Your Business Can't Outperform Your Health: Alex Neilan

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What happens when your business is growing, but your health is going backwards? Alex Neilan explains why your business can't outperform your health, how to build more energy without going all-or-nothing, what successful entrepreneurs get wrong about looking after themselves, and why you either make time for your health or eventually make time for illness.

Alex Neilan is a weight loss expert and entrepreneur who has built one of Europe's biggest sustainable weight loss community, with more than 100,000 members, and has helped over 4,500 women lose weight and keep it off. After starting his own weight loss journey at 15 stone, he went on to study the subject to master's level before building a hugely successful online coaching business.

They explain:

Why being "too busy" to look after your health is one of the biggest mistakes successful entrepreneurs make Why all-or-nothing thinking destroys consistency with your health, diet and training Why better health, sleep and energy can directly improve your leadership, productivity and business performance Chapters

00:00:00 Intro 00:00:56 Alex Neilan's 15-Stone Weight Loss Journey 00:03:45 Building A Business From Rejection 00:05:24 £36,000 In Debt And His Lowest Point 00:07:13 Taking His Personal Training Business Online 00:08:52 Why Alex Was Charging Too Little 00:09:35 Why You Need To Charge Your Worth 00:09:57 Why Conversations Grow Businesses 00:11:10 Taking Conversations Online 00:12:20 Hire People Who Know More Than You 00:13:24 Building A 100,000+ Person Community 00:15:36 Why People Struggle To Lose Weight 00:16:15 The All-Or-Nothing Trap 00:17:33 Stop Eating For Weight Loss And Start Eating For Performance 00:18:33 How Health Impacts Your Energy And Business 00:19:48 Finding Your Reason To Get Healthy 00:20:30 The "Me First" Approach 00:23:33 The Beliefs That Stop People Taking Action 00:25:29 Make Time For Your Health Or Make Time For Illness 00:26:24 Why We Trivialise Our Health 00:27:04 Why "Eat Less, Move More" Isn't Enough 00:28:31 Why So Many Women Put Themselves Last 00:29:17 The Three Choices You Have With Your Health 00:30:48 The Health Risks People Don't Think About 00:31:51 The Story That Changed Alex's Approach 00:33:08 Alex's View On Weight Loss Injections 00:35:42 What Sustainable Weight Loss Actually Looks Like 00:37:42 Three Simple Behaviour Changes You Can Make 00:39:42 Simple Food Swaps That Make Dieting Easier 00:40:35 The 80/20 Rule For Hunger 00:41:34 Health And Business Performance Quickfire 00:42:21 The Biggest Health Mistake Entrepreneurs Make 00:43:44 How Business Owners Should Think About Long-Term Health 00:44:14 Business Growth Quickfire 00:45:06 Alex's Number One Strategy Lesson 00:45:34 His Best Branding Advice 00:46:39 The Marketing Lesson Every Business Owner Needs 00:47:33 Alex's Best Sales Advice 00:47:56 His Biggest Operational Lesson 00:48:17 Who Would Alex Hire As CEO? 00:49:11 Where To Find Alex

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