As an entrepreneur, one of the most important things you can do for your business is to be in tip-top condition.
We already know that we should be working out every day, it is good for us, but if you need more motivation to start sweating it out at your local Fitness 19, here it is.
Focus
Working out, especially cardio, will mean that your brain is ready to focus. Interestingly, once you have worked out, usually in the morning, your brain is in the best space to concentrate for up to 3 hours afterward.
This means many people before they have a presentation or a meeting will work out. Moving your body, especially in a high-intensity workout, will improve the blood flow to your brain. The best thing about this is it works with any kind of exercise.
Great mood
As any entrepreneur will know, some days become more difficult to deal with. And if you aren’t feeling your best in terms of mood, it can be challenging to have the day you deserve.
When we exercise, our body is flooded with endorphins, and as we know, endorphins are what we call nature’s mood elevator. Those mood elevators have been shown to improve memory and reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and general irritability.
If you want to attack your day in the most positive mood possible, working out is the way to go.
This can be even more important when you want to make a great impression.
Energy
As an entrepreneur, you already know how much time and energy you need to put into your projects to get them off the ground. Energy is an exciting thing, much like making big money; the more you have of it, the more you can use, the more you use, the more you seem to have of it.
Even as little as 15 minutes a day moving around can increase your energy, which means you can tackle those long days, and long hours with ferocity.
Productivity
It is a strange thing, but a saying says if you want something done, you give it to a busy person. They simply don’t know how to slow down; they instead attack everything on their to-do list with the same amount of focus and energy.
Working out in the morning will mean you soon become one of those busy people and are ready to take on anything.
The moment you start ticking off more of your to-do list; you will be even more motivated to complete more things that you need to do.
And all this is required from you is to make sure that you get in a daily workout.
It is essential to remember that you don’t need to push yourself to extremes in the early days; just like a business start-up, your fitness should be taken slow and steady, laying all of the foundations to work out for longer.
In the same spirit, here is another post on motivation and removing your own roadblocks: The Power of Just Getting Started
