Yoga can make a stressful life of entrepreneurs easier. To explain to you better, here are inputs of some of the prominent entrepreneurs who practice yoga.
In contrast to what people usually think about the ‘exciting’ life of entrepreneurs, they have some of the most stressful jobs. Entrepreneurs often face several challenges as most of the time they are solely responsible for their decision making. Moreover, they have to work more than any ordinary working individual, which impacts their personal health adversely.
Yoga for efficient you
In the recent two decades, people from across the world have started embracing Yoga than ever before. People from across the spectrum including global leaders, actors, performers, artists, and entrepreneurs amongst others have shared their experience of positive effects of practicing yoga in their personal as well as professional life.
We all know about Co-Founder of Google –Sergey Brin whose yoga-practicing pictures at Intel office went viral. He credits yoga for strengthening his mental and physical abilities. Worldwide sensation and former football player –David Beckham is also known for practicing yoga on a daily basis. In short, there are a number of people who are crediting Yoga for maintaining their life balance.
Sergey Brin doing yoga at Intel conference
Founder of European investment fund –Boundary Holding and prominent entrepreneur, Rajat Khare, in his book Make The Move – Demystifying Entrepreneurship classifies ‘anatomy’ of an entrepreneur into the trinity of –fire, knowledge, and passion. Hence, he believes that it becomes important for entrepreneurs to understand and balance the concept of trinity. He goes on to say that Yoga can help in achieving the right balance.
Former CEO of Aetna- Mark Bertolini in an interview said, “A lot of times I bring principles of yoga into the workplace, but I don’t highlight them as principles of yoga.” He also added that practicing “Pranayama (Vedic) chanting are ways of stealing the mind and the body so you can sit in mediation and search internally for extended period of time on that journey.” For him, it becomes important for an entrepreneur to include yoga and mindfulness for true leadership.
Chairman and CEO of Blue Chip Marketing Worldwide says, “Since I started practicing more than two years ago, yoga has profoundly influenced my life in every aspect. It has redefined my sense of self. I have changed as a husband, father, friend and leader.” He also added that yoga “embodies a philosophy that none of us alone is as good as all of us together. It recognizes that a culture that unites the best of heart and mind will achieve remarkable results.”
The everyday life of entrepreneurs is filled with several ups and downs, criticism and appreciation, success and failures. Their scorecards represent how their businesses are performing, for entrepreneurs everything matters –stock prices, market share, and revenue. With such a stressful life, it becomes important for entrepreneurs to perform yoga for reorienting themselves and becoming more efficient and contented in personal as well as professional life.