<p>Is your business your life?</p><p>OK, out front this is not a sales pitch, I am not really promoting my business just want to share some ideas with you.&nbsp; I have been a full time cycling coach for 10 years, only a business owner for 4, so this article is about fitness, not business, although I think you will see the connection.</p><p>Do you want more energy?&nbsp; Is your business sucking the life from your veins and leaving you no time to maintain relationships or other key areas of your life?&nbsp; Can you keep your current pace of work going for as long as it takes?&nbsp; Can you sleep for 4 hours and get up and keep cranking?&nbsp; I have some solutions to these questions won by hard knocks.</p><p>I train people for a living.&nbsp; I see all kinds of people, from couch potatoes to elite-hard core athletes looking for the edge.&nbsp;&nbsp;I love working with all kinds of&nbsp;people and being&nbsp;part of&nbsp;enhancing their health.&nbsp; The funny thing is that for all the hundreds of people I have coached since 1994 for Lance Armstrong's coach and now my own business, I don't see many business owners come to me for help.&nbsp; Why?</p><p>I became a business owner 4 years ago and can attest to one thing:&nbsp; if I am not healthy and energetic, my business suffers.&nbsp;&nbsp; The people who take the time to see me are typically successful entreprenuers who have backed off on their business, sold it, worked for Microsoft, or work a stable job&nbsp;for an established business.</p><p>I have a team of 8 coaches and an office admin that work for my Company.&nbsp; I am learning how to run a business just like I learned to race bikes...read everything I can find, look for mentors and drive, drive, drive!&nbsp;&nbsp; If you are in the same boat I wanted to share a few ideas that have been helpful to me:</p><p>1.&nbsp; Use 1 hr classes to get my workouts - if I schedule it I do it, so I either lead or take 3 classes a week, and that keeps my engine tuned up.</p><p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;Stay hydrated and start each day with a glass of warm water to be&nbsp; sure I get a jump on it.&nbsp; if you want to take it further add a squeeze of lemon to get alkaline.&nbsp; Fatigue, headache&nbsp;and spaciness is often caused my dehydration.&nbsp; Drink and stay sharp!</p><p>3.&nbsp; Carry whole food bars in&nbsp;you car and at the office.&nbsp; Small, handy, portable&nbsp;meals are key to keep my energy rolling, buy a box or two and put them where you can grab them. Big meals slow you down.</p><p>4.&nbsp; Have it all. Balance, I wouldn't have made it this far and still be married if I didn't prioritize and schedule time for:&nbsp; wife, kid, family, friends, god, myself.&nbsp; What good is it to reach the finish line and turn around and see that you are alone?&nbsp; One phone call a week, one dinner, meditation or reading spirtual stuff for 30&nbsp;minutes.&nbsp; I could have grown my company faster but long term whole life satisfaction is the key, so keep your whole life growing, it doesn't take that much time.</p><p>Even taking a few of these small things seriously can make a shift over time.&nbsp; I believe business is like a bike race, it takes endurance, motivation and proper care of the bod.&nbsp; It doesn't happen overnight and each day is another stage of the race.</p><p>OK, go get em and have a fantastic week!</p><p>Coach Craig</p> 2008-06-09T21:29:10Z -21.3006 369 1099 true 1 7660 working-16-hrs-day-sustainable 1 2008-06-10T23:18:45Z 2008-06-10T23:18:45Z

<p>You have the drive but can your body sustain the challenge of big days, late nights and rollercoaster emotions of the start up?</p>

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