Endurance Sports, Related to Running Your Life and Business?

An endurance athlete is always looking for ways to improve their performance. Improving performance can take many forms; it could mean improving speed, or practicing to be more efficient in the sport. Some endurance athletes train for hours on end every day, eat healthy and meditate on how to improve their performance. In the world of endurance sports efficiency, effectiveness and getting the job done faster and better is an endless pursuit for everyone in the sport. Endurance sports require trainers to teach athletes the right balance in an athlete’s life. Much like a business should have a “business coach” to help teach the business owner perfect balance between handling life and business.

Running your life and a business is much like playing endurance sports. It requires a level of dedication, commitment to long hours and doing whatever it takes to keep the mind, body, and soul healthy; in both your personal and business life. In the corporate world, it is often viewed as a game to see who can “Go Long” or “Go the Longest”; often reflected by dark circles and bags under the eyes. Thirty second elevator speeches are often a comparison of the number of hours worked through the week or how the weekend will be full of work.

In the society in which we live success is often measured by the number of hours we work a week. Time has  shown that hard work and long hours has its rewards; nevertheless when do long hours become the measure of success versus results? As an athlete, if you can get to the finish line of a 140.6 mile triathlon in 12 hours versus 17 hours…why wouldn’t you train to?

If results could be achieved at work by improving efficiency and accomplishing more in less time, then why not train to do just that? It may require sitting down with a business coach to learn how to balance the demands of life and business. It is going to require discipline and hard work; however experience proves that hours equate to dedication that measures performance.

Shaving time is big business in the world of triathlons with athletes spending millions of dollars every year on equipment, nutrition and technology. Corporations also focus on shedding time and wasteful spending of money. Often times corporate consultants are brought in to look at the areas that need improvement. No matter what the business size, a business life coach can help to organize life demands and business goals to increase productivity, efficiency and wasteful spending of time.