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# High Performance After 40: Why Your Health Is One of Your Most Valuable Assets

![Picture of Lisa Ma](https://www.thrivebeyond40.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Team%20Profile%20or%20Headshots/Lisa-Ma-Wellness-Thrive-Beyond-40-Founder.png?width=50&name=Lisa-Ma-Wellness-Thrive-Beyond-40-Founder.png) By  [Lisa Ma](https://www.thrivebeyond40.au/blog/author/lisa-ma)  ·   5 minute read

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### You've spent years building your career. Now make sure your health can keep up with it.

High performers are good at investing.

We invest in businesses.

Property.

Superannuation.

Technology.

Education.

Professional development.

Coaching.

Teams.

Networks.

We understand that the things we want to grow require attention.

But there's one asset many successful people don't think seriously about until something starts going wrong.

### Their health.

When you're ambitious and busy, it's surprisingly easy to treat your body as though it will simply keep up.

Late nights.

Early meetings.

Flights.

Deadlines.

Client dinners.

Stress.

Coffee.

Skipped workouts.

Food grabbed between commitments.

Another drink because everyone else is having one.

And somehow, for years, you manage.

Until the same strategy doesn't work quite as well anymore.

## Success requires capacity

We tend to think of professional performance as primarily intellectual.

Decision-making.

Leadership.

Strategy.

Communication.

Creativity.

Focus.

Resilience.

But every one of those things happens inside a physical body.

And that body needs:

Sleep.

Nutrition.

Movement.

Recovery.

Cardiovascular health.

Metabolic health.

Muscle.

A functioning brain.

### Your health isn't separate from your performance.

It's the infrastructure underneath it.

## After 40, the margin for neglect can become smaller

Turning 40 doesn't suddenly make your body old.

But it can be the point where years of habits become harder to ignore.

Recovery can feel different.

Muscle becomes increasingly important to preserve.

For women, perimenopause can affect sleep, body composition, cognition and wellbeing.

Cardiovascular and metabolic risk become increasingly relevant.

And both men and women may notice that what worked at 30 doesn't necessarily produce the same result at 45 or 50.

That doesn't mean accepting decline.

### It means becoming more strategic.

High performers already understand this principle professionally.

When circumstances change, you adapt the strategy.

Your health deserves the same thinking.

## Stop treating health as something you'll get to later

There's a particular trap successful people can fall into:

*"Once this project finishes, I'll get back into training."*

*"After this quarter, I'll sort my diet out."*

*"When things settle down, I'll sleep more."*

But things rarely settle down.

There will always be another deadline.

Another opportunity.

Another trip.

Another problem that needs solving.

If your health only receives attention when everything else is finished, it will always be last.

### Put it on the agenda now.

## Measure what is worth measuring

High performers love data.

Revenue.

Growth.

KPIs.

Conversion rates.

Performance metrics.

But when it comes to health, many of us operate largely on assumptions.

*"I feel pretty healthy."*

*"I eat reasonably well."*

*"I take supplements."*

*"I exercise when I can."*

Feeling well is important.

But it isn't the same as understanding your health.

Depending on your age and individual circumstances, useful conversations with your healthcare professional may include things such as:

Blood pressure.

Cholesterol and blood lipids.

Blood glucose.

Relevant preventive screening.

Bone health where appropriate.

And other individual risk factors.

At Thrive Beyond 40, we also use nutritional testing selectively where it gives us information we can act on.

### Don't collect data for the sake of data.

Measure what helps you make a better decision.

## Your brain needs a healthy body too

For a high-performing professional, brain health isn't an abstract concern for later life.

Your brain is one of your most valuable working assets.

You rely on it every day to:

Think.

Remember.

Lead.

Negotiate.

Solve problems.

Regulate emotion.

Make decisions.

And communicate under pressure.

There is no single supplement that will optimise all of that.

The foundations remain remarkably unglamorous.

Sleep.

Exercise.

Cardiovascular health.

Nutrition.

Social connection.

Managing relevant health conditions.

Not smoking.

Keeping mentally engaged.

### Cognitive performance and long-term brain health deserve the same attention as your professional skills.

## Sleep isn't lost productivity

One of the easiest ways to create more working time is to take it from sleep.

It also happens to be a poor long-term strategy.

Sleep supports recovery, cognition, mood and physical health.

If you're regularly working late, waking early and relying on caffeine to bridge the gap, you're not creating extra capacity indefinitely.

