Principle #1 Separating Successful Entrepreneurs from Those Who Went out of Business

1. You Are Your Business.

So, you need to make self-care your #1 priority. It doesn’t just apply to solopreneurs. For any enterprise, if the owner or the CEO is the driving force, it applies just as well.
In fact, it applies to any business which will be gone if the owner or CEO will disappear for three months. Or forever, we are all mortal.

I see people ignoring this principle all the time, everywhere. People are looking for a silver bullet that will solve their productivity problems, but they are ignoring the basics.

It is as damaging in case of a housewife, an employee, but in case of an entrepreneur it has a frightening compound effect.
If you don’t take good care of yourself, it’s not just you who suffer. It impacts your family, your customers, your employees, your bottom line, your sanity – everyone and everything around.

Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” – Jim Rohn

Your body supports all your efforts to improve your life. Or gets into your way, if you don’t take care of it. We all know what we need to function at the optimal level, but most of us choose to ignore it.

Eat clean, sleep enough, hydrate yourself properly, be physically active- those are the basics. If you don’t have a fundament, how can you build a house?

Nine Universal Business Principles
Principle #1 Separating Successful Entrepreneurs from Those Who Went out of Business
Principle #2 Separating Successful Entrepreneurs from Those Who Went out of Business
Principles #3&4 Separating Successful Entrepreneurs from Those Who Went out of Business
Principles #5&6 Separating Successful Entrepreneurs from Those Who Went out of Business
Principles #7&8 Separating Successful Entrepreneurs from Those Who Went out of Business
Principle #9 Separating Successful Entrepreneurs from Those Who Went out of Business
 

Originally published in Medium.