Dear friends,

What influences our decisions to adopt and maintain a healthy and safe lifestyle? What can we do to improve the lives of ourselves, our families and the lives of the people in our community and why not elsewhere in the world?

Safety and health are very closely interrelated issues. The decisions that we will take now, at this holiday time of the year, concerning our goals for 2009 are very important. But what is usually in the mind of people in general when they think about taking new year's resolutions?

Research has shown that the most popular topics include weight loss, managing debt, save money, get a better job, get fit, eat right, get a better education, drink less alcohol, quit smoking, reduce stress overall, reduce stress at work, take a trip and volunteer to help others.

Read more about new year resolutions relevant to your health and safety in the article Safety and health for the holidays and the new year that you will find attached with our 71st Progressive Newsletter.

The start of the new year 2009 gives us the opportunity to change our lifestyle. This change can come if we modify aspects of our way of life that we believe need improvement and incorporating new ways of doing things.

We should not forget that there is always a way to do better what we usually do. Looking into the foreseeable near future we realize that the world financial crisis will get more serious and that it is difficult to stay uninfluenced.  

It depends on us to take those measures that will provide us with the maximum possible fitness, health and safety in order to manage successfully difficult times. With these thoughts in mind, I am wishing you all a very happy new year 2009 with health, joy and success.

Takis A. Haggiandreou
Director
 

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