You're borrowing it.

And eventually the interest can become expensive.

### Recovery is productive.

That's particularly important for people who expect a lot from themselves.

## Build a body capable of carrying your ambition

Strength training isn't just for athletes.

It's one of the most practical investments you can make in future physical capability.

Muscle supports:

Strength.

Movement.

Metabolic health.

Physical function.

And independence later in life.

If your career involves spending much of the day sitting in meetings or behind a screen, intentional movement becomes even more important.

You don't need to train like a professional athlete.

### You do need to use your body.

Walk.

Lift.

Move.

Challenge yourself.

Recover.

Repeat.

## Nutrition needs to work in real life

High performers don't need another impossible meal plan.

You need a nutritional strategy that survives:

Travel.

Restaurants.

Meetings.

Long days.

Family commitments.

And unpredictable schedules.

Start with repeatable foundations.

Adequate protein.

Vegetables and fruit.

Fibre.

Whole foods.

Healthy fats.

Marine omega-3 sources.

Adequate hydration.

And enough flexibility that you can actually maintain it.

Then use targeted nutritional support where it adds genuine value.

### Sustainable beats optimal-on-paper.

## Omega-3 is particularly interesting when performance meets longevity

Omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA are incorporated into cell membranes and have established roles in normal physiology.

EPA and DHA contribute to normal heart function at appropriate intakes, while DHA contributes to normal brain function.

Rather than simply assuming you're getting enough, our Balance Program takes a more personalised approach.

**TEST → UNDERSTAND → SUPPORT → RETEST**

An at-home fatty-acid test gives you a starting point.

Targeted nutrition supports your fatty-acid balance.

Then you retest after approximately 120 days.

I like this approach for high performers because it's familiar territory:

### Establish the baseline.

### Implement the strategy.

### Measure the response.

## Recovery is part of performance

People who achieve a lot are often excellent at pushing.

The harder skill can be knowing when to recover.

Training provides a stimulus.

Work provides a stimulus.

Stress provides a stimulus.

Your body then needs resources and time to adapt.

Nutrition.

Protein.

Sleep.

Rest.

Movement.

Connection.

Time away from work.

None of those are evidence that you've become less ambitious.

### Recovery helps make ambition sustainable.

## Don't optimise yourself into misery

There's another trap at the opposite extreme.

Once high performers become interested in longevity, health itself can become another competitive project.

Perfect sleep score.

Perfect glucose.

Perfect supplements.

Perfect body fat.

Perfect morning routine.

Perfect biomarkers.

Perfect everything.

That's not my vision for Thrive Beyond 40.

Your health should give you **more freedom**, not create another full-time job.

Go to dinner.

Travel.

Have dessert.

Celebrate.

Take holidays.

Enjoy your family.

Live.

### Health is the foundation. Life is the point.

## Think about your return on health

Imagine yourself at 60.

Or 70.

What does success look like then?

Perhaps you're still working because you love what you do.

Perhaps you've sold the business.

Perhaps you're travelling.

Mentoring.

Playing golf.

Hiking.

Cycling.

Running around with grandchildren.

Going out with friends.

Building something completely new.

Financial freedom gives you choices.

### Physical and cognitive capability help you enjoy them.

That's the return we're really investing for.

## Your next performance advantage may be health

You don't need another productivity hack.

You may need to sleep.

You don't necessarily need another supplement.

You may need to understand what your body actually needs.

You don't need to train harder every day.

You may need to build strength and recover better.

And you don't need to become obsessed with longevity.

### You need strong foundations that allow you to keep doing meaningful things for longer.

You've already invested heavily in creating the life you have.

Invest in the person who gets to live it.

**Perform well.**

**Recover well.**

**Age well.**

**Health is the foundation. Life is the point.**

**Age Well. Live Well.**

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Start with understanding.

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## Continue exploring

[Strength After 40: Why Muscle Is One of Your Best Investments in Healthy Ageing](https://www.thrivebeyond40.au/blog/strength-after-40) →

[Sleep After 40: Why Recovery Matters More Than You Think](https://www.thrivebeyond40.au/blog/sleep-after-40) →

[Omega-3 After 40: What You Need to Know](https://www.thrivebeyond40.au/blog/omega-3-after-40-what-you-need-to-know) →

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**Keywords:** high performance after 40, executive health after 40, health for busy professionals, performance and longevity, executive wellbeing, healthy ageing professionals, longevity for executives, corporate wellness

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