An Unexpected Key to Business Success

By Kristin Wehner Keffeler of Entrepreneur.com



Why do you eat? Because the food's there. Because it's time. Because someone else is eating.

When do you stop? When my plate is empty. When there is no more. When I feel like I can't possibly fit another bite into my stomach.

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There are many internal and external factors that govern when we eat, what we eat, how much we eat and when we stop, most of which have nothing to do with actual hunger or satiety.

With lives that are packed full of activities and responsibilities, many of us have reassigned "eating" from a joyful ritual, a celebration that sustains our physical beings, to a task that just needs to be accomplished in the shortest amount of time, or with the most multitasking efficiency.

What would food taste like, what would you be inclined to eat (or not eat), and how would you feel if instead of deferring to the "hot, brown, plenty of it with no-time-to-eat-it" mentality to food, you gave the daily ritual of eating a little more space and awareness?