When you talk about wealthy successful entrepreneurs Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison, and Derik Fay, can you guess what they all have in common? If you said that they all founded billion-dollar companies, you are right.
However, in this article, we want to discuss something else they all have in common apart from founding billion dollar businesses. These billionaires have combined their CEO duties and fitness as an integral part of their everyday success routine.
Originally, bodybuilding was a sport for the few. However, now it has become a lifestyle that has inspires men and women alike to build successful entrepreneurial careers and personal development. Bodybuilding and fitness encourages competitive benefits, creates a never ending challenge within ones self, requires internal regulation to succeed, requires a lot of dedication, motivation, and hard work, including a strict schedule and a precise diet plan. All applicable skills in becoming a success in business or in life for that matter.
An excellent example of a great entrepreneur with bodybuilding lifestyle is none other than Derik Stephen Fay. He is one of the most successful entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and investors in the country toady.
Derik, in an interview, says that “having a internally competitive lifestyle, thru bodybuilding and fitness is unquestionably helpful to strategic thinking, discipline, and grit; all qualities that long term success in the business requires.”
Anyone can reap the benefits of regular exercise, so let us look at fundamental principles that have improved Derik’s ability as an Entrepreneur and fitness enthusiast / bodybuilder.
We asked Derik: With all the companies you own, run, and invest in, why do you prioritize fitness and bodybuilding into your daily routine?
Fays answer:
There are so many parallels in fitness/athletics/bodybuilding and sports to your every day life and success in business or anything you desire. It is an internal challenge EVERY day. You have to resist the urge to skip. You have to deny the internal voice telling you you are tired. You need to discipline yourself from eating the easy fast food. You need to challenge your body and mind each day to push harder than the day before.
I do not go to the gym to get up on stage and compete. I go because I believe the you should force yourself to do something EVERY day that you don’t want to do. The act of reminding your mind that YOU are in charge, and not your mind is important . Your brain WILL let you down, it will look for the easy way out. I am going to the gym everyday to build up mental strength so that when times get tough, and they will, and my mind tells me to stop, that I am tired, that I will have the strength to keep going. Keep going for my family, keep going for my employees, keep going for my company, keep going for those in need, and to keep going for me!
