What choice would you make? A way that just makes you wealthy or the one where you can balance earning wealth while taking care of your health?
“I aspire to be like you one day,” I told my uncle when I visited him in the Intense Critical Cardiac Care Unit (ICCU). It was really heart wrenching to see a person like him lying helplessly on the hospital bed. Well- known for his iron will and strong determination, he was a man who started from scratch and developed a multi dollar business mansion in a span of three decades. Ask about his age, and he smiles and tells you, “I am 50 years young!”
While coming out from the hospital, I kept wondering where it all went wrong with him. Doctors were monitoring his condition closely as he had suffered a major heart attack. They said he was critical and the heart attack could have been averted if he had taken care of his health.
In today’s turbulent economic conditions, managing a business for an entrepreneur is an arduous task. Engaged in calls and meetings around the clock, sitting for long hours with the laptop, and incessant responsibilities take a toll on health. Usually people who manage their own businesses pay attention to every important task, but their health.
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But the big question is should you go about earning wealth at the cost of losing your health? Think about it from a business perspective – if it’s a gain at the loss of your health. Is it worth it? A wise answer would be an obvious “no.” By not paying enough attention to their health, entrepreneurs can manage to pass through their 20s and 30s with few health problems, but these issues catch up slowly. Whether it is the development of crippling back problems, diabetes, high blood pressure,high cholesterol, or digestive disorders, most of these conditions are very hard to reverse once they are set in.
For entrepreneurs, a sedentary lifestyle, lack of time for exercise, and a constantly stressed out mind, are some major factors which are responsible for the onset of major chronic diseases. To battle against them, one needs to consciously inculcate some small, yet significant changes in their lifestyle. To be hale and hearty make sure that you eat healthy food, take out time for some exercise every day, practice meditation and relaxation techniques to get rid of stress, avoid junk foods, and sleep adequately for about 7-8 hours every day.
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Regardless of your definition of success, make sure that you follow a healthy lifestyle to reap long term heath benefits. Just as your business thrives well when you take care of it, the same way your body and mind will function properly only if you adequately take care of it.
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As Ralph Waldo Emerson puts it “The First wealth is health” and in life you should never barter your health with wealth. For all those who manage their businesses, this should serve as the right dose of motivation to take charge and manage their health as well.
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