Okay, it’s Q & A Tuesday. It’s a really Jersey Q & A Tuesday! Look at the hoops, look
at the hair and look at the dress. Rarr! Sorry, I got the giggles..
Tiffany writes: Q: “Hi Marie! I love, love, love Q & A Tuesdays.”
We love you Tiffany. “I’m a wife, a full-time mom of one and a half year old and an entrepreneur
running a small social media company. I’ve always struggled with prioritizing exercise
and now that finances are tight, I feel like I need to spend any time that I’m not with
my daughter bringing in income. The hour that I spend exercising makes me feel guilty, as
if I should have spent that hour making money. I know I’m not the only one who feels financial
pressure so my question is: How do you make time for exercise when you feel so much pressure
in other areas?”
A: Awesome question Tiffany! Here’s a thing Tiff, you are your most valuable business
asset and you need to keep that business asset in tip-top shape if you want to bring home
the tofu fakin’ bacon for you and your family. Science has proven that we operate more effectively
when we exercise. In fact, a smarty pants author, John Ratey from Harvard Medical School
says, “Exercise is really for the brain, not for the body. It affects mood, vitality,
alertness and feelings of well-being.” And get this Tiffany, if you’re anything like
me or the millions of other entrepreneurs in the world, one of the biggest things you
struggle with is focus. That is right, I said focus. Focus, focus, focus! Dr. Ratey says
this, “Exercise is like taking a little prozac or a little ritalin at just a right
moment”. John Mayer says your body is a wonderland? Oh-oh girl, I see your body is
a sweet little pharmacy just waiting to give you your focus fix any time of the day. Focus!
So start considering exercise time as an essential business task that you simply cannot skip.
It’s as important as answering your e-mails or invoicing your clients.
And get this, exercising for a straight hour is not always possible. Sometimes you got
to break it down and do little chunks so just imagine this for a moment alright. Instead
of like10 or 20 minutes, tooling around a Facebook or Twitter which I know you will
do, what about just putting on music and dance hard core for like 10 minutes straight. Tell
me about that, will that be a good time? Yes it will. Shaking your money-maker is a great
way to build exercise into your day and of course rev up your money-making.
If you don’t feel like dancing, you can walk or your jog or you can do some crazy
bootcamp style workout for 10 minutes straight. I get some of my best ideas when I do this
for 10 minutes straight... Or if you want to get your “boogie” body on, try this
simple exercise that I found on Youtube for free. (We are here to let you know..)
Think about it this way girl, if you take 6-10 minute exercise breaks throughout the
day, you are going to have exercised for whole hour. Now, I know that might not be as intense
as doing it 1-hour straight but it’s going to really add up and it’s going to keep
that sweet little pharmacy open all day long.
One final idea, many moms have written in to say that my exercise dvds to work out at
home with their kids specifically with their daughters. That’s just one more tip to help
you build it in to your day.
Tiffany, that was my A to your Q. Thank you so much for asking. So, now I want to hear
some comments, I want to hear some responses. How do you fit in exercise to your business
busy schedule? Do you notice that you make more money? And that your business is more
successful when you are working out consistently? What I really love is a video response, right?
A video response. Now, if you like what I’m throwing down here, hit the like button right
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your life. Thank you so much for watching and I will catch you next time.