Balancing Business Success with Health and Wellness

Have you built an amazing business at the cost of running your physical and mental health into the ground? And do you feel that you just don’t have the time to make real changes in your lifestyle? In this episode, our guest is Luke DePron, an online weight loss coach for busy entrepreneurs and businessmen, as well as the host of the Live Great Lifestyle podcast. Both from his training and from strategies learned from exceptional sportsmen and elite performers, Luke has transformed everyday men into Olympic-level athletes. Today, he helps high-achieving entrepreneurs lose 20 pounds or more of body fat through the Lean Body Method™ so their physiques, energy, and confidence match the success they have in business and in life.

In our conversation, Luke navigates how to establish your way to fitness, avoid work that is unhealthy for you, and lead a successful business. He digs into how to achieve wellness, make it stick, and set up realistic goals. He remarks on the importance of creating a business culture where employees’ health is prioritized and they feel you care about them as well as their wellness.

Transcript

[00:01 – 06:48] Opening Segment

•Luke shares his background a work

A health and fitness coach who helps entrepreneurs recover their health and wellness
• How often business leaders have sacrificed health to build wealth

• Wealth and wellness go together, and they need to step into a practice that supports their goals

• Why October through November is the best time to take on health and fitness goals

[06:49 – 16:33] Slow and Steady Wins the Race to Lose Weight

• How to overcome the challenges of starting a fitness program when you’re busy

• You don’t need to go to the gym to achieve your fitness goals

• Why resistance training can be an important part of a healthy lifestyle

Slower, longer-term weight loss is more successful than rapid weight loss
• Eating a standard, healthy diet that is easy to adjust calories from is key to success

[16:34 – 26:47] Leaders Look to Build Great Cultures, Great Environments

• How leveraging your low-level step count is a massive point

• Luke’s advice to build great cultures and work environments

Promoting a healthy first culture and setting standards to achieve them
• Luke breaks down great leadership strategies

• Be willing to give and contribute to others

[26:48 – 30:22] How to Get More Clients After Completing Work

• Luke on the rapid-fire questions

• Q&A: What is my next step in order to get more clients?

Practical Pointers

Achieving wellness and making it stick is primarily about removing obstacles that prevent you from being healthy, rather than adding new things into your life.

Don’t fall into the trap of taking on too much; you might expect to exercise seven days a week, but unrealistic goals lead to quitting. Start with something realistic and, if you want, build up from there.

Shortcuts to fitness just don’t work. Real results are the impact of a lot of inputs - like managing your diet and maintaining your step count -over time. It doesn’t happen overnight, but it works.

Don’t create a business culture where your employees’ health declines. Be the kind of boss who develops an environment where the people who work for you know that you care about them and their wellness.

Good leadership starts with managing yourself. If the leader doesn’t practice what he preaches, your attempts at corporate change will fall flat.

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Guest Bio

Luke DePron

Luke DePron is an online weight loss coach for busy entrepreneurs and businessmen, as well as the host of the Live Great Lifestyle podcast. Both from his training and from strategies learned from exceptional sportsmen and elite performers, Luke has transformed everyday men into Olympic-level athletes. Today, he helps high-achieving entrepreneurs lose 20 pounds or more of body-fat through the Lean Body Method™ so their physiques, energy, and confidence match the success they have in business and in life.

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