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Top Health Tips For Business Leaders

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">If you’re always working&comma; you know what a challenge it can be to prioritize your health&period; These days&comma; when businesses are always available for their customers&comma; answering emails and engaging over Twitter 24&sol;7&comma; it’s like you always have to be available&period; There’s nothing you’re more passionate about than the new product you’re selling or fundraiser you’re running for a cool new business idea&comma; which is why you’ve chosen this busy lifestyle&period; But recently&comma; you’ve been noticing that your health is suffering&period; And it’s time for a change&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Luckily&comma; no matter how busy you are&comma; there are some great ways to stay healthy&period; By following these tips&comma; you can live a healthy lifestyle while still running a successful business&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>1&rpar; Exercise<&sol;strong><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">We know&period; Exercise is what you have the least amount of time for in your schedule&period; After all&comma; some yoga classes can take more than an hour&&num;8211&semi;add that to the shower and the time it takes to get to and from the studio&comma; and you’ve lost a huge chunk of your workday&period; The fact is&comma; though&comma; that exercise is not only great for your body &lpar;which needs to look good to impress people in your industry&comma; because that’s the world we live in&rpar;&comma; but also for your mind&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">According to Scott Christ&comma; a guest writer for Entrepreneur&period;com&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans say that adults should get 2&period;5 hours a week or more of moderate-intensity aerobic activity and two strength training sessions per week&period; Even if you’re crazy busy&comma; find 10 minutes here and there&period; It will help with alleviate stress and get those endorphins pumped up to take on startup challenges&period;” Considering that&comma; in 2016&comma; 22&period;7 percent of men engaged in exercise-like activities&comma; you don’t have to be hard on yourself if you haven’t started yet&period; But it’s time to start now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>2&rpar; Detox from Social Media<&sol;strong><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Did you know that the average American consumer spends five hours a day on their phone&quest; Sure&comma; that might be great for your business&comma; especially if you’re a master at social media marketing&&num;8211&semi;but it certainly isn’t great for you&period; We’re addicted to getting likes on Facebook and Instagram&comma; and especially if you’re struggling at work&comma; you might need to use it for validation&period; But every time you log on&comma; you’re not only hurting your emotional health&comma; but also losing time you could be spending time working&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Especially if your business relies on it&comma; it can be especially hard to pull away&period; According to HubSpot&comma; you need to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;take stock of how you’re relating to your <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vecosys&period;com">digital social networks<&sol;a>&period; If you feel comfortable with the amount of time and energy you’re spending on your personal social media accounts&comma; then carry on&period; If you find yourself staying up late at night checking your feeds&comma; or you’re feeling stressed out by FOMO&comma; taking a short break could be beneficial&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">If you’re truly addicted to social media&comma; then you need to implement strategies to force yourself away from it&period; To learn more about them&comma; take a look at this list&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>3&rpar; Sleep enough<&sol;strong><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Just like exercise&comma; it’s hard to make time to sleep the seven to nine hours that most adults need when you’re a busy entrepreneur&period; The last thing you want is to lose a potential business partner or big sale because you were sleeping&excl; But just like the other tips on this list&comma; sleep is not only important for you but your work performance&comma; too&period; Take a look at what a study from The Harvard Business Review says&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In a separate study of 81 organizations and 189&comma;000 people around the world&comma; we found that four types of leadership behavior are most commonly associated with high-quality executive teams&colon; operating with a strong orientation to results&comma; solving problems effectively&comma; seeking out different perspectives&comma; and supporting others&period; What’s striking in all four cases is the proven link between sleep and effective leadership&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">So if you’re serious about doing well at your job in addition to being healthy&comma; it’s an easy choice to make&colon; sleep a lot&comma; and sleep in on weekends&comma; too&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>4&rpar; Schedule it in<&sol;strong><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Whatever healthy choices you’re making&comma; from exercises for half an hour every other day to taking time out of your busy day to cook a healthy meal&comma; the best incentive you can give yourself to do it is by scheduling it&period; According to Nicole LaBonde of CABARRET5&comma; you need to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;put your workout on your calendar&comma; just like any other appointment you have&period; You wouldn’t break a business meeting with a client or partner&comma; so don’t break one with yourself&excl; So&comma; give it the same consideration as your other business activities&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">And if you still find yourself having trouble staying accountable&comma; consider teaming up on a health initiative with your colleagues&period; That way you can all be healthy&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>By following these tips&comma; you’ll be healthier and more successful than ever&period; <&sol;strong>What other strategies do you use to stay healthy&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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