid 80’s I read an article in Fortune magazine about Lou Gerstner, Jr. Who at the time was president of American Express. Gerstner eventually went on to become Chairman and CEO of IBM, where he retired in 2002.
In the Fortune magazine article, Gerstner said that his favorite quote was, “From behind the desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world”. I “borrowed” it from Gerstner and have shared with the world ever since.
The article that appeared this week in the WSJ by Andrew Seidman should be the companion piece to the Gerstner quote. I’ve always said that you can’t find out what your competition is doing, how your customers feel about your products and your company, and how your people in the field are doing, when you’re inside the four walls of your company………if that isn’t enough to get you off your derrière, Seidman now tells us we’re “gonna die” the longer we sit.
I guess the “bottom” line, no pun intended is if you get out of your chair you’ll do a better job running your company and live longer! Do It!