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tTtHe coNVENTIoNAL wISDoM is that we should all exerI cise regularly as a part of living a healthy lifestyle. However, family business owners report the number one problem they have is too little time in the day to do all the things they need to do. Given the typical family business owner's time crunch, is exercise worth it in terms of goal achievement (personal and business) and higher sales?

The short answer is yes. A recent study investigated 366 small business owners to determine if the trade off between exercise and time devoted to managing their companies process in the human physiology to recognize and cope with stress. However, the sheer frequency and intensity of stress episodes among family business owners doesn't allow the parasympathetic nervous system to fully flush stress from the body and return to a more normal state of relaxation. Therefore, stress accumulates over time and leads to mental and physical illnesses.

Since everyone seems to be in agreement that rigorous exercise has so many physical and mental benefits, why don't all family business owners engage in regular exercise? The reality of small business life is that business schedules and constant demands from other people on an entrepreneur's time and the challenge of simply maintaining a consistent fitness program cause most people to fail to enter exercise programs in the first place-or to abandon them shortly after initiation. The researchers hypothesized that if family business owners were to "grant their physical health the same respect they do to their financial and professional well-being, most would be in incredible physical condition. Concomitantly, good physical condition should contribute to entrepreneurs' success in reaching their personal and financial goals."

What are the benefits of exercise? There's a direct relationship between fitness and mental performance. People who are physically fit:

Process data faster;

. Experience a slower decline in information processing as they age;

Are less likely to be obese;

Possess higher levels of energy;

Enjoy enhanced feelings of well being; was worth it. Entrepreneurs who regularly engaged in rigorous exercise were better at attaining personal satisfaction, independence and autonomy. Their companies also showed significant improvement in sales over companies that were managed by non-exercisers.

. Enjoy reduced anxiety, depression, tension and stress, and Live longer.

There's a dark side of entrepreneurship and business success. Business pressures cause stress levels to increase, and mental and physical health problems can arise. Many entrepreneurs suffer from back problems, indigestion' insomnia and headaches. These symptoms are often byproducts of long term, unbroken stress. Many people think that events outside their control cause stress, but that's only partially true. Stress is actually a constant phenomenon that combines external problems with internal responses unique to individuals. There's a three-step

Exercise and activity can play a positive role in helping family business owners achieve their goals, have more energy, experience less sickness, and to enjoy the self-confidence that comes with being fit. As one entrepreneur said, "Exercise may not give me an extra day of life. It will, however, give extra life to every day."

Are sales at a plateau or even declining? Does the stress seem to mount every day with no end in sight? A way to explode through both of these challenges may be to undertake rigorous exercise on a regular basis.

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