As the weather gets warmer and we shed our winter layers, many of us look in the mirror and pledge to get active.

We all know there are countless benefits of working out. Physical activity helps lower your blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol; relieve stress; and strengthen your heart, muscles and bones. Of course, it also helps you lose unwanted weight and tone up so you can feel confident in your summer clothes.

But have you ever considered the impact working out could have on your business?

The truth is that creating and sticking to a regular fitness routine can create habits that have a positive influence on your business and bottom line.

Working Out Can Flex Your Self-Discipline Muscles

Working out regularly requires real self-discipline. To see results from your work outs, you need to work out consistently. The more frequently and consistently you work out, the faster you will reach your weight loss or fitness goals. By maintaining a regular fitness routine, you build stamina, strength and flexibility. Regularly missing workouts has real consequences. You lose momentum and fall back into old habits, making it difficult to meet your fitness goals.

The same is absolutely true in business. You need to execute activities and meet targets daily and weekly in order to build momentum in your business, produce results and achieve your annual goals. Work on developing discipline in your exercise routine and apply that same commitment and self-control to your business. You’ll be amazed by what you can accomplish when you set your mind to it.

Working Out Can Boost Your Confidence

Regularly hitting the gym or your favorite exercise class can give you a confidence boost for two reasons. First, as you gain strength, tone your muscles and achieve a greater level of fitness and overall health, you’ll feel better about yourself. When you walk into a meeting with a prospective client or a networking event, you’ll exude confidence. And confidence (unlike arrogance) sells.

Second, by sticking to a fitness regimen, you will inevitably reach the milestones you set for yourself and feel proud of your accomplishments. This has a domino effect – the more you achieve, the more motivated and energized you are to set higher goals and push harder to reach them. The same is true in business, which is why it is important to celebrate your victories. When you acknowledge the strides forward you have made, you build confidence in yourself and challenge yourself to reach new heights.

Working Out Can Reduce Stress and Help You Stay Focused

Exercise, especially aerobic exercise, produces endorphins which are chemicals in the brain that act as natural painkillers and generate feelings of pleasure and euphoria. It also improves the ability to sleep, which in turn reduces stress. Sometimes building a business can feel like you have the weight of the world on your shoulders, so I don’t have to tell you the importance of stress relief for an entrepreneur. Using exercise as a stress management tool can help you maintain the positive attitude and energy necessary to push forward and overcome obstacles in your business.

Research studies have shown that exercise also helps you concentrate, prioritize and block out distractions so you can focus on the task at hand. In our hi-tech world, there are innumerable distractions that can pull us away from doing what we set out to do if we let them. Exercise helps clear away the mental clutter so you can think more clearly and energizes you to take the action steps necessary to grow your business.

Working Out Can Expand Your Network

You can reap the benefits of exercise by doing solo activities like running, swimming or working out at a home gym. But your fitness regimen is also an opportunity to broaden your social network. By joining a running group or baseball team, or attending group spin or yoga classes, you open yourself up to meeting new people in your community you might otherwise never have met.

I often speak to my clients at Celeste Giordano Coaching about the power of networking to build new relationships, generate referral partners, and ultimately boost sales. You never know who your next best referral partner or client will be or where they will come from! By connecting with new people, sharing who you are and what you do, and demonstrating interest in who they are, you build social momentum that can yield an incredible return in your business.

Invest in Yourself

At Celeste Giordano Coaching, I speak to my clients about the vital importance of work life balance. Regular exercise, getting enough sleep, eating healthful foods, and taking time to unwind are investments in yourself. The more you invest, the greater the return.

Think of a car. If you don’t fill it with the right fuel, it will run out of gas and break down. When you invest in yourself, you arm yourself with the strength, focus and confidence necessary to build a prosperous Legacy Business.

Do you exude confidence when you walk into a room? Have you got the energy necessary to execute the daily and weekly disciplines you set for yourself? Are you realizing your potential?

The ticket to success in entrepreneurship is being able to answer “Yes” to these questions.

Contact me today at celeste@celestegiordano.com to learn how to achieve greater work life balance and Double Plus your income this year.

Up Next: You’re Invited

We invite our local community to visit us on April 27th, 2017 from 11:00 to 1:00 p.m. at the 1818 Club for the WGC Atlanta Chapter meeting. “Success Strategies for a Great Next Quarter” business panel discussion led by Shellie Hunt, Jeannie Penland with HGI, Sara Poe with Poe’s Accounting, Terry Son with Forten Media, and Sue Wyatt, Senior Vice President of Brand Bank. Pre-registration for the event is $25.00. Click here to pre-register. If you are interested in being a sponsor, please contact celeste@thewomenofglobalchange.com.

We are also opening up several other chapters across the United States. I am honored to help launch the Toronto, Ontario Chapter in May, 2017. To become a presenting sponsor or sponsor at this premier Toronto event, contact Celeste Giordano here. For additional information about WGC, please visit our website!

Celeste Giordano’s mission is to help business owners develop the skills, knowledge and attitude necessary to “double-plus” their income and become effective and inspirational leaders in their fields. Whether it’s taking your successful business to the next level or starting a new venture, she will teach you the exact skills and strategies you need to enroll more quality prospects, build a rock-solid team, and break through obstacles to achieve real profit and lasting success. Celeste is a professional business growth specialist, a master sales strategist, and dynamic speaker with almost 40 years experience in direct sales and managing high-performing teams.

To learn more about Celeste, click here.

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