Good Health is your Wealth, believe me, it is even more important than your business. After all, when your health is in bad shape, how motivated are you to implement business plans or pursue personal goals? We both know the answer, don't we? And what happens to your business if you neglect your health and die? Let's not even go there.

Meanwhile, as obvious as the reasoning above is, most business people carry on as if health is a secondary consideration-like something they would only consider after they have succeeded in business (i.e. made money). How tragic is that reasoning!

To begin with, only the living can succeed in business. Yes, if you die your inheritors can take things up from there. But what if they also neglect their own health and end up like you? So you see, at some point, there must be someone who places the same premium on their health that they place on their business. Let that person be you!

Consider the ways in which healthy living benefits your business. Let's take exercise as an example. It's widely acknowledged that regular and meaningful exercise is one of the greatest contributors to healthy living. "And how does that affect a person's business?" you may ask.

Well, consider these:

When a person exercises regularly, it helps to maintain a healthy weight, which allows the body to function optimally, resulting in fewer sick days. For an employer, fewer vacations due to illness is great news. And for an entrepreneur who usually must be there in person before anything can get done, he simply can't help remaining healthy!

Exercise also helps us to generally feel better about ourselves. Why is this so? Well, it sure takes discipline to stick to an exercise regime. And when this is strictly adhered to, the person gets the feeling that they are in control of their affairs. This confidence often transfers into the business front, affecting the way we approach matters relating to our business.

Good health and exercise also improve motivation. As stated above, sticking to an exercise routine takes lots of discipline. But what happens is that once we compel ourselves to engage in it a few times, we often begin to look forward to it! In other words, regularly engaging in exercise appears to create its own form of motivation. And this motivation is often carried over into other areas of our life-including our business.