Are you running your business or is your business running you?
This is a question I ask all my women entrepreneur clients. Just because you are busy running to see clients, running to network for more business, and running around to meet the needs of your employees, doesn't mean you are running a healthy business. 
The health of a business depends as much on the health (physicial, mental and spiritual) of the entrepreneur as it does on the business practices of the organization.
To prove this point, I ask you to think of the most successful moments in your life and business. Very often these moments cross paths. In my experience, the businesswoman that understands she needs as much care and nurturing as her business, clients and employees is the woman others are attracted to.
People, and that means customers, are drawn to happy people who have a healthy outlook on life. Some call it positive thinking. I call it a healthy balance of inner strength and awareness - knoweldge of your true limits.
Stress continues to be the greatest health issue all Americans must address. If your business causes you too much stress, you don't get enough sleep and you eat your way to feel fulfilled, you can't succeed in business.
Tip #1 Take 30 minutes every day before work to exercise. Walk, run, bike, swim, do yoga, dance to music. Move your body. 
When a person runs, swims, cycles and performs any other strenuous exercise, the pituitary gland releases endorphins: chemicals that release feeling of euphoria. I've been a runner for 34 years, 3 1/2 miles every day before I start my work day. I do my best thinking and solve amy problems that may be on my mind. If I don't feel like running I walk. It isn't what you do for exercise. It is getting your body moving that counts. Try it and see how it changes the way you approach your business day. The world always seems like a better place after 30 minutes of exercise.
Tip #2 Eat to live rather than live to eat. What you put in your body to nourish it is more important than anything else you can do for your health and wellbeing. Breakfast is an absolute must. When your body is healthy your behavior will follow. Start with fresh fruit, whole grain cereals, an egg and make sure to quench your thirst with live sustaining water. Water is literally the only thing we cannot live without -- so why not start your day off right.
Running a small business requires making decisions continuously and every decision results in outcomes that affect the bottom line in one way or another. Making healthy choices for yourself will guarantee that whatever decisions you make regarding the business, you will be strong enough to keep running for that next meeting, next customer, next big payday.
