6 Simple Ways for Entrepreneurs to Stay Healthy and Productive
As an entrepreneur, you probably have many responsibilities and a very busy schedule. The lifestyle usually doesn’t leave much time to eat right, exercise, or de-stress. There are some simple ways to integrate these practices in your life to make you healthier and more productive. These are my opinions from personal experience but I have data to support all of these recommendations, and you’ve got nothing to lose by trying some or all of them.
1) Lose The Chair – Get rid of your desk chair and raise your desk to a standing position. You will stand taller with better poster and you’ll find yourself shifting back and forth between your feet. This will translate to better momentum, more energy, and a reduced risk of heart disease and obesity.
2) Be The Whale – Krill Oil is a supplement that will change your life the first day you take it. 48 times more effective than fish oil with no fishy aftertaste, it will reduce your cholesterol, manage your sugar, and reduce inflammation.
3) Reduce Negative Influence – Spend time with people who are positive and have interesting ideas. Try as much as possible to remove any negativity from clients, suppliers, coworkers. In the end your output will be reduced as will your level of happiness if you don’t.
4) Be Selfish – No matter what your responsibilities are, a client, a business, a spouse, children, pets, houseplants, whatever it might be, you need a little “me” time every day, preferably an hour. If that means getting up at 5AM to go for a run for an hour or to just stare at a wall, you need some time to check in with yourself and kind of see how things are going. You can learn a lot from this type of self reflection and sometimes it will help to “reboot” your mind.
5) Dilution is the Solution – The vast majority of us don’t hydrate popular. The old adage of 8 glasses of water per day doesn’t really cut it, you should be drinking nearly double that, somewhere between 2.2 and 3 liters per day. Of course it’s different for everyone but generally you shouldn’t ever be thirsty. Drinking water will make you healthier with each sip, you’ll feel better and you’ll look better. Ideally, you will completely cut out sodas or even fruit juice because of the sugar. If you feel like water won’t give you enough of a boost, try tea, my recommendation would be Yerba Mate, one of the most incredible super foods on the face of the earth.
6) Go for Goals – Most entrepreneurs are goal oriented and very competitive. The only way I have found to consistently keep exercise in my life is to have a goal, reach it, and then move on to the next activity. I’m currently training for a half marathon, afterwards, I hope to never run again. I’m also training for a triathlon. You can go for a belt in a martial art or some other competition.
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About the Blogger: Ari Meisel is a real estate developer, green building consultant, materials specialist, inventor and author. He started his first company when he was 12 years old and is now working on his sixth venture. Ari’s has been working to foster entrepreneurship since helping create the current entrepreneurship major at the Wharton School of Business. He continues to be drawn to innovations in a variety of fields.
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