When you’re on fire to open a new business or are busy expanding an existing one, chances are that, due to possible stress, the only time you’ll really rest is those four to five hours a night when you sleep. And, given that a full night’s rest should be 7-8 hours, your body will always work to the limit.
And, quite likely, caffeine will be the main ingredient in your diet. It is even worse if alcohol is present from time to time, because so far many mistakenly believe that it relieves stress.
But what if there is no stress? After all, stress is completely unnecessary.
Many success stories try to convince us that in order to achieve our goals, in which finances usually play an important component, it is necessary to work almost around the clock for many years. Otherwise, you can forget about your well-being.
Very often, because of such false attitudes, people do not want to start doing anything. Of course, most of them use these beliefs as arguments to justify their laziness (no, no, laziness is not always a bad thing), but then there are those who seriously consider leaving their employer and becoming the head of their own company. However, they are confused by the low chance of success, which can only be used by single workaholics.
But it is not so.
Of course, to achieve your goal, you will have to work anyway, but, oddly enough, the more you give yourself to work, the less effective you become.
You can sometimes hear or read famous billionaire entrepreneurs talk about their journey as being in the process of solving constant problems 24/7. Sometimes this is true, and sometimes they are cunning.
It all depends on what task you have set for yourself. Not everyone needs to own transnational corporations and have huge turnovers. Most business people are simply looking for financial stability and independence.
Moreover, studies show that after a certain level of income, which allows you to have the minimum necessary for a full-fledged modern life and not have debts, its further increase does not affect the level of happiness and contentment.
Of course, not all billionaires pursue wealth as an end in itself. For many, it is a by-product of doing what you love. Growing capital, in turn, allows you to expand the scope for your hobbies even more freely.
And, indeed, when you are truly passionate about something, then time flies unnoticed. There are too few hours in the day, and the time for sleep has to be cut. You don’t even think about profit or monetization at all, you just enjoy what you are already doing, and do not dream about what you will do in the future. Therefore, passionate people bring the coolest products to the market.
However, this is not the same as galley slave labor. After all, if you are passionate about something, you are doing it, even if no one pays you for it. Therefore, it is important to separate situations when you are driven by passion and when you are driven by the desire to simply have wealth.
But, even though doing what you love can be good for the psyche and, as a result, for general health (as opposed to unloved work), rest is necessary for the body in any case and is extremely important for recovery.
You can rest in different ways, but sleep is still the best medicine. Without proper sleep, all body functions will suffer, including the immune system and, which is important for us as entrepreneurs, the full functioning of the brain.
It is vital to learn not only the technical aspects of the business, but also to find time to work on yourself so that no troubles can affect your peace of mind, creating the prerequisites for possible problems of the nervous system.
In general, sleepless nights are typical for start-up entrepreneurs, as well as for representatives of the IT industry who create startups through huge venture capital. But in most cases, the slow, prudent and confident development of the company is much more reliable, calmer and usually becomes more successful and stable in the end. And besides, it is always better, with a few exceptions, to own 100% of your company and make all decisions yourself, without attracting any investors.
From personal experience and the experience of others, it can almost be argued that creating a business without venture capital based on your passion and slowly developing it, as well as further allocating part of the capital to the stock market with passive investment strategies, is the key to financial peace and a fulfilling, free life.
And, returning to the topic of the article, we can also say with confidence that doing what you love correlates with sound and healthy sleep. So follow your passion, eat less and sleep more.