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6 Crucial Links Between Runners And Entrepreneurs

Runners and Entrepreneurs

All runners and entrepreneurs often get the question if you are a runner, an entrepreneur, or just stubborn?

This question I get once in a while, directly or rephrased in a more elegant manner, but with the same embedded question. The truth is that being runners and entrepreneurs at the same time is a good choice as the two activities are tightly unified through a burning passion.

By using a very clichĂŠ statement but at the same more true than any other comparison, starting and running successfully a company is a marathon race.

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Stick with me and we will reveal some other significant, and exciting similarities runners and entrepreneurs have in common.

Since a kid, I have always been fascinated of athletics and running in particular. I kept the school record for 1,500 meters years after I left school.

Not until I seriously started to train for marathons and run my first marathon race 2009 at the age of 57, I understood completely what it takes to complete a marathon. It cannot accurately be described in words, but you need to experience a race to understand the mystery of a marathon race.

The dream to run my own company and be my own boss was also something I had on my “to-do-list” for my life, and after decades of a successful career in the corporate world, I took the step in August 2014.

The Synergies For Runners And Entrepreneurs

The question always comes up, if the passion for running triggered the entrepreneurial vein or vice verse. The right answer is probably both. And the mindset for an enthusiastic and passionate runner is the same as for a passionate entrepreneur. Have a taste of these goodies and think about it: Synergies for Runners and Entrepreneurs

Passionate and goal oriented – Both runners and entrepreneurs need to be tremendously excited about what we are doing, and very focused on the goal-setting and sticking to the goal. Of course, it can be annoying and tough to jump out of bed 5 o’clock in the morning to make the training session clearly stipulated in your agenda. The same goes for your business. Not everything is a pleasure to do, but you know it has to be done, and you just do it, period.

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Mental and physical health – Starting a company requires a lot of dedication and working hours to get properly sat up. The same goes for marathon training. You know that your planned long runs on Sundays are crucial to reaching the goal. The physical condition achieved through your marathon training will be to real help when spending hundreds of hour with your business. The synergies between the two activities also support each other. You know that around kilometer 26 to 30 you are going to hit the famous wall. The moment when you feel that you are not going to move one single meter further on, and you still have 12-16 kilometers to go. The same applies to setting up a business. There will be a lot of moments of frustrations and failures and you have to overcome those obstacles.

Confidence and conviction – After a while you will know by experience that following your training program, for sure will bring you to your goal. At the age of 60, I sat up a goal to qualify for the Boston Marathon. The qualification time for my age category to be able to get an opening to apply for a starting block was 3:54:00. During one year I was focusing on one single thing in my training program. To run an official qualification race under 3:54:00 and be able to apply (not any starting block secured). I did 3:47: 42 and could apply and with the time I had achieved I also got my place secured in the Boston Marathon 2013. The same procedure you will experience as an entrepreneur, and by experience I now know that the path is simple: Set the goal and just do it! You know that hard and sometimes painful work and effort will pay off at the end.

Keeping the correct pace – A runner will experience very soon after his or her first races that the right pace is key to the expected result. I had a big problem, in the beginning, to hold back my speed during the first part of the race, which I had to pay for during the second part. With training and experience, I have now learned how to keep an even pace throughout the race, and the result shows that is the way to go. As an enthusiastic entrepreneur you want to get results immediately, but everything takes its time. Keeping the right pace and doing the foundation correctly of your business will pay off in a positive way. In the online business where there are so many false offers out in the market triggering newcomers with words like “Become a millionaire in one month by working less than half an hour a day”. Unfortunately, there are too many people hooked up on those false promises, and when getting burnt, they will never again try an online opportunity as they believe they are all the same.

Rest and recovery – The recovery after a marathon race is as important as the training before the race. We have one body and one life. As any mechanical machine, also the body will need its maintenance to be able to last for years to come. Probably you have read about famous entrepreneurs who were working days and nights for a long time to get 3/4

their project to see the daylight. That’s fine. In some way, they are doing their “marathon race”. However, after a while, you need to rest and recover. The nice thing by being an online marketer and entrepreneur as I am is that you can decide how to focus on your different projects. It can mean working days of 15 to 20 hours. But once achieved what has to be achieved I can slow down and give the body the required “maintenance.”

Flexibility – As a digital marketer I would like to add another ingredient that matches so well my marathon running. I can work from anywhere in the world. I just need my laptop and an Internet connection, and I’m in business. The freedom to travel the world, run the marathon races of my preferences and at the same time bring with me the business that is the real freedom we use to call the laptop lifestyle.

So, we runners and entrepreneurs we are all viewed as stubborn individuals from the perspective of an outsider. With a sense of humor, we can offer that label to the audience, because behind the word “stubborn” we know what is hidden.

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