I believe running is the ultimate business lesson—seriously. As soon as I start running, I want it to be over. But no matter how much I try to hurry it, it takes time. In business, it takes time to build something great, and you can’t cut corners—you have to start at Mile 1 and there are no shortcuts to success.
Running also gives you a lot of downtime to think—to deal with pain, joy, and all the emotions in between. It makes you commit, too. And it makes you finish: It doesn’t care how you’re feeling that day, whether you’re in a good mood or a bad mood. It requires your all. When I’m running, I have to sift through all my thoughts to clear my head, and I often find myself a victim of negative self-talk: I tell myself that I should stop, I should quit, I should walk. In those moments, I ask myself, “Are you a quitter? Are you going to let this beat you?” The answer is always no. Once I verbalize that in my mind, I find a way to power through.
It’s the same way in business. My back may be against the wall, but I’m confident that my team and I will find a way to push forward.
Robert Herjavec is an entrepreneur, author, Shark Tank co-host, and columnist for Men’s Fitness.
As mentioned in the paragraphs above, these are the words of Robert Herjavec. A well known business man, and in a sense there could be nothing truer than this. Excercise is vital for a business man and there are no second questions about it. Today we will be discussing the role of exercise for a good businessman. How essential it is to run that mile on the road and how does it impacts the performance on the board room.
Fitness-crazed entrepreneurs and executives everywhere from Wall Street to Silicon Valley are swapping boozy steak dinners and laid-back golf outings for soaked networking sessions at the gym, in the spin studio, or on the climbing wall.
It’s a question of ambiance as well as convenience. “If I had a cup of coffee with 90% of the people who ask for my time, I’d be having coffee all day,” says Sami Inkinen, CEO of Virta Health. “If someone wants to tag along on a bike ride, though, it’s easier for me to say yes.”But mixing business with burpees can get sticky, so we asked a few high-powered—and, yes, ripped—business moguls to detail exactly how they turn workouts into work meetings.
Choose a venue
Finding the right spot to work out with a client or business contact is easier than you think, says SWERVE Fitness CEO Eric Posner.
“Today, fitness is so important in NYC, it’s common to ask people where they work out,” he says.
Offer to take a business contact to his/her gym, or—to level the playing field—try something new to both parties, like rock climbing.
“Then you have the shared experience of, ‘We survived this together,’ ”says Time Inc. media sales director Cora Howey.
Adjust settings
Friendly competition is one thing, but crushing a potential client in an athletic encounter could cause hard feelings. It’s not an unbreakable rule, though, Howey says: “No one’ll kill a deal because you beat them at Flywheel.”
But tread lightly.
Reduce stress
Physical activity reduces stress hormones and increases the production of endorphins that give you a natural high. Getting in a workout, whether before work or during the workday can allow you to approach your work with a calmer mindset. “The more stressed you are, the more unable you are to make really good, rational business decisions,” says Schembri.
Fitness and immunity
Regularly exercising can also help boost the immune system, better equipping the body to fight infections, inflammation and certain illnesses.
According to the National Institutes of Health Medline Plus website, research has shown regular exercise helps the body fight bacterial and viral infections and decreases the risks of heart disease, osteoporosis and cancer. A recent Italian study found that regular exercise is associated with reduced low-grade inflammation in the body.
The NIH guide explains that exercise is believed to aid immunity by flushing out bacteria and carcinogenic cells, speeding circulation of antibodies and white blood cells, temporarily increasing body temperature and slowing the release of stress hormones.
It recommends a moderate exercise program such as daily walks, bicycling a few times a week, light sports or regular gym sessions for immunity-boosting benefits.
Nutrition, energy and performance
Diet and nutrition are critical to individual performance. Research by the United Nations’ International Labor Office found that inadequate nutrition affects worker productivity, physical work capacity and performance. Even national productivity and economic growth are affected.
The International Labour Office has linked poor nutrition with increased absenteeism and sickness, low morale and increased accidents. Obese workers were twice as likely to miss work compared with normal weight individuals, with obesity costing U.S. businesses an estimated $12.7 billion.
By educating their workforce’s on proper nutrition and ensuring access to healthy foods, employers can receive significant benefits, from improved productivity to reduced spending on health care and sick days.
The Perks Of Sleep
An important, yet often overlooked, component of health and fitness is sleep. Sleep is needed to support physical fitness and exercise, is tied to eating habits and plays a major role in mental performance and motivation.
Sleep deprivation is associated with a higher body mass index and a greater incidence of obesity, according to a Harvard School of Public Health article. Sleep deprivation is associated with eating more calories and making less healthy food choices, likely due to increases in hunger hormones and added time to eat, the article explained. Feeling tired during the day also makes physical activity less likely, meaning fewer calories are burned.
But weight and fitness are just a small part of the sleep picture. Getting sufficient rest is critical mentally (for attention, focus, learning, memory, problem solving and mood) and physically for reducing the risk of inflammation and chronic disease.
Sources : Mens XP & Entrepreneur
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