Small Business Owners: How To Look After Your Physical And Mental Health.

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Staying physically and mentally fit is essential for all small business owners, none more so than today as the pandemic continues. With small and, micro-business owners often working alone, paying attention to the warning signs their health could be deteriorating is vital.

As a small or micro business owner, your fitness is of paramount importance. It's a simple equation: If you can't work, your business isn't profitable. As the pandemic has changed perhaps forever how companies operate, what does this mean for the mental and physical health of all small business owners?

I have been running my business for the past three decades. During that time, mental and physical health has played a massive role in the success of my company. As a business of one, I have had to rely upon my own stoicism to weather the periods when business hasn't been so great. Physical health can easily be forgotten these days, with a focus on just mental health issues, when, in reality, the two are symbiotic.

Bupa Global’s Executive Wellbeing Index, concluded more than three-quarters of business leaders (78%) have experienced poor mental health during the pandemic and experts are warning that tighter COVID restrictions could spur a new wave, exacerbated by pressures on business, the economy and reduced personal freedoms.

Physical wellbeing is, of course, just as important as mental health. With continued restrictions on movement for large areas of the UK, it's critical to have a physical fitness regime that ensures you take some level of exercise… Read the full article here

Forbes Magazine, 20.09.2020