If being well isn't enough of an incentive for you, take your business into consideration. Without a healthy, happy leader, it will suffer. "In fact," says Edstrom, "you can't afford not to take care of yourself."
Make your health equally as important as the project you have to complete by Tuesday or the bill you have to pay tomorrow. Schedule it into your day just as you would an important business meeting.
Reichler is proof positive it can be done. With patience and perseverance, she's become much more conscious of effective healthy habits. She eats low-fat, healthy meals; regularly exercises and meditates; practices yoga; and attends a weekly support group for the release of emotional stress. "When you're an entrepreneur, you live your work," says Reichler, who also suggests making wellness part of your company philosophy. "If you're living your work, you might as well make part of what you do living well, because then it will sustain you for years to come."
This article was originally published in the October 1999 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: To Your Health.
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