Running a business is no small feat. It demands enormous time, energy, and focus. With so many demands, business owners often don’t stop to think about the impact on their health.
However, a business owner’s health is more important than you might think. Your health can impact your business’s overall success, including employee morale, revenue, and customer service. Let’s take a moment to pause and understand why it’s so important.
Increased Productivity And Efficiency
The amazing thing about humans is that physical health impacts mental health and vice versa. Taking care of your physical health is crucial if you want to be more productive and efficient as a business owner.
When you maintain good health, you’ll be able to handle more tasks without getting frustrated and overwhelmed. When you get more done (and done to a high standard), you’ll feel so much better mentally as well. It’s pretty simple to do—eat a balanced diet, sleep well, and exercise regularly, and you’ll definitely see improvements.
Reduced Absenteeism
If you ignore health issues, they may get worse. You can also make others on your team sick, which can lead to even more problems, including a high absenteeism rate. Your business can fall behind on production, which can impact delivery time. Customers may start to complain, and the business will start to develop a bad reputation. Unhappy customers lead to less revenue, affecting the company’s bottom line.
High Risk For Accidents
We mentioned that if you work when you’re sick, you can get others sick, too. When you work while you are ill, you also increase the probability of an accident happening. If your employees see you working while sick, they may think that is the expectation and will show up when they are ill. Imagine what can happen if you or a team member gets hurt coming to work because of a standard you set. You could end up needing a good personal injury lawyer like Rankin & Gregory, LLC.
Healthy Decision Making
Being a business owner involves making decisions, big and small, pretty much all day. That’s not easy if your poor health is getting in the way and clouding your judgment. You might say something you didn’t mean to say. Or, you may agree to something without fully understanding all the details. That something can end up being a costly error on your part.
Taking care of your health can be what lies underneath a business’s ultimate success, and as a business owner, that’s what you’re always working towards. So why not start taking better care of your health today and see how it improves your business and your life? Here’s to YOUR success!
Carolyn R. Owens has over 25 years of proven experience and serves as a Career Strategist, Leadership, and Mentor Coach. She is the Chairwoman and CEO of Infinity Coaching, Inc., where they help you up-level your skills so you can up-level your income. Infinity Coaching, Inc. provides one-on-one and group coaching, organizational training, and personality assessments. Carolyn is certified to give the Energy Leadership Index, Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), DISC, Emotional Intelligence, and Leadership Circle Profile assessments. You can learn more about assessments and other products and services at https://infinitycoaching.net.
