Last week, I wrote a brief blurb about Richard Branson and his habit of exercise. Branson doesn’t smoke and eats a balanced diet. He also says swimming is a great cure for a hangover. He runs marathons, has done a triathlon and likes to “pop into” a gym while traveling. He says that fitness has been a key to his success.
“The only reason I’m able to do all the things I do and to keep on top of a busy schedule without getting too stressed is because I stay fit.” — Richard Branson
Sir Richard isn’t the only high powered entrepreneur or business executive to credit exercise with their ability to run billion dollar businesses.
Tom Bilyeu, co-founder of Quest Nutrition, the huge nutrition bar supplement company, has a gym in his California mansion. He says “I am either working, or working out.”
Strauss Zelnick, President of Zelnick Media Capital (ZMC) and former President of one of the world’s largest music and entertainment companies, exercises heavily several times a day. He wrote a book on exercise and business and is well known for holding major business meetings in the gym.
Jesse Itzler, the flamboyant entrepreneur, founder of Marquis Jets (sold to Warren Buffett) and part owner of the Atlanta Hawks, hired a former Navy Seal to make his already excellent physical condition even better and made the the former Navy Seal, David Goggins, famous on the talk show and speaking circuit. He wrote the book, Living with a Seal, about the experience. The New York Times best seller is a great read.
And Sara Blakely, founder of SPANX, and a multi-millionaire in her own right as well as being married to Jesse Itzler, credits exercise with keeping her own energy level at it’s peak.
So, if these busy entrepreneurs and business folks can find the time and the motivation to make exercise and fitness an integral part of their daily lives — SO CAN YOU!
Thank you for reading.