Too busy to look after your health? That’s on you

You are the single point of failure in your business. If you keep postponing your own health "until things quieten down", you're taking a risk that no sensible owner would ever accept anywhere else. If you run a business, you probably tell yourself a familiar story: "I'll sort my health when things quieten down." "I'm too busy to be going for walks." You wouldn't accept those kinds of excuses from a staff member who kept ignoring a serious issue in the business. So why do you accept them from yourself? The uncomfortable truth is that most SME owners are prepared to work ridiculous hours to look after customers, staff and family, but treat their own health as optional. Money, deals and deadlines get priority. Health gets postponed. Until one day, it can't be postponed any more